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A judge has granted broad discovery to a shareholder class action against IAG over COVID-related disclosures, saying the documents sought were relevant to determining the likelihood the insurer knew of the risk that it would have to pay out business interruption claims covered by polices that referenced defunct legislation.
BlueScope Steel is seeking to overturn a record $57.5 million penalty for engaging in attempted price-fixing with flat steel distributors, telling an appeals court that it was simply trying to make its competitors understand “it was in their interests to price differently”.
Former Ten journalist Tegan George has reached a settlement in a case claiming she suffered PTSD on the job, but will continue her separate lawsuit against the TV network for alleged sex discrimination.
A judge has found energy company AGL committed thousands of contraventions of the Retail Rules by continuing to deduct payments from welfare recipients after they had closed their accounts.
Telstra's case against two family members of a former employee accused of stealing millions of dollars in phones and other electronics has been paused pending the outcome of criminal proceedings, with a court finding the telco's pursuit of proceeds of the alleged crime would prejudice the pair's right to silence.
A judge has made soft class closure orders in a shareholder class action against Medibank after the High Court has been asked to resolve a split on the issue by intermediate appellate courts.
In a test of Julia Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act guarding against discrimination on the basis of gender identity, the Federal Court has ruled that a trans-exclusionary social media app, Giggle for Girls, was unlawfully discriminatory.
An ANZ employee has lost her application in the Fair Work Commission to work from home full time on the basis that she is over 55 years old, with a commissioner saying there was no “rational connection" between her age and the request.
The corporate regulator has won its case against Bit Trade, the Australian provider of the Kraken crypto exchange, after a judge rejected the company's argument that its product was not a credit facility.
The federal government has taken control of the construction division of the CFMEU and all of its state branches, in an extraordinary move expected to see the replacement of almost 270 elected office bearers.