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Super funds want price info protected in Westpac insider trading case
Industry super funds AustralianSuper and IFM Investors - the consortium behind the interest rate swap at the centre of the corporate watchdog's insider trading case against Westpac -- have asked a judge to shield commercially sensitive information from the public as the high-profile action unfolds.
ASIC ban of RI Advice financial planner accused of double charging clients sticks
A tribunal has rejected a bid for review of ASIC's decision to permanently ban an RI Advice financial planner who was accused of double charging his clients.
Biogen sues to fend off generic competition to MS drug Tecfidera
Switzerland-based Biogen has sued generic drug maker MSN Laboratories for allegedly threatening to infringe the patent for its top-selling oral MS drug Tecfidera.
Tatts takes ATO to court over deduction for $120M lotto licence
Tabcorp-owned Tatts Group has appealed a finding from the Commissioner of Taxation that it cannot deduct a $120 million lotto licence from it assessable income for the 2017 financial year.
Ex-Kleenmaid director wins retrial on charges relating to $13M Westpac fraud
An appeals court has set aside the fraud and insolvent trading conviction of Andrew Young, founder of defunct whitegoods distributor Kleenmaid, and ordered a retrial after finding a jury should have determined whether he was mentally fit to stand trial.
Roberts-Smith hired private investigator to check ex-partner had abortion, court hears
Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court that he hired a private investigator to find out whether a woman who has accused him of domestic violence had an abortion and to obtain the home addresses of six SAS soldiers set to give evidence in his defamation trial.
NAB wins $43M judgment against ex-Dick Smith director but receivers walk away empty handed
A judge has awarded $43 million to National Australia Bank in its lawsuit against former directors of failed retailer Dick Smith, but threw out claims against company directors brought by HSBC and the retailer's receivers.
Car repair group AMA agrees to early mediation with former CEO Andrew Hopkins
AMA Group has told a court it will enter early mediation in its lawsuit against former CEO Andrew Hopkins that alleges he owes $2.4 million in unauthorised expenses and repayments on an outstanding loan.
Christian Porter, Sue Chrysanthou hit with costs in Jo Dyer lawsuit
Christian Porter and silk Sue Chrysanthou have been ordered to foot the legal bill of a friend of the woman who accused Porter of rape, after she succeeded in having the barrister removed from  defamation proceedings the former attorney-general brought against the ABC.
Victoria Cross ‘put a target on my back’, Ben Roberts-Smith tells court
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has said that while he was proud to have received the Victoria Cross for his actions at the 2010 battle of Tizak in Afghanistan, winning the award "put a target" on his back, with fellow soldiers seeking to undermine those they saw as tall poppies.