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Former CFMEU Victorian secretary John Setka has reached an agreement with the Fair Work Ombudsman in proceedings alleging he tried to coerce the AFL to sack an umpire over his previous role at the Australian Building and Construction Commission.

In the first climate change case to reach its doors, the High Court has been urged to reject Mach Energy’s “strict approach” to considering the local impacts of its Mount Pleasant coal mine extension under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act.

A class action against United Petroleum by franchisees alleging they were forced to run loss-making Pie Face stores has found two funders to bankroll the case, one of which is based in Hong Kong.

A judge has expressed shock that only 2,000 documents have been produced in a class action against Tesla over self-driving cars and threatened the Elon Musk-run car maker with a "a seriously bad time" if he finds the discovery is lacking.

Vicinity Centres will pay $400 million to acquire the Eastern Creek Quarter retail precinct in Western Sydney from Frasers Property. 

ASIC says payday lenders Cigno, BSF and their directors should pay $150 million in penalties, arguing a judge should not have found they were entitled to a reduced $7 million in penalties because they had relied on legal advice from Piper Alderman.

Men's briefs manufacturer Tradie has successfully opposed an application by a group supporting tradeswomen to register 'Tradettes' as a trade mark.

Queensland developer Azure has partially won a security of payment spat, with a judge finding an adjudicator erred in finding it owes $1.7 million to a contractor for works on a luxury apartment building.

The Full Court has found women-only social media app Giggle for Girls committed direct discrimination on the basis of gender identity by excluding a transgender woman from the platform and slapped its founder with aggravated damages for repeated misgendering during trial.

The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal in a class action over the government’s 2011 live exports ban, which will have consequences for the damages that can be awarded to cattle exporters.