BHP has argued that investors who bought shares through secondary platforms are excluded from a long-running shareholder class action over a failed Brazilian dam, a claim slammed as an “unduly narrow reading” of the case.
The High Court has struck down a Victorian tax on electric cars, finding the state usurped powers held only by the federal government.
A judge who signed off on a settlement in a class action against theĀ government by sovereign bondholders over the disclosure of climate risks said proving climate change posed a risk to government coffers may not be as difficult as the government has claimed.
The future of a competition class action against AGL Energy is in doubt after being abandoned by its funder, despite evading the energy supplierās bid to dismiss the case.
A decision by federal environment minister Tanya Pibersek to greenlight the extension of two mega coal mines in NSW was ālegally openā to her, a judge has ruled, despite acknowledging the āexistential threatā of climate change.Ā
The ACCC has approved the buyout of Australian energy giant Origin Energy, after finding that significant competition concerns were outweighed by the likely benefits to the country’s transition to renewable energy.
Queensland technology company Anteotech has hit back at a lawsuit claiming it misused Ferroglobeās confidential silicon samples in a patent application after a failed collaboration, saying the global speciality metals producer acquiesced to the use.Ā
A traditional custodian has won her bid to halt seismic blasting for Woodsideās Scarborough gas project off the coast of Western Australia, in a legal challenge similar to one that put Santosā $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought proceedings against EnergyAustralia for allegedly misleading consumers when notifying them of changes to electricity prices.Ā
A judge has rejected the energy regulator’s claims that the owner of the Pelican Point power station in Adelaide failed to disclose its complete generator capacity to the energy market operator for months, contributing to rolling blackouts during a 2017 heatwave.