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Woolworths offers undertaking to ease ACCC’s concerns over $552M PFD tie-up
The ACCC is seeking views on a proposed undertaking by Woolworths aimed at allaying the regulator's concerns about its planned $552 million acquisition of a 65 per cent stake in wholesale food distributor PFD Food Services.
Sydney sues Telstra to block payphone installations
The city of Sydney has sued Telstra to block the telecommunications giant from carrying out the allegedly unlawful replacement and installation of payphones throughout the CBD area.
Developer dad who took parental leave accuses Apple of sex discrimination
A software engineer who was sacked from Apple after criticism that he was "clowning around" has accused the technology giant of discriminating against him for taking leave to care for his family.
Judge won’t keep sales figures confidential in epic Cargill, Viterra battle
A Victoria Supreme Court judge has rejected a post-trial bid to keep details of the 2019 sale of Cargill's malt business under wraps in a long-running case over Viterra's $420 million sale of its Joe White business, finding the move would be contrary to the principles of open justice where no harm from disclosure had been demonstrated.
HWL Ebsworth forced to hand over client file notes to ANZ whistleblower
HWL Ebsworth has been ordered to hand over file notes to a former client and whistleblower suing ANZ for unfair dismissal, with a judge rejecting the law firm's argument that the notes were created solely for the benefit of the junior solicitor taking them.
Judge slams Monsanto’s ‘highly unsatisfactory’ behaviour in Roundup class action
A judge has criticised agricultural giant Monsanto for its "highly unsatisfactory" conduct in ignoring court orders in a class action over its allegedly cancer-causing Roundup pesticides.
‘Like a loaded gun’: Ben Roberts-Smith in danger of reprisals from Taliban, court hears
Ben Roberts-Smith faces potential reprisal from the Taliban as a soldier accused of war crimes, a judge has been told as she hears a dispute over the release of documents on four key Afghani witnesses set to testify in his upcoming defamation trial.
ABC to call 15 witnesses to establish substantial truth in Porter defamation case, court hears
Facing a defamation suit by former attorney-general Christian Porter over an article centring on historical rape allegations, the ABC has said it will argue the substantial truth of many of the alleged defamatory imputations and will call at least 15 witnesses to make good on its defence.
Porter asks court to suppress part of ABC’s defence to defamation lawsuit
Former attorney-general Christian Porter is seeking to block the public from seeing portions of the ABC's defence to claims that it defamed him with an article detailing historical rape allegations.
‘Severe harm to competition’: ACCC to refuse flight pact between Qantas, Japan Airlines
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has proposed to deny authorisation for Qantas to coordinate with Japan Airlines on flights between Australia and Japan despite the regulator’s increased flexibility on the travel sector during COVID-19.