Law Firms

Adelaide lawyer Jason Karas must pay $41 million to his former business partner and law firm after he was found to have covertly negotiated to sell the firm’s Hong Kong-based entity while in the throes of ending the partnership.

Facebook owner Meta has argued the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has “misallocated responsibility” in its three-year-old case over scam cryptocurrency ads on the social media platform.

In a copyright and competition fight with car dealer software company Pentana that heads to trial on Monday, Titan DMS says its rival is trying to bar it from helping customers overcome a practice of holding their data "hostage”.

The purchaser of Frankston’s $115 million Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club has lost a summary dismissal bid, with the court calling out its “contrariness” as stymieing the case's progress without real cause. 

Biotech Regeneron and drug company Bayer have resolved their appeal of a ruling that allowed generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Sandoz to launch a version of top selling macular degeneration drug Eylea. 

Slater & Gordon has settled a lawsuit by its former HR head alleging she was axed after expressing concerns that the firm deliberately underpaid over $300,000 in leave entitlements.

Launching a cross-claim in a former managing director's unfair dismissal case, commercial real estate broker Cushman & Wakefield wants orders for repayment of a $1.5 million bonus.

Commercial real estate broker Cushman & Wakefield has filed a cross-claim in a former managing director's unfair dismissal case seeking repayment of a $1.5 million bonus.

An umpire has lost his unfair dismissal claim against the Australian Football League after he was accused of wrestling, man-handling and frog-marching a member of the public off the field. 

An owners corporation has won orders requiring builder Ceerose and developer Zone Q rectify some defects in a Sydney apartment building, but failed to win work orders in relation to others.