Law Firms

Mercedes-Benz has taken aim at an amended group definition in a class action over alleged defeat devices designed to cheat emissions testing, with a judge agreeing that it contains "ambiguities and circularities".

A judge has approved a $45.25 million settlement in a shareholder class action against engineering firm CIMIC over disclosures relating to its Middle East business.

Star has agreed to a $300 million deal that will see the embattled company taken over by US-based casino operator Balley's.

KordaMentha has filed a lawsuit to force Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance to turn over the port at OneSteel's Whyalla plant in South Australia, arguing the court should doubt a GFG unit's claims to a lease for the port.

Lendlease has lost a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $120 million purchase agreement for five properties in Campbelltown, with a judge finding its failure to meet the conditions of sale for one key property meant the deal was off.

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 developer has won an extension of a freeze on $25 million held in escrow in its dispute with a builder over payment claims for a Main Beach high-rise, after it filed an appeal.

HopgoodGanim has snagged a partner from HFW with in-depth experience in renewables to support the firm's clients in the transition to net zero.

A failed class action against Queensland utilities Stanwell and CS Energy can't delay payment of what might be in excess of $30 million in defence costs while it pursues an appeal, but has dodged a penalty for running a case the companies said was hopeless.

Medibank has been ordered to give a class action copies of reports by Deloitte into a massive data breach in October 2022, in a judgment made public on Friday and already facing appeal by the health insurer.