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Alcoa pays $55M fine over WA land clearing
Alcoa has been hit with a $55 million fine for clearing land in Western Australia's Northern Jarrah Forest without seeking approval, but environmental groups say the penalty is a slap on the wrist for the US mining giant.
ACCC promises crackdown on supermarkets, digital players
The ACCC has outlined its enforcement priorities for the year, promising to crack down on misleading pricing by supermarkets, manipulative practices by digital companies and car companies that don't comply with consumer guarantees.
Alcoa to pay $55M in controversial deal over WA land clearing
Alcoa has been hit with a $55 million fine for clearing land in Western Australia's Northern Jarrah Forest without seeking approval, but environmental groups say the penalty is a slap on the wrist for the US mining giant.
Judge says premature appeal in Pennytel trade secrets case a ‘joke’
An oversight in a trade secrets fight between telcos SPN and Pennytel means the matter was never formally dismissed, making Pennytel's appeal premature in a set of circumstances a judge has described as a "joke". 
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Downer can’t arbitrate fight with Squadron over Murra Warra wind farm at ICC
A judge has found that an ICC arbitration brought by Downer against Squadron Energy and a fellow contractor on the Murra Warra wind farm in Victoria was not validly commenced, upholding a hybrid arbitration clause in their agreement.
‘Not credible’: ACCC casts doubt over Coles’ claim of dog food discount
The ACCC has attacked the evidence at trial of a Coles manager who signed off on an alleged misleading discount on dog food, which was sold at a lower price just seven days earlier.
Despite loss, Santos greenwashing case won’t chill climate litigation
Corporates, regulators and lawyers alike will be poring over the Federal Court's reasons on Monday for dismissing a pivotal greenwashing case against gas giant Santos, but experts say the 250-page judgment is unlikely to deter further litigation.
Lawsuit seeks removal of Elysium Hotels’ trade mark
The operator of Hunter Valley's luxury Elysia Retreat, which has filed an intellectual property suit against the newly established Elysium Hotel in Noosa, has told a court the hotel's trade mark should be removed from the register.
Trial date at risk amid evidence spat in CoreLogic data scraping case
An April trial date in a high-stakes IP fight between real estate data company BCI and US analytics firm CoreLogic over alleged data scraping is in danger amid a fight about accounting evidence.
JLL’s former HR chief follows through on threat to sue
JLL's former human resources head in Australia has launched proceedings over her dismissal, the latest lawsuit to face the commercial real estate giant.