The federal government spent more than $600 million on private law firms in 2022-23, and Clayton Utz was the firm the government turned to the most.
A court has approved a settlement worth up to $202 million in a stolen wages class action against the government, but will hear further argument on the legal costs of the case.
A former EY partner accused of pocketing $700,000 in secret commissions can shield an email from the firmâs tax leader to its general counsel despite the firm having waived privilege.Â
A judge has overturned energy minister Chris Bowen’s refusal to greenlight energy company Seadragonâs offshore wind farm project off the coast of Gippsland.
Shine Lawyers wants to claim $24.5 million in legal costs in a stolen wages class action on behalf of Northern Territory First Nations people, a sum a judge called âeye wateringâ.
In the first case of its kind, a government agency has filed proceedings against education technology company Chegg, alleging it has breached laws designed to prohibit academic cheating.
X Corp is going to the Full Federal Court with its challenge to an infringement notice by eSafety over the social media platform’s handling of child exploitation material.
A judge has refused to stay a fight between the tax office and software company Oracle over royalties, finding determination of the dispute will guide 15 other cases.
The scope of protection for geographical indications will be at issue in India’s appeal of a decision that barred it from registering a trade mark for basmati rice.
Two firms representing some Rio Tinto shareholders have lost their bid to intervene in Energy Resources’ fight to renew its lease for the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory.