Jump to full article: The Age (au), 2007-02-25
Author: William Birnbauer
Intro: NATIONAL law firm Clayton Utz faces losing millions of dollars in work from the Victorian Government in the wake of the revelations about its role in the Rolah McCabe tobacco case.
The secretary of the Department of Justice, Penny Armytage, wrote to Clayton Utz earlier this month asking why it should not be removed from the panel of law firms that are entitled to work for the State Government.
The list includes Australia's biggest law firms and is regarded as highly lucrative. Firms on the panel shared $35 million in State Government work in 2004-05.
Ms Armytage is believed to have given Clayton Utz until the end of February to respond. A spokeswoman for Clayton Utz said it was not appropriate to comment on the matter.
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