Australia’s largest super funds are investing millions of dollars in both litigation funders and companies they are targeting in court, amid calls for a crackdown on ‘vulture’ firms reaping huge profits from the government’s ‘light-touch’ to class actions.
A court fight involving the Victorian government’s venture capital fund, a medtech start-up and its founder is heating up with Seer Medical’s co-founder being blamed for the company’s ‘severe financial difficulties’.
Scrapping the contingency fee model for class actions would fight the ‘increasing commercialisation’ of class action ‘lawfare’, amid calls for Labor to crack down on litigation funders.
A Melbourne property developer allegedly spent $6.8m of investor money on personal expenses including appearances by celebrity sport stars, the corporate watchdog has claimed.
The steel manufacturer is trying to have a multimillion-dollar fine handed down for cartel conduct thrown out on appeal.
New right-to-disconnect laws come into play from Monday but are employers prepared for when workers just say no?
NSW Judicial Commission recommended Robert Newlinds, who accused the prosecution office of making ‘lazy’ referrals of baseless rape accusations to court, be stood aside from criminal trials.
Mining entrepreneur Dr Bob Johnson is expected to soon enter a plea in his $38.5m alleged fraud case, which has its origins in secret federal police raids almost a decade ago.
Justice Bromwich also found that ‘sex is changeable’ and non-binary as experts discuss the legal implications of the finding of discrimination against transgender woman Roxanne Tickle.
More details have been revealed in the Federal Court about the extraordinary surveillance efforts undertaken by Fortescue to spy on its former executives.
Amul Thapar, on a speaking tour here, is one of America’s most senior judges and, if Trump returns to the White House, the son of Indian immigrants may be destined for the Supreme Court.
Former Monash IVF patients who may have destroyed otherwise healthy embryos due to a faulty genetic test have secured a record settlement, as the group’s bottom line was hit by the legal fight.
The social media giant has hired a lawyer who is helping Kamala Harris battle Donald Trump for its appeal against a win for Andrew Forrest in his war on scam advertisements.
Visy magnate Richard Pratt’s children Anthony, Fiona and Heloise say their half siblings’ legal claim for a slice of the family fortune should not go ahead in their latest court filings.
The Environmental Defenders Office has sought an extension to hand over documents related to the failed legal attempt to block Santos’ $5.7bn Barossa LNG development.
Ex-Fortescue executives have heard that spying on their families and their ‘green iron’ start-up was part of a regular court requirement to grant raids.
The corporate regulator has secured a second criminal conviction relating to the dishonest conduct of key employees at stockbroker BBY, nine years after it collapsed.
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue tried to paint former executives who started a rival business as shady actors in order to persuade a judge to allow the company to raid their homes.
The Victorian Bar has discussed whether judges, magistrates and lawyers should end the wearing of their robes at religious ceremonies to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
Hong Kong-based lenders have won a NSW Supreme Court ruling against would-be cattle king Sam Mitchell, finding that he owes about $52m.
Workers brought in to fix a power station battery have described inheriting a total cluster as the company gambled with using ‘the cheapest sh..’, a court has heard.
The real problem with human rights is about drawing boundaries. Sooner or later most rights come into conflict with other rights and someone has to decide which right prevails.
The Federal Court has approved Deloitte’s plan to pay Keystone’s investment management fees to CF Capital, despite a dispute about how the fees are calculated.
Amelia Berczelly can be revealed as the second Super Retail whistleblower, as she claims she informed the board and its external auditor of ‘serious’ corporate governance issues at the company.
A former head prosecutor has called for an expansion of the drug courts and an overhaul of possession laws as NSW lags behind the country.
Seer Medical has revealed it will recall one of its key services used to support people at home with epilepsy, after the company’s co-founder launched legal action against it.
The corporate regulator should be able to bank any winnings it gets from its successful litigation, according to experts.
A law firm that has championed dozens of cases amid Labor’s ongoing immigration woes has been accused of trying to make money from non-citizens ‘desperate’ to avoid deportation.
Seer Medical has revealed it will recall one of its key services used to support people at home with epilepsy, after the company’s co-founder launched legal action against it.
A scion of the Australian legal establishment faces up to 10 years’ jail if convicted of stealing $1.3m by fraudulently billing out legal costs and providing allegedly false invoices.
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