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Funder can’t keep $2.2M of JustKapital’s Provident settlement cut in court
Business of Law 2019-06-21 12:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

JustKapital has defeated a bid by funder Litman Holdings to keep $2.2 million remaining from its cut of a $44.25 million settlement in two class actions against the trustees of failed debenture issuer Provident Capital locked down in court until the resolution of a separate dispute between the two funders.

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Judge scolds Mills Oakley for ‘regrettable’ arrangement with debt management company
Business of Law 2019-06-19 8:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has partly sided with a former Mills Oakley client in his challenge to a costs ruling in a saga over $25,000 in unpaid fees, saying the law firm’s arrangement with a debt management company that kept the client in the dark about the consequences of default was “regrettable”.

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Commonwealth Bank still on the hunt for new GC
Financial Services 2019-06-18 3:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The clock is ticking on Commonwealth Bank’s search for a new general counsel, with the position still vacant two weeks before the bank’s current top lawyer’s planned departure, announced almost four months ago in the wake of the Hayne royal commission’s scathing final report into the banking sector.

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Shine, Slater & Gordon dismiss speculation of merger
Business of Law 2019-06-11 11:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Shine Lawyers and Slater & Gordon on Tuesday denied media reports that the two law firms were in merger talks or that there were any imminent plans for a union.

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Ex-HWL Ebsworth partner wins $450,000 for ‘irrational’ termination
Employment 2019-06-06 9:15 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former partner expelled from HWL Ebsworth has been awarded $450,000 in damages after the NSW Supreme Court found the reasons for the termination were “irrational and wrong”.

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Piper Alderman partner rejected offer to leave on a ‘dignified basis’, court told
Business of Law 2019-06-03 9:22 pm By Amelia Birnie

A senior Piper Alderman partner who has launched a sex discrimination case against the law firm rejected “reasonable settlement offers” that would have allowed her to leave the partnership on a “dignified basis”, counsel for the firm has told a court.

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Mills Oakley nabs K&L Gates partner for launch of Melbourne IP group
People In The News 2019-05-28 1:07 pm By Miklos Bolza

Australian law firm Mills Oakley has established an IP practice in its Melbourne office, snatching a senior lawyer from rival K&L Gates, which is now set to lose five IP specialists in the space of almost two months.

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Insufficient evidence Piper Alderman discriminated against female partner, judge says
Employment 2019-05-27 10:28 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has found a senior female partner at Piper Alderman has not provided sufficient evidence that the firm moved to oust her from its ranks because she is a woman, in a ruling dismissing her bid for an order halting the firm from moving forward with a meeting on the proposed expulsion.

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Piper Alderman free to oust senior female partner amid sex discrimination case
Business of Law 2019-05-24 4:22 pm By Amelia Birnie

The job of a senior Piper Alderman partner is in jeopardy after a court refused to extend an injunction preventing her from being ousted from the partnership while she battles a sex discrimination case against the firm.

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Ex-Slater & Gordon solicitor axed for complaints about ‘unethical’ funding referral scheme, lawsuit says
Employment 2019-05-23 9:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former senior lawyer at Slater & Gordon has filed a lawsuit against his old employer, claiming he was fired after complaining about allegedly unethical practices within the firm.

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