Don’t Miss Maurice Blackburn Lawyers’ Class Actions & Corporate Conduct Symposium
Maurice Blackburn’s much-anticipated class actions symposium is back with some of the nation's leading experts across the political, legal and tech sectors.
This time in Melbourne, Maurice Blackburn’s Class Actions & Corporate Conduct Symposium brings together another all-star lineup of legal experts – including keynote speaker Federal Attorney-General, Michelle Rowland.
Event details:
When: Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Where: RACV City Club
Level 17, 501 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC
Tickets: $440, or $340 for Lawyers Weekly readers! Use the code LW100 for $100 off
Event program:
The symposium will begin with a welcome from Maurice Blackburn CEO, Jacob Varghese and an address from National Head of Class Actions, Rebecca Gilsenan, who will provide an overview of the class action landscape in Australia.
We’ll then hear from keynote speaker, Federal Attorney-General, Michelle Rowland – who will follow her speech with a Q&A conducted by Deputy Editor of The Age newspaper, Mathew Dunckley.
This sets the stage for two thought-provoking panel discussions: Class actions and the Courts: The problems and opportunities of AI, the applications of competition law and GCOs; and Big Tech, Big Questions: Regulation, Accountability and the Protection of Individual Rights.
Meet the presenters:
Michelle Rowland
Michelle Rowland MP is Australia’s Attorney-General, appointed in May 2025, with a background as a senior lawyer and long-serving parliamentarian who has held key communications and justice portfolios since entering Parliament in 2010.
The Honourable Richard Niall
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, appointed in 2025 following a distinguished career as Solicitor-General, appellate judge, and leader in judicial governance and legal education.
Justice Nicholas Owens
Justice Nicholas Owens is a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, appointed in 2024, with extensive experience at the NSW Bar and as a New York attorney, including major representative proceedings.
Edward Santow
Co-Director of the Human Technology Institute, Industry Professor, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, Ed is an expert in human rights law and artificial intelligence.
Lizzie O’Shea
Lizzie is Chair of Digital Rights Watch, Principal Lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, an author, and an internationally recognised expert on digital privacy and technology law.
Ricky Sutton
Ricky Sutton is the author of Future Media, a leading global newsletter on AI, competition and Big Tech, whose reporting has informed antitrust cases and international policy discussions.
Miranda Nagy
Miranda is a Leading Principal Lawyer in consumer protection and corporate accountability at Maurice Blackburn and co-chairs the Law Council of Australia’s Class Actions Committee.
Ronald Koo
Principal Lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, Ron has an extensive class actions practice having led complex consumer and shareholder class actions across Federal and State jurisdictions.
Julian Schimmel
Julian is an industry-recognised leading class actions and commercial litigation lawyer with over 20 years’ experience and a strong track record securing significant settlements across complex product liability, shareholder, and large-scale class actions.
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