A Senate committee has slammed PricewaterhouseCoopers for hiding behind legal professional privilege and refusing to release a report by law firm Linklaters into alleged wrongdoing by international partners, as the committee seeks more information about PwC partners involved in the firm’s leak of confidential Treasury information.
When the Supreme Court of Victoria considers for the first time a settlement reached in a class action run on a contingency fee basis, it will grapple with some novel questions, including whether to trim the 27.5 per cent group costs order granted to Slater & Gordon at the outset of the case, legal experts say.
US animal drug manufacturer Zoetis has been granted leave to appeal a ruling that invalidated three of its patents covering pig vaccines.
Ashurst has bolstered its disputes team by reclaiming a senior commercial litigation partner from Clifford Chance, who has predicted more defence firms will cross over and represent plaintiffs in class actions.
Did Bruce Lehrmann rape colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019? That is the primary question in the case to be decided by the Federal Court early next month, and the credibility of the two principal protagonists is central to answering that question.
Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto is facing the threat of two more defamation suits by organisers of last year’s anti-trans ‘Let Women Speak’ rally, which was crashed by neo-Nazis.
Law firm Gadens has strengthened its IP and defamation practice with the appointments of a partner and associate from rival Banki Haddock Fiora.
Clayton Utz has snagged a big fish from Baker McKenzie, luring the head of the US firm’s restructuring and insolvency practice group.
Hall & Wilcox has recruited a mergers and acquisitions lawyer with cross-border expertise from EY to bolster its corporate practice in Sydney.
Ashurst is beefing up its risk consulting division with four new partners, who will launch an infrastructure and capital projects group and grow the firm’s data and analytics team.