Cat Fredenburgh

The government has begun a review into the adequacy of whistleblower protections, following damning whistleblower allegations that KPMG misused confidential client information.

Alternative investment manager Barings is leading a consortium that has agreed to acquire Melbourne's Moorabbin airport for $1.5 billion. 

The CDPP has dropped insider trading charges against the CFO of defunct video producer Big Un, after a hung jury couldn't reach a decision on the charges following a five-week trial.

Lawyers stuck inside by the dreary, cold weather have been keeping busy penning a slew of new suits targeting the likes of Coles, REA and Nine.

ASIC is investigating Corporate Travel Management and its auditor PwC, after the travel management company said it would reverse $220 million in revenue after a review found it had overcharged customers. 

ANZ's New Zealand unit is appealing its loss in a class action alleging it failed to repay fees and interest wrongly charged to customers who took out home or personal loans.

A senator has slammed companies for abusing legal professional privilege, after hearing that KPMG has refused to hand over documents in an ASIC investigation into misuse of client information by KPMG auditors.

A solicitor who brought a successful shareholder case 13 years ago against the liquidators of HIH Insurance has lost a long-running dispute with another lawyer over the spoils.

A judge has refused a developer's request to keep the details of a negligence suit against its former lawyers Bartier Perry under wraps, noting the potential "serious consequences" for law firms facing such claims.

A plastering firm accusing the CFMEU and United Super of coercing more than $1 million in payments while it was working on several major Sydney developments has been ordered to replead vague aspects of its serious claims.