155 ABA Journal Australia articles.
A government worker injured during motel sex on a business trip is not entitled to workers’ compensation, Australia’s highest court has ruled.
The High Court of Australia ruled the woman…
Oct 30, 2013 4:09 PM CDT
Seyfarth Shaw has recruited eight partners from three different law firms to open two new offices in Australia.
The offices, which are in Sydney and Melbourne, are part of a…
Jun 12, 2013 6:50 PM CDT
In its continuing drive to dominate the global personal injury and consumer legal market, Slater & Gordon is raising $63.9 million to expand its British personal injury practice.
The plaintiff…
May 7, 2013 6:15 PM CDT
Relying on unidentified sources, an Australian business publication says the Australian arm of Ashurst is secretly planning to cull between 20 and 50 of its 189 partners in order to…
Jan 31, 2013 10:39 PM CST
An Australian court has upheld a judge’s decision that a woman injured during hotel sex on a business trip is entitled to workers’ compensation.
The Full…
Dec 18, 2012 2:41 PM CST
Squire Sanders has announced that it will open an office in Sydney on Nov. 1.
The news of the firm’s latest growth in the Asia-Pacific region follows announcements earlier this…
Oct 17, 2012 6:20 PM CDT
A Sydney lawyer who stole two valuable paintings while dining in an art gallery restaurant has persuaded a judge that he doesn’t remember committing the crime.
Michael Gerald Sullivan, 54,…
Aug 17, 2012 6:53 PM CDT
K&L Gates confirmed Thursday that it is in merger talks with the 200-lawyer Australian firm Middletons.
In a joint statement published Thursday by the Am Law…
Aug 17, 2012 2:38 PM CDT A former chief financial officer at a top-tier Australian law firm has been sentenced to a prison term of ten and a half years after admittedly stealing nearly 2.7 million…
Jul 26, 2012 5:46 PM CDT Partners of London-based Herbert Smith and Australia’s Freehills have agreed to merge on Oct. 1. The 2,800-attorney merged firm will open a New York office this year, as well as…
Jun 28, 2012 3:31 PM CDT A coroner has sided with an Australian couple who long maintained that their baby was snatched and killed by a dingo. The coroner ruled Tuesday in a fourth inquest, finding…
Jun 12, 2012 1:46 PM CDT Describing a “regrettable” email exchange between two Melbourne law firm colleagues and friends as “a classic storm in a teacup,” an Australian judge has nixed a seven-figure damages claim by…
May 18, 2012 9:05 PM CDT A United Kingdom megafirm has joined forces with Australia’s Allens Arthur Robinson, agreeing to form an alliance and engage in joint ventures in Asia. However, the team effort with London-based…
Apr 23, 2012 9:56 PM CDT An Australian judge has ruled that a woman injured while having hotel sex on a business trip is entitled to workers compensation. The woman, a government employee, was injured in…
Apr 19, 2012 12:29 PM CDT It now appears that Lindy Chamberlain was speaking the truth when she told authorities in 1980 that her 9-week-old baby had been taken, and presumably killed, by a wild Australian…
Feb 24, 2012 9:20 PM CSTEx-CFO at Major Law Firm Gets 10.5 Years in $2.6M Theft Case
Herbert Smith and Freehills OK Megamerger; 2,800-Attorney Firm Plans to Open New York Office in 2012
Coroner Blames Dingo for Baby’s Disappearance 32 Years Ago
Judge: Lawyer Not ‘Unjustifiably Abused, Belittled, Humiliated, Threatened, Undermined or Bullied’
UK Megafirm Linklaters Forms Alliance with Australia’s Allens Arthur Robinson
Judge Awards Workers Comp to Aussie Woman Injured on Business Trip During Hotel Room Hookup
4th Inquest Starts re 1980 Baby Death in Australia; Meryl Streep Movie Told Story of Unsolved Case
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