Paint maker AkzoNobel must produce a document history log that includes embedded comments from its lawyers at Clayton Utz, in a dispute over alleged defective coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project.
A life sciences and regulatory expert and her team have joined Thomson Geer following the shuttering of Hogan Lovells’ Australian practice.
Australia’s largest brick manufacturer Brickworks has settled a competition case brought against rival BGC, a company founded by billionaire Len Buckeridge.
A court bid to bar reburial of the remains of 108 Indigenous people, including the oldest known human remains found in Australia, has been dismissed.
A judge has refused a late-stage bid to strike out Brisbane Airport’s lawsuit against lessee AirServices Australia claiming $17.3 million in damage from PFAS contamination caused by its use of firefighting foam.
Vittoria Cantarella has taken the fight to revive its ‘Oro’ trade marks to the High Court, arguing the Full Court should have found it was an honest concurrent user of the marks, which were first used by another coffee maker.
A group of class actions against healthcare providers in Victoria that allegedly failed to pay junior doctors for overtime have settled for $175 million.
After a judge raised concerns underpayments claims against jewellery chain Lovisa were not suitable for a group proceeding, counsel for a class action has suggested running the applicants’ case “as if” it isn’t a class action.
A judge has questioned the need for solicitors in a class action against Jaguar to be involved in discovery of internal investigations by the car maker when a technical referee is to be appointed.
Victorian healthcare providers facing class actions on behalf of junior doctors have turned to one law firm to lead their defence. And that firm might be about to get a lot busier.