Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation action against Crikey
Just days after Fox settled with Dominion for $1.2 billion over its promotion of falsehoods about the 2020 US presidential election being supposedly stolen from Donald ...
THE BAR • Fri, 21 Apr 2023
Proposed Voice ‘enhances’ our Constitution, says Solicitor-General
In advice published earlier this morning by A-G Dreyfus, Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue KC has stressed that the Voice to Parliament — set to be decided by a ...
POLITICS • Fri, 21 Apr 2023
Slater & Gordon files class action against Optus
National plaintiff firm Slater & Gordon has commenced proceedings against telco giant Optus, on behalf of current and former customers who “are continuing to deal ...
THE BAR • Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Qantas had right to sack worker on leave who hadn’t gotten COVID-19 jab
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that national airline Qantas was able to sack a Jetstar manager who put off having a COVID-19 vaccine while she was on long-service ...
THE BAR • Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Hive makes 3 senior hires for energy and climate change team
Award-winning NewLaw firm Hive Legal has moved to strengthen its energy and climate change practice group with the appointment of a senior consultant, special counsel and ...
NEWLAW • Thu, 20 Apr 2023
‘Frankensteining’: The real villain?
Reality TV is becoming increasingly more popular. While viewers are being drawn into the drama, its rise has demonstrated a simultaneous increase in adverse impacts on ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Apr 2023
HSF names 10 new Australian partners
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has promoted 10 lawyers in Australia to its partnership ranks.
BIG LAW • Wed, 19 Apr 2023
Takeaways from Fox’s ‘stratospheric’ $1.2bn defamation settlement with Dominion
Following what may well be the biggest-ever settlement for defamation in US history, Lawyers Weekly spoke with experts about what has been learnt from Dominion’s case ...
THE BAR • Wed, 19 Apr 2023
Maybe yoga isn’t the answer?
In reflecting on the Australian Solicitors Conduct Rules (ASCR) and the wellbeing of practitioners, we should recognise that there are opportunities for structural ...
SME LAW • Wed, 19 Apr 2023
