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The High Court is set to rule Wednesday on whether animal activists own the copyright in video footage obtained while trespassing on the property of a Victorian slaughterhouse, a case that has implications for press freedoms.

Goodman Group and Digital Realty have told the market they have no present intention to make a takeover bid for NextDC, after forming a joint venture to secure a 9.9 per cent shareholding in the AI data centre player.

A third law firm is investigating a potential class action against AI infrastructure company NextDC after it revealed delays in grid supply to its M3 data centre in Melbourne and slashed $140 million from its forecast earnings.

The High Court has taken up Pauline Hanson's constitutional challenge to Australia's racial vilification law, in a long-running dispute with Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi over a tweet by the One Nation leader.

The High Court has dismissed billionaire Clive Palmer's bid to revive his misconduct claims against former ASIC chair James Shipton, which an appeals court rejected as "little more than a house of cards".

Pointing to the "litigious history" of the case, the High Court has refused leave to former Keybridge Capital director Nick Bolton to appeal a decision that found the company wasn't on the hook for covering his legal bill in a case over alleged duty breaches.

A parliamentary committee has recommend the NSW government require that data centres run entirely on renewable energy which they supply and that development applications be assessed according to their cumulative impact.

AI infrastructure company NextDC now faces three class action investigations after it revealed delays in grid supply to its M3 data centre in Melbourne and slashed $140 million from its forecast earnings.

Uber must pay at least $81 million in payroll tax after the High Court shot down its challenge to a finding that its drivers received wages, in a decision the rideshare giant says sets an "alarming precedent".

The High Court has upheld an appeals court ruling that Billabong founder Gordon Merchant is liable for a $31 million tax bill after selling his company, finding there was no other "meaningful or realistic" objective of the sale.