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ASX-listed data centre operator NextDC has raised $750 million from a subordinated wholesale notes offer, bringing its cash pile to $6.6 billion.

ASIC has imposed its tenth ban on an adviser for directing clients to invest their super in the Shield and First Guardian Master Funds.

An appeals court has upheld a finding that Tasmanian Ports had a right to kick wood pellets manufacturer Resources Australasia off leased property after it erected an awning structure without permission. 

A second law firm has launched a shareholder class action investigation into James Hardie's alleged inadequate disclosures about troubles in its North American fiber cement unit in a market guidance for the 2026 financial year.

Engineering firm Monadelphous has lost a bid to suspend $3.3 million in adjudication judgments secured by contractor Aaro Group in a dispute over works at BHP's Eastern Ridge mine.

Holding Redlich has advised on the country's first utility scale solar microgrid led by a First Nations cooperative in a remote area of the Northern Territory, a project that will deliver critical energy autonomy in the community.

Microsoft is planning to invest a record $25 billion in Australia's AI and cyber infrastructure over the next three years.

Environmental group Greenpeace won't take its case alleging Woodside misled the public by greenwashing its oil and gas projects to trial, after a judge tossed a similar case against Santos in February.

Allens and Ashurst are shoring up their disputes practices in the firms' latest round of partner promotions, which also features lawyers that specialise in M&A, IP, competition and projects.

Pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs has been hit with a class action over a 2022 data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of 223,000 customers of its Medlab business, including tests for fertility and STDs.