Law Firms

Two Shaw & Partners advisers who won $580,000 in penalties and compensation against former employer Fortrend Securities face fresh litigation seeking to quash their demands for payment.

The corporate regulator has taken a provider of small loans to court after it allegedly monitored and removed funds from consumers’ bank accounts without their knowledge.

The owner of Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen brands faces court action by the consumer regulator for alleged greenwashing. 

Saint Gobain-owned CSR faces litigation by an independent building insulation distributor alleging it abused its dominance by upping prices during the pandemic.

Maurice Blackburn's costs in running a 'junk' insurance class action which settled for $34 million will not be fully covered under a 25 per cent group costs order, a court has heard. 

Private health insurer Bupa has admitted to misleading thousands of customers about their private health insurance benefits and has agreed to cop a $35 million penalty in a case by the consumer watchdog.

Another failed class action is headed to the Full Court, with a case against ex-CBA unit Count Financial appealing a ruling that found advisors did not breach their duty to act in their clients' best interest.

CSR has been hit with a competition case alleging it abused its dominance by increasing prices of its insulation products during the pandemic.

Jones Day has lured a real estate expert from Clayton Utz to join its Brisbane office as a partner.

One of two law firms running competing class actions against Coles and Woolworths over alleged illusory discounts has bowed out, leaving its rival to pursue the cases for consumers.