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Start-up denies ex-Fortescue employees developed green iron on company dime
Intellectual Property 2024-12-03 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Element Zero has denied claims that three former Fortescue employees, including one executive, misused confidential information and developed a green iron process on the company dime.

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Clayton Utz got biggest slice of government’s $600M legal spend
Business of Law 2024-11-27 4:31 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

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.

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MinterEllison hires regulatory lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills
Business of Law 2024-11-27 11:30 pm By Andy Sidler

A former Herbert Smith Freehills financial services expert has made the jump to MinterEllison, the eighth lawyer to join in a single month. 

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Slater & Gordon denies firing HR head for reporting underpayments
Employment 2024-11-20 3:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Slater & Gordon has hit back at a suit by its former head of human resources, who claims she was axed after raising concerns about underpayments, arguing she was fired for misconduct.

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Holding Redlich adds two MinterEllison partners to Canberra team
Business of Law 2024-11-18 11:33 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Law firm Holding Redlich has snagged two MinterEllison partners to grow its Canberra office and bolster its offering to government clients.

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ANZ, OnePath class action members to pocket 65% of settlement if costs OK’d
Class Actions 2024-11-13 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The law firm running a class action against ANZ and superannuation trustee OnePath wants a 29.4 per cent cut of the $50 million settlement, having run the case on a no win, no fee basis. 

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ATO, PepsiCo fight over royalty withholding tax goes to High Court
Tax 2024-11-08 11:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ATO has won the nod from the High Court to appeal a finding that a royalty withholding tax did not apply to payments from Schweppes to PepsiCo under agreements to sell brands like Pepsi and Gatorade in Australia.

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‘Study help’ platform Chegg faces first-ever case over academic cheating
Policy and Regulation 2024-11-07 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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.

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Dixon Advisory director reasonably relied on Minters advice, court finds
Financial Services 2024-11-06 4:38 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has dismissed the corporate regulator’s case alleging former Dixon Advisory director Paul Ryan breached his director’s duties.

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MinterEllison brings on seven partners from PwC
Business of Law 2024-11-06 4:06 pm By Andy Sidler

Still feeling aftershocks from last year’s tax leaks scandal, PricewaterhouseCoopers has lost seven partners to the risk and regulatory team of Big Six law firm MinterEllison.

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