Cat Fredenburgh

Mayne Pharma has denied US drug maker Cosette's claims it breached its continuous disclosure obligations in relation to US FDA concerns about marketing for its Nextstellis contraceptive, as the drug makers spar over their $672 million merger.

An Aboriginal group joined to Regis Resources’ challenge to a decision concerning its McPhillamys gold mine has won an order capping its costs at $20,000, with a judge rejecting the gold producer's argument the order was unnecessary. 

The applicant in a long-running class action over the government's live exports ban has lodged an appeal after a judge has found that no additional cattle would have been exported to Indonesia in 2012 and 2013 if the ban had not been in place.

Centuria Capital has snapped up the Port Adelaide Distribution Centre for $216 million, calling it a "rare opportunity" surrounded by a host of positive economic indicators.

US firm Jones Day is growing its Brisbane office, snagging a partner from Ashurst for its labor and employment group.

Lederer Group, the family trust of billionaire Paul Lederer, has launched a $285 million takeover bid for commercial property fund Elanor Funds Management, telling investors "enough is enough" and that it was time for a change.

Rental property manager MadeComfy has been acquired by Indian hospitality company Oyo in a deal worth $50 million. 

Star Entertainment will be on the hook for $41 million to its Queen's Wharf partners after an agreement to sell its stake in the Brisbane entertainment venture fell through.

Star Entertainment says it is "unlikely" an agreement will reached by the end of the month for its Queen's Wharf partners to buy out its stake in the Brisbane entertainment project. 

A lot has changed in Australia and the US since 2016, when Turnbull and Obama were still in power, but the same can't be said for a negligence suit against HWL Ebsworth filed by a client that year, laments a wistful judge.