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NAB settles union test case over ‘excessive’ work hours
The Finance Sector Union has reached a resolution with National Australia Bank in a test case by four managers who were allegedly required to work "unreasonable" unpaid hours for years.
Class action loses case over ‘flammable’ Alucobond cladding
A class action has failed to prove that Alucobond panel manufacturer 3A Composites and supplier Halifax Vogel misled consumers about the allegedly flammable cladding and breached consumer guarantees. 
Study platform Chegg cops $500K penalty for helping Monash students cheat
US-based study help platform Chegg has copped a $500,000 penalty after the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency found the site helped Monash University students cheat. 
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NewSat faces guillotine order over $10M in security for lenders’ costs
Defunct telecommunication company NewSat has until 7 April to pay security for defence costs in a case against a group of lenders that withdrew financial support for the company's satellite project.
Class action firms mull suits after verdicts against Google, Meta
Two US jury verdicts last week in cases over alleged harms caused to children by social media platforms have spurred plaintiff firms to weigh class actions in Australia.
Mastercard loses appeal of privilege waiver ruling in ACCC’s case
Mastercard has lost its challenge to a ruling requiring it to hand over communications about agreements with retailers in a misuse of market power case brought by the competition regulator. 
AFL ‘worked closely’ with Luke Sayers to exonerate him, court told
The estranged wide of former Carlton president and PwC chief executive officer Luke Sayers says the AFL failed to follow its own protocol in investigating the posting of an explicit image to her husband's X account.
Binance Australia Derivatives fined $10M for offering ‘risky’ crypto products to retail customers
A judge has slapped defunct crypto firm Binance Australia Derivatives with a $10 million penalty for misclassifying around 500 retail customers as eligible to invest in risky derivatives intended for sophisticated investors. 
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Council ordered to pay $12.7M for Sydney land first valued at $6.5M
A local NSW council has been ordered to pay the owners of a block of land it acquired in North-West Sydney $12.7 million, with the court finding that if not for the acquisition, the land could have been used for residential purposes. 
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QIC says KPMG, Pacific Werribee co-owner on hook even without defects
Pacific Werribee shopping centre owner QIC says its misleading conduct case against co-owner Wadren and consulting firm KPMG is viable even in the absence of a defects finding in a related case against Probuild.