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Marine towage giant Svitzer took adverse action against a port manager who was dismissed in the “snap decision” of an executive irritated by the manager's lack of excitement when offered a lower-paid role as part of a restructure.

A GE unit has been hit with a $400,000 penalty after admitting it failed to comply with greenhouse gas reporting obligations for four years.

A former Holden dealer has lost a $9 million suit alleging General Motors misleadingly represented that it was “100% committed” to the line a few years before it decided to discontinue the brand. 

A judge has ordered the administrator for two class actions over PFAS contamination that settled for $153 million to pay the leftover funds to group members rather than to charities, saying it was not appropriate “to go around making donations”. 

A Dubai-based investor is seeking to vary "punitive" freezing orders won by a brokerage firm that claims he failed to repay a $10.7 million (US$7.2 million) debt over a "highly unusual" airport investment proposal.

The University of NSW has been hit with a $211,200 penalty after admitting to "systemic" underpayments of casual staff at its business school.

A tribunal has ordered a Queensland solicitor to pay $30,000 for advertising personal injury services, up from the $2,000 penalty the lawyer agreed to pay, saying it was "concerning" the lawyer claimed ignorance of a breach of the law. 

A Federal Court suit by HR company Employment Hero accusing investor and rival Seek of misusing its market power has been resolved.

The purchaser of the site of the 108-room hotel Continental Hotel Sorrento has sued a consortium that rescued the development after it hit financial troubles, claiming it was excluded from the final stages of the receivership.

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals has asked the High Court to overturn a decision revoking its Abilify patent extension, saying the ruling, which limited the extension-of term scheme to active substances only, will “lead to a groundswell of court proceedings”.