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Uber’s lawyers ‘panicked’ during regulator’s investigation, court hears
Lawyers at Herbert Smith Freehills panicked as their client Uber obfuscated a regulator’s investigation during an alleged unlawful conspiracy to launch illegal rideshare operations, a trial has heard. 
Judgment delayed in Lehrmann case as Ten wins bid to present new evidence
Network Ten has won a bid to reopen its defence in a defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann, just two days before a judge was set to deliver his decision, after a former producer at Seven claimed the accused rapist lied about leaking thousands of pages of text messages between Brittany Higgins and her former partner. 
CFMEU boycott case has ‘significant implications’ for industrial relations, High Court told
The competition regulator has asked the High Court to correct the Full Court's alleged error in overturning a finding that builder J Hutchinson and the union for construction workers violated competition laws by agreeing to boycott an independent subcontractor at a Brisbane building site.
Ultra Tune appeals record $1.5M fine for contempt
Car repair franchise Ultra Tune is challenging a record $1.5 million fine for contempt for failing to comply with a court-ordered compliance program in proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
High Court asked to hear promoter’s spat with TEG over One Direction concert
A Sydney concert promoter seeking a cut of the profits earned by Nine unit TEG Live for promoting a 2013 Australian tour with English-Irish boy band One Direction has taken his fight to the High Court.
ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard over $1B fund
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its first civil penalty proceeding in a greenwashing case, with a court finding against Vanguard Investments over its $1 billion “ethically conscious” hedge fund.
Court OKs $23M settlement in Wellard class action despite funder’s ‘lion’s share’
A judge has approved a settlement in a shareholder class action against livestock exporter Wellard that grants a 34 per cent cut for group members, saying that investors had agreed to the lawyers and funder receiving the “lion’s share”. 
At Juan Martinez’s HWL Ebsworth, it was OK to ‘hire and fire at will’, court told
A former HWL Ebsworth capital partner alleging he was unlawfully expelled and excluded from a planned float on the ASX has argued HWLE's late managing partner, Juan Martinez, thought the firm could “hire and fire at will” without giving proper reasons.
Liberty Group’s ‘trust silo’ not used to avoid tax on $98M, appeals court finds
In a loss for the Australian Taxation Office, an appeals court has found that the Liberty Group’s use of corporate and trust ‘silos’ was not an unlawful tax avoidance scheme.
All eyes on lawyers’ 27.5% cut as court prepares to weigh first GCO class action settlement
When the Supreme Court of Victoria considers for the first time a settlement reached in a class action run on a contingency fee basis, it will grapple with some novel questions, including whether to trim the 27.5 per cent group costs order granted to Slater & Gordon at the outset of the case, legal experts say.