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NAB flags attack on landmark union case alleging ‘systemic, deliberate understaffing’
The National Australia Bank has flagged a potential strike-out bid against a landmark case by the Finance Sector Union alleging bank managers were required to work unreasonable unpaid hours for years. 
Higgins’ speech in public interest, ABC says in Lehrmann defamation suit
The ABC is relying on a new statutory public interest defence in a defamation case brought by accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann over its coverage of a National Press Club speech by his accuser, former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins.
Nine drops truth defence in defamation case by Euro Pacific Bank chief
Nine has abandoned its truth defence in a case brought by Euro Pacific CEO Peter Schiff over a 60 Minutes report on an international tax evasion investigation, and the bank boss is entitled to judgment in his favour, a court has heard.
MLC ordered to pay $10M penalty for ‘serious failure’
A judge has ordered MLC to pay $10 million for its “serious failure” to pay life insurance benefits to customers undergoing rehabilitation, in an ASIC case that also alleged the insurer failed to promptly update medical terms in policies.
TPG-backed company fleeced in major scam tied to $1B climate deal, court told
TPG-owned Anew Climate has sued an Australian company that allegedly impersonated a US carbon offset developer by using "bogus" emails to unlawfully receive payments under a $968 million (US$640 million) investment deal, a court has heard.
Judge orders discovery of legal advice in spat over $45B Ichthys LNG project
A judge has ordered contractor JKC Australia to hand over legal advice relating to a settlement deed it entered with Japanese oil company Inpex in 2021, as it seeks to hold Dutch paint company AkzoNobel NV responsible for its “significant” potential liability under the settlement.
ANZ to cop penalty in ASIC case over cash advance fees
ANZ will no longer contest liability at trial in a case by the regulator over more than $10 million in cash advance fees charged to the credit card accounts of hundreds of thousands of customers.
Sydney MP Alex Greenwich to sue Mark Latham over homophobic tweet
Independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich is preparing to bring a defamation case against One Nation’s NSW leader, Mark Latham, after he published a homophobic post on Twitter last month.
Nine’s A Current Affair broke privacy rules in airing neighbour dispute, ACMA finds
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found Channel Nine breached privacy rules in a story on A Current Affair about a violent dispute between neighbours in regional New South Wales that went viral on YouTube.
‘Not motivated by access to justice’: Funder hit with indemnity costs in copyright case
A judge has ordered a litigation funder that bankrolled a photographer’s unsuccessful copyright claim against CoreLogic to pay indemnity costs to the property data analytics company, saying the funder was not “motivated by any concerns for access to justice”.