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Microsoft has offered to refund millions of customers who the consumer cop says unwittingly subscribed to its AI assistant Copilot without being told a cheaper AI-free option was available. 

Superannuation funds Hesta and Prime Super have been pinged by the corporate regulator for allegedly greenwashing their investment portfolios.

The High Court has dismissed a case by a law firm client who claimed he was entitled under the law of restitution to $1.4 million in interest on a $900,000 sum his lawyers repaid in a fight about legal fees.

The former CEO of failed AI marketing start-up Metigy has pleaded guilty to providing false statements to investors and misusing his position as a director, following an investigation by the corporate regulator.

In response to a High Court ruling giving the Catholic Church an out for the actions of its priests, Victoria has vowed to introduce legislation to extend the vicarious liability of institutions, a move welcomed by plaintiff law firms.

Environment minister Murray Watt has resisted calls to split proposed legislation that would overhaul the country's environment laws to allow business-friendly parts of the law to move forward first.

The ACCC has taken Microsoft to court, alleging the software giant misled 2.7 million customers of its 365 product suite into believing they had to subscribe to its AI assistant Copilot, knowing they were sceptical of the new product.

The Supreme Court of Victoria has debuted a new expedited case list for the Commercial Court, aimed at fast-tracking urgent cases and those that can be heard in three days or less.

Macquarie Asset Management has sold its data centre business Aligned Data Centers to a consortium led by BlackRock subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners in a landmark $61 billion deal.

The competition regulator is seeking to intervene in Mayfield Development's appeal to the High Court in a case the developer says could have "startling" consequences.