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Greensill insurer BCC, sacked manager dragged into cases against IAG
Tokio Marine subsidiary Bond & Credit Company and fired underwriter Greg Brereton have been pulled into lawsuits targeting Insurance Australia Group over trade credit policies covering $4.6 billion in loans issued by the now collapsed Greensill Capital.
Viterra rejected $85M offer to settle Cargill lawsuit over Joe White sale
Grain producer Viterra, which has been ordered to pay $293 million to Cargill Australia for making misleading representations during the sale of malt producer Joe White, rejected an offer to settle the lawsuit for $85 million, a court has heard.
Sydney barrister sues Nine over cavoodle custody battle coverage
A Sydney barrister has launched a defamation lawsuit against the Nine Network over its coverage of a battle for custody of famed social media hound Oscar the cavoodle.
Probuild administrators look to forestall ‘nightmarish’ construction delays
Administrators for building giant ProBuild have won more time to examine its assets as they try to avoid the "nightmarish prospect" of costly delays to the company's projects.
MCoBeauty drops ‘2000 hour’ eye makeup brand to settle trade mark suit
Cosmetics company MCoBeauty has reached a settlement with the maker of the popular 1000Hour Lash & Brow Dye kit in a case alleging  “deliberate and flagrant” trade mark and copyright infringement.
Corestaff to pay $6.4M to settle class action by Papua New Guinea workers
Labour hire firm CoreStaff will pay $6.4 million to settle a class action accusing it of using the promise of long-term work to lure workers to Australia from Papua New Guinea, only to terminate their employment agreements less than three years after they made the move.
Court tosses challenges to Woodside expansion of Scarborough LNG project
The WA Supreme Court has thrown out challenges to Woodside Energy's proposals to expand its Scarborough LNG project, finding there were no errors in the state EPA's approval.
CBA says branch arrangements ‘critical’ to defence of $45M rest break case
Commonwealth Bank has won more time to examine the particular work arrangements in 24 individual branches, as it fights allegations of systemic failures to provide thousands of employees with paid rest breaks since 2014.
PwC Australia picks up Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
A new taxation super-group is on the horizon, with leading tax advisory firm Greenwoods set to join the ranks of PwC Australia’s financial advisory business in the midyear, amid a “war for talent” in the sector. 
Jellycat’s Bashful Bunny plush toy ‘hardly a revolutionary concept’, court told
A toy designer that has been sued for allegedly copying the design of toy maker Jellycat’s beloved ‘Bashful Bunny’ has pushed back at a request for discovery concerning its design process, telling the court “a plush toy in the shape of a bunny is hardly a revolutionary concept”.