Companies

EY Australia faces a lawsuit by a former intern who alleges she was harassed by her manager, victimized after making a complaint, and precluded from participating in a culture review by former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick.

A third 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.

Gilbert + Tobin has hired a senior tax lawyer from EY to build a tax controversy practice at the firm.

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.

The CEO of Lendlease has confirmed a whistleblower's claim that a KPMG audit partner accessed confidential Lendlease board papers which were then shared with a team pursuing an audit tender with Westpac.

A judge has found Coles engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when advertising products with a 'Down Down' discount, in a win for the consumer regulator and a class action.

Trial in AstraZeneca's patent infringement case over Pharmacor's plans to launch a cheaper version of diabetes drug Forxiga has been delayed to October, after the generic drug maker got the all-clear to revise its cross-claim.

A former Mastercard business development director has admitted at trial to lying to the payments giant's finance department about the risk of 7-Eleven routing transactions to EFTPOS to seal a deal.

Supermarket giant Woolworths has been hit with a lawsuit by a former senior executive who claims she was forced to work up to 90 hours per week and was subjected to a "boys club" culture.

Charter Hall has signed a deal to take over a Sydney office precinct from Lendlease.