Industries

The High Court is set to hear two challenges to the government's kids social media ban on Wednesday, with Reddit arguing the Commonwealth “cannot justify” the burden on the freedom of political communication.

A class action against Meta over social media addiction will have to wait until a second prospective class action is lodged as planned, a court said Tuesday. 

The Full Federal Court has upheld a finding that fintech iSignthis made misleading representations to shareholders, as well as a decision socking it with a $10 million penalty.

The operator of Melbourne's Essendon Airport has launched action against structural engineer WSP and Hamilton and Marino Builders for alleged defects in the construction of Essendon Fields' Hyatt Place hotel.

Property developer Peet Keysborough has won an injunction requiring $3.78 million to be held in trust in a lawsuit over contamination at a development site it purchased.

A former GJ Gardner franchisee claims the company cannot pursue breach of contract claims against him because the home builder had the opportunity to pursue the claims in an earlier case.

A company linked to the Victorian Liberal Party will have to turn over unredacted versions of a loan provided to former party leader John Pesutto to help him pay $2.3 million owed to MP Moira Deeming in defamation proceedings. 

INXS has had mixed success in its challenge to a Chinese clothing company's IMXS trade mark, with IP Australia allowing an amended version of the disputed mark to be registered.

In a failed bid for discovery of internal communications at BDO Audit, Dubber has claimed a BDO employee sent an illustrated image of cash being passed under a table while discussing the firm's audit of the software company.

Whitehaven Coal has won a court's imprimatur for leases to mine coal at its Winchester South site, despite the court's finding that emissions from the project near Moranbah, Queensland would be "extraordinary".