Cat Fredenburgh

A five-story office building in East Perth that has held a long-term lease with the government of Western Australia has sold for $10 million. 

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.

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.

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.

DC Comics is appealing a decision that found 'kryptonite diet' could be registered as a trade mark because the Superman-derived word has become somewhat generic, a ruling that's kryptonite for the Warner Bros-owned company which relies heavily on monetising its IP.

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.