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For many in the legal profession, the election of Justice Jayne Jagot to replace outgoing Supreme Court Justice Patrick Keane, who ushered in a new era of judicial diversity within the judiciary, came as little surprise. A mobile network sharing agreement between Telstra and TPG is likely to improve business services to customers, but could lead TPG to raise prices, the competition authority said on Friday. Employee salaries have risen by as much as 20 percent in the past 12 months, according to recruitment firm Taylor Root. A judge dismissed competing appeals against a ruling finding that Pfizer`s patent is valid for its postoperative injectable painkiller Dynastat and that Australian drugmaker Juno Pharmaceuticals infringed the patent by selling generic versions of the drug in Australia. Nearly two-thirds of lawyers in private practice can work remotely 100 percent of the time Construction company CIMIC announced a dispute over new «obscure» pleadings in a two-year class action lawsuit against shareholders alleging the company failed to keep the market informed of issues related to its Middle East business. Federal Justice Jayne Jagot has been appointed the seventh female Supreme Court justice, the first time in Australian history that the majority of the judges of the Supreme Court of Australia are women. `; if( content.kicker){ html += «+content.kicker+«; } html += ` Leading US firm – Leveraged Finance Lawyers – Asscoiates and Counsel The Australian Securities and Investments Commission suffered a defeat in a case alleging that the Commonwealth Bank of Australia accepted a trial fee by selling its Essential Super product, with a judge finding that the regulator «did not know the circumstances», under which the product was distributed. `; if (content.byline != null){ html += «+content.byline+«; html += `|`; } else{ if (content.authors != null){ $.each(content.authors, function(index, value){ if (index > 0){ html += `|`; } if(value.profileUrl !=null){ html += «+value.name+«; } else{ html += value.name; } }); } } html += content.prettydate; html += ` The new initiative offers a `lawyer-led response to cyber threats` The High Court has reportedly been summoned to its home state of Queensland to consider applications for special leave, but Judge Patrick Keane said something that wasn`t the whole story. The ACCC has filed a lawsuit accusing national architectural firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall and his former boss of trying to manipulate bids for a $250 million construction project at Charles Darwin University by asking competitors not to submit bids. The disputed investment firm Linchpin Capital sued auditors Grant Thornton and Moore Stephens for signing the compliance plan of a registered fund that allegedly used investor funds to promote the company`s business interests and line the pockets of its directors. The organization invited leading judges to discuss «the whole spectrum of dispute resolution» A judge who cut the fees of a law firm that reached a $1.55 million settlement in two class action lawsuits against supermarket chain Romeo`s expressed «anger» at the firm`s attempt to provide time records to justify the bill. Corporate Partner – City Based – international law firm Soft IP Litigation Partner Großstadt/Internationale Kanzlei.