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A law firm has secured more funds to cover the cost of distributing a $20 million settlement reached in a class action against telco contractor BSA, but not as much as it wanted, with a judge saying the firm would have been stuck with its initial estimate if the administration gig had been put out to tender.
Clive Palmer has filed an application for default judgment against the former chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, James Shipton, in his proceedings alleging he acted in bad faith and beyond his power in the regulator's pursuit of claims.
The builder of Sydney’s troubled Opal Tower has brought a claim for indemnity against insurer Liberty Mutual, which has already agreed to pay out $22.5 million, claiming it is owed a total of $12.5 million for its costs in defending a class action by residents.
Gadens has merged with Canberra firm Trinity Law, expanding the firm's national footprint and boosting its capacity to take on government work.
A class action has been filed against Fitch Ratings on behalf of investors represented by a lawyer who has taken on credit ratings agencies over risky financial products for over a decade.
Aristocrat Leisure has hit back at a class action over its allegedly illegal ‘social casino’ apps, saying that playing is optional and that the lead applicant should have deleted the games.
An incorporated legal practice has lost its bid to recover costs for work done by its own solicitors while self-represented in a dispute with a former client, with the Full Federal Court finding that making an exception based on firm size would “revive an inequality before the law”.
Birkenstock has succeeded in securing trade mark protection for the shape of four of its shoes, a boon to the German shoe maker as it fights knock-offs of its popular sandals.
A judge has rebuffed a developer’s bid to revive a $400 million lawsuit against an investor after it failed to comply with a guillotine order, saying it was not an adequate explanation that the firm of solicitors acting for it lacked the resources of the defendant’s Big Six outfit.
Major building insulation supplier CSR Bradford has been hit with a lawsuit by a leading home energy company seeking information on price increases as part of a potential lawsuit alleging misuse of market power.