Business of Law

Norton Rose has admitted claims by ex-partner Thomas Patrick Martin that a lawyer for the firm retroactively signed and backdated a sealed court document, but says the court told the lawyer to do it.

Global law firm Dentons has expanded its presence in Australia with a fifth office Down Under, this one in Melbourne.

Five months after settling litigation with Herbert Smith Freehills over the poaching of eight partners — and just one month after the settlement’s anti-poaching restrictions expired — U.S.-based firm White & Case has celebrated its entrance into Australia with launch parties in Melbourne and Sydney.