Cat Fredenburgh

Google has agreed to pay a $55 million penalty for making anti-competitive agreements requiring Telstra and Optus to pre-install Google Search on Android devices they sold.

The corporate regulator has launched a review into the requirement that superannuation funds disclose land transfer duty fees, commonly referred to as a 'stamp duty', in a move that could boost super investments in the property sector.

Star Entertainment has reached an agreement with its Queen's Wharf partners to sell its 50 per cent stake in the Brisbane entertainment venture.

Sydney investment manager Rodney Forrest has pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading in relation to the trading of $2.6 million in shares of funds manager Platinum Asset Management while in position of inside information about a takeover offer.

CDC Data Centres is planning to open a 200-megawatt data centre in Western Australia, citing heightened demand from AI and the region's importance for the AUKUS security partnership. 

Global heavyweight A&O Sherman is expanding its disputes capacity in Australia, recruiting the head of Ashurst's Perth disputes practice.

The High Court has rejected Novartis' plea that it overturn a ruling that found an extension of the term of the patent for its heart drug Entresto was invalidly granted.

Former director of fintech iSignthis, John Karantzis, plans to appeal a ruling that slapped him with a $1 million penalty and disqualification orders for allegedly providing misleading information to shareholders. 

The High Court has declined to weigh in on when a court should step in when the machinery governing the entitlement to payments in a contract breaks down, in a dispute between builder Glenvill and Amcor over asbestos remediation at an industrial site in the Melbourne suburb of Alphington.

Mayfield Development has been granted the High Court's leave to make its argument that derivative Crown immunity does not apply to NSW Ports, in a seven-year-old competition case.