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Two US jury verdicts last week in cases over alleged harms caused to children by social media platforms have spurred plaintiff firms to weigh class actions in Australia.

Mastercard has lost its challenge to a ruling requiring it to hand over communications about agreements with retailers in a misuse of market power case brought by the competition regulator. 

A judge has struck out claims against Google’s parent company Alphabet in a class action alleging the digital giant abused its dominance in digital advertising, finding they were "ambiguous". 

A judge has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Meta to resolve their standoff over document discovery in a case over scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook.

A former KPMG executive has accused the firm of misappropriating confidential Lendlease board papers to pursue audit tenders with Westpac and Dexus, while also engaging in adverse action against a whistleblower. 

Woolworths says it wants more information about an executive's lawsuit alleging she faced excessive workloads and discrimination after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.

The federal and Queensland governments will hand over $2 million to Rio Tinto to support its Boyne aluminium smelter in return for the mining giant investing $7.5 billion in clean energy projects within the state.

Lendlease has lost its bid to expand its case against an engineering consultant in the lead up to a 20-day trial in proceedings by the Australian National University over flood damage.

A judge has ordered McDonald’s to provide any records of discussions among senior management about a court ruling that led to a class action suit over the company’s alleged failure to grant employees 10-minute rest breaks.

Former Star CEO Matthias Bekier is seeking leave to appeal a judge's finding that he and the casino operator's former GC breached their duties, while ASIC is mulling a challenge to the court's dismissal of its case against members of the Star board.