Industries

An appeals court has found Transport for NSW was not empowered to compulsorily acquire land for the ‘public purpose’ of the Western Sydney Airport. 

Hoping for a discounted penalty, fintech iSignthis has won its bid to adduce evidence of without prejudice offers it made to reach a resolution with ASIC before the regulator took it to court.

Ten has resolved a case by former journalist Tegan George that alleged the network's Canberra bureau had a culture that was “sexually hostile, demeaning and oppressive”.

The legal watchdogs in three states have issued a guidance on the ethical use of AI, recommending that lawyers only use the technology for “lower-risk” tasks like drafting correspondence. 

A competition class action against Stanwell and CS Energy has been tossed, with a judge finding the power companies' conduct was legitimate “profit maximisation behaviour”. 

The High Court has declined a request by Shinetec for it to weigh in a dispute over an abandoned $185 million development in Gosford, NSW.

Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona has lost its bid to transfer a dispute over a $511 million waste-to-energy facility in East Rockingham, with a judge finding no overlap with another matter in the Federal Court. 

Australian fintech start-up Chippit Financial has defeated PayPal's challenge to its bid to register 'PayPool' as a trade mark for a new lending product.

Google continues to dominate online search services in Australia, holding 94 per cent of the market share despite regulatory changes, the competition regulator said Wednesday.