Costs of anti-money laundering proposal may harm small firms
The proposal to crack down on money laundering and to counter terrorism to bring Australia in line with international standards will add billions of dollars in expenses ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Sep 2024
Judge’s Fair Work penalty ‘inadequate’, union says
A construction union accused a federal judge of imposing too light a sentence on a Canberra painting business that was found to have underpaid a former employee around ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Sep 2024
Privacy Act reforms crack down on data breaches
In the wake of “large-scale” data breaches, reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 have introduced new penalties and criminal offences.
BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Monster Energy wins $520k in costs from infringement matter
Monster Energy walked away from an infringement proceeding that was full of legal blunders with $520,000 in costs.
BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Reprimanded solicitor’s hopeless appeal criticised by tribunal
An ACT tribunal said it was “incongruous” for a solicitor to appeal a 12-month suspension for altering documentation because he should have considered himself lucky he ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Sep 2024
‘Inconceivable’: Judge slams tardiness in Super Retail Group dispute
Justice Michael Lee came down hard on the lawyers behind a chief legal officer for missing a deadline that he said should have taken a barrister and paralegal a half ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Latham’s sexually explicit tweet defamed Greenwich, court rules
A court found Mark Latham defamed political rival Alexander Greenwich in an offensive and sexually explicit tweet.
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Liability in Twitter, X Corp merger questioned with US lawyers
United States lawyers were called into an Australian courtroom that has been debating whether X Corp should be held responsible for a notice that was issued to Twitter ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Struck-off NSW lawyer robbed $470k from clients
An NSW lawyer who stole over $470,000 from clients has been removed from the roll of legal practitioners.
BIG LAW • Tue, 10 Sep 2024
