Companies

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.

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.

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. 

A judge has criticised lawyers acting in underpayments cases against Coles and Woolworths for overly lengthy submissions and a lack of cooperation, saying the dispute has gone “off the rails”. 

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.

The applicant in a class action against Toyota Finance over alleged ‘junk’ insurance is fighting the company's bid for soft class closure, saying it would hamper the prospect of settlement at an upcoming mediation.

Qantas has agreed to pay $105 million to settle a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers who allegedly never received refunds after their flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A class action on behalf of tens of thousands of KFC workers who were allegedly denied rest breaks has settled for around $29 million. 

A judge has put Star on the hook for over $1 million in Buildcorp's legal costs after largely losing its suit over alleged defective construction work on its Sydney casino, describing the case as "fairly disastrous".

A judge has struck out a crypto company's injurious falsehood case against the Sydney Morning Herald's publisher after finding its statement of claim did not plead a cause of action.