Laurel Henning

Law firm Maurice Blackburn is investigating a potential class action against Google over the tech company's alleged anticompetitive conduct linked to adtech services provided to publishers.

Lawyers expected Uber's initial win in its important payroll tax case dispute in New South Wales to face appeal and kickstart a longer legal dispute. Now, it has.

The growing use of AI and other technology could disrupt some of the Australian legal industry's longest-held traditions.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will set up a new taskforce in early 2025 to advise the corporate regulator on how it can more simply and effectively administer the law, chair Joe Longo will say today in a speech.

WiseTech Global is back in the news after shareholders launched a class action against the logistics software company.

The tech company is accused of breaching the Fair Work Act in a lawsuit brought by a software engineer who alleges she received unequal pay compared with her male colleagues.

Jacob Varghese, who runs the nation's largest consumer-facing law firm, says litigation funding is just another asset class and a necessary mechanism to help ordinary Australians obtain legal support.

Meta's director of global threat disruption argues Australia's plans to force banks, telcos and social media companies to compensate scam victims are "fundamentally problematic".

A recent spate of suppression orders pursued in high-profile cases has reignited debate over the tensions they create in the court system.

Lawyers for Coles have told the Federal Court of Australia that in almost every case, price rises linked to a consumer lawsuit brought against the supermarket by the regulator were initiated by suppliers.