Thomson Geer has lured an employment law partner and his team from KPMG’s legal services division after the consulting firm announced it was shutting down its commercial law practice.
ANZ has lost its appeal of a landmark decision finding it breached continuous disclosure rules by failing to disclose a $750 million bailout by underwriters during a $2.5 billion capital raising.
A judge should be disqualified from hearing a class action against Fletcher Building because of his previous association with the funder, as well as public remarks he made as a plaintiffs’ solicitor, a court has heard.
WiseTech CEO Richard White has won suppression orders over documents allegedly revealing legal advice and settlement negotiations in a dispute with a Sydney beautician.
A settlement has been reached on the eve of trial in a class action against ANZ and OnePath alleging they slugged super fund members with excessive fees.
Logistics giant Qube has won a $40 million cut to amounts owed to Martinus Rail in a dispute over construction of the Moorebank terminal project in Sydney’s west.
Investment firm Keybridge must contribute to a director’s “substantial” legal bill from a dispute with another director, with a judge finding there was no “lack of clean hands” that would prevent him from being indemnified.
Female-only app Giggle for Girls has appealed a ruling that found it discriminated against a trans woman by barring her from the app.
The developer of the blockbuster horror video game Dead by Daylight has succeeded in revoking the trade mark of rival developer of a virtual sporting game.
Medibank has denied breaching privacy rules in response to the regulator’s case over a 2022 cyber attack, but has admitted sensitive data was hacked in part because its network lacked multi-factor authentication.