slaterandgordonIn May 2007, Sydney-based plaintiffs’ law firm Slater & Gordon listed its shares on the Australian Stock Exchange, becoming the world’s first publicly traded law firm. On its website, the firm touts its “outstanding record” in class actions and group actions. As the firm’s website also highlights, the firm has been an active in pursuing securities class action lawsuits in Australia. More recently, however, the firm has recently experienced some financial turbulence, as a result of which its share price has plunged.  Now, in a twist that can only be called ironic, the firm may be facing a class action lawsuit of its own.
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