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A court has summarily dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Victorian government of acting unlawfully by improving the Western Highway and threatening to harm six 'directions' trees of cultural significance to the Djab Wurrung people.
Construction equipment giant Caterpillar has resolved its dispute with a former employee accused of flagrantly copying "many thousands" of confidential files before taking a job with a competitor.
A judge overseeing a climate change class action against the government will be invited to visit the Torres Strait to see the alleged erosion of sacred sites, but before then the Commonwealth is seeking details on when it allegedly knew of the effects of global warming and the scope of its alleged duty of care.
McDonald’s Australia has been joined as a second respondent in a union-led lawsuit that accuses the fast food giant of “conspiring to deliberately deny workers their breaks”.
Supermarket chain Romeo's has reached a settlement in two class actions alleging staff were underpaid, but details of the agreements are scant.
A lawyer for Rentokil has told a court the pest control company is scratching its head over the defence by a former manager accused of a $3.2 million fraudulent invoice scheme, noting the employee admits invoices were paid into his personal account.
A judge has directed that the legal fees and funding commission sought to be deducted from a $125 million class action settlement with Crown Resorts be included in a proposed notice to shareholders, after learning that group members were forced to click through to Maurice Blackburn's website to find the "critical" figures.
ASIC has won its bid to wind up accused Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick's company and appoint final receivers to realise her assets, paving the way for some repayment to the dozens of family and friends who invested with Caddick and are still owed $23.5 million.
A class action on behalf of people who claim they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using Monsanto's Roundup weed killer will argue the agrochemical giant should be hit with exemplary damages for its negligence in selling the herbicide, which the company allegedly knew caused cancer.
Law firm Sparke Helmore acted negligently by failing to adequately advise a New South Wales property developer about extension of time notices that were needed to prevent two lucrative contracts from falling through, a judge has found.