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Briefly: Alphapharm, Woolworths, GitHub latest litigation targets
The latest new suits feature billion-dollar infrastructure brawls, fresh employment claims against Telstra and Woolworths, and regulators flexing their enforcement muscle.
Kwinana engineer files High Court bid over fraud claims in union case
The engineering firm behind the Kwinana energy transformation hub in Western Australia wants the High Court to hear a union's case alleging it fraudulently failed to disclose information to the Fair Work Commission.
‘Spectacular waste of money’: J&J class action fights soft class closure
A class action against Johnson & Johnson over alleged ineffective cold medicine has attacked the pharmaceutical company’s application for soft class closure, telling a court the process would produce useless data and only need to be repeated. 
NSW to face direct discrimination claims in child removal class action
A judge has ruled a class action on behalf of First Nations people in NSW whose children were allegedly unlawfully removed can bring a claim alleging group members were treated unfairly because of their race.
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Queensland Power, Millmerran appeal win for Buma in $30M dispute
The owners of Millmerran Power Station and Commodore Coal Mine in Queensland are appealing a $30 million win for contractor BUMA, and have won their bid to challenge subsequent costs orders.
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Activist group’s challenge fails against Tamboran fracking project
Environmental activist group Lock the Gate has lost its case which aimed to block Tamboran B2's gas exploration project in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo basin.
IAG class action can add damages claim not tied to disclosure breach
A judge says a shareholder class action against IAG can add a new damages claim, despite the insurer arguing it was untethered from any contravention and “clearly bad in law”.
ACCC alleges collection agency, legal practice sent 320,000 misleading debt notices
The ACCC has taken a debt collection agency and an associated legal practice to court for sending 320,000 allegedly misleading debt notices, describing the legal practice's alleged conduct as "particularly troubling".
Settlement reached in fight over $100M in shares of data centre start-up Firmus
A settlement has been reached in a dispute over more than $100 million in shares in AI data centre start-up Firmus Grid ahead of an expected $7 billion IPO, just days before the company's founders were due to give evidence in court.
DC Comics drops challenge to ‘kryptonite diet’ trade mark
DC Comics has dropped its appeal of a ruling allowing a Sydney man's registration of 'kryptonite diet' as a trade mark, which it argued had been made in bad faith given its sizable reputation in the fictional substance from the Superman franchise.