Companies

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has opposed BlueScope Steel general manager Jason Ellis’ request for court permission to manage another company, saying he should wait until the ACCC’s price-fixing case against him has been decided.

Union members who allegedly urged former Qantas workers to give misleading information to the Federal Court via a survey in a lawsuit brought on behalf of 2,000 stood-down ground staff may be called to explain themselves after a judge expressed concern over their conduct.

Liberty Mutual Insurance does not have to indemnify dam operator Sunwater for its share of a $440 million settlement of the Queensland floods class action, the NSW Supreme Court has found.

The Port of Newcastle has largely won its High Court fight with mining giant Glencore over access fees and will now be able to set a higher price for use of the port's facilities.

Group members in a class action over Bayer's Essure contraceptives had “a ticking time bomb” in their bodies after being implanted with the devices, and all were at risk of developing injuries, a court has heard.

Former Commonwealth Bank subsidiary Avanteos Investments Limited pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charging up to $700,000 in fees to hundreds of deceased superannuation fund members.

Fast food giant McDonald’s has been hit with a class action alleging it systematically failed to provide employees with paid 10 minute rest breaks.

A judge was "mistaken" to find that AFT Pharmaceuticals' ads for its painkiller Maxigesic were misleading, with the Full Federal Court ruling there was an adequate scientific foundation for the ads' claims that the drug provided faster, better pain relief than paracetamol and ibuprofen alone.

The Finance Sector Union is preparing a lawsuit against the National Australia Bank, claiming the bank has pressured its employees to work “unreasonable” hours and underpaid its staff.

Mercedes-Benz has responded to a $650 million lawsuit by Australian dealers over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model, saying it had a "legitimate commercial interest" in making the change and denying that dealer agreements were "perpetual" in their terms.