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Mastercard considered threatening Coles with losing its discounted interchange fees to rival Woolworths if the supermarket chain re-routed customer debit and credit transactions away from the payments giant, a trial judge has heard in the ACCC's misuse of market power case.

During her second day on the stand in a defamation trial, actress Rebel Wilson denied using an alleged sexual harassment complaint as leverage against her fellow producers on 'The Deb'.

TikTok has hit back at a claim by a former distribution business development director that she was unfairly dismissed after she made workplace complaints, saying her role was made redundant following a restructure.

Three partners have joined Mills Oakley, expanding the law firm's government, taxation and workplace relations teams.

In a landmark recent decision, the Federal Court has confirmed that getting credits wrong or trying to contract your way out of giving them carries serious legal and commercial consequences, says Clayton Utz head of digital and intellectual property Timothy Webb and lawyer Chelsea Manansala.

Collapsed developer FSM alleges Big Six firm Mallesons aided and abetted breaches of duty by its director, who allegedly entered into a refinancing agreement with Ray White Capital that included a 192 per cent interest rate.

A judge has tossed a suit seeking to recover a $1 million deposit on a $20.7 million agreement to purchase the former John Adjemis-owned Hotel Diplomat in Potts Point, after the deal fell through over concerns about mold and water ingress.

The owner of Darwin Port, Landbridge Group, has brought arbitration proceedings against the Australian government following threats that it will force the Chinese firm to sell the port.

Granting a joinder bid in an unfair preferences case over the failure of carpentry firm Empryl, a judge has urged the Federal Court's rules committee to resolve a question hanging over liquidators seeking to bring proceedings against multiple defendants.

Mastercard's APAC head was "perfectly comfortable" with the threat of removal of discounted interchange rates to cut a deal with Coles to route transactions through its payment network, a court has heard.