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A finding that Noumi's production of a PwC report to ASIC didn't constitute waiver of privilege provides clarity that voluntary disclosure agreements can protect confidential information, but care must still be taken, lawyers say.

Cheese company Bega has landed itself in court over concerns Fonterra's divestment of its Australian dairy business will infringe on a longstanding trade mark licence.

A class action against BHP can include in the group member definition investors who bought shares on secondary platforms, but the change can't apply retroactively.

In deciding an evidentiary dispute in a shareholder class action against building materials giant Boral, a judge has sounded off over the increasing costs of expert evidence produced in group proceedings.

A court has foreshadowed a fight between two competing class actions against Google over alleged abuse of market dominance in digital advertising.

The plaintiffs in a shareholder class action against Lendlease have lost their bid for further discovery from the builder, with a judge taking a swipe for their “flagrant" failure to meet deadlines.

The former owner of 28 hectares of land in Western Sydney has sued Sydney Water, alleging it deliberately sought to prevent the sale of the property on the open market and disputing a $347 million valuation. 

Macquarie Capital has hit back at a class action over an alleged misleading prospectus for Nuix’s $1.8 billion IPO, saying it was entitled as underwriter to rely on the software company's promises.

Mineralogy has lost its bid for expanded discovery from CITIC in a case seeking to compel the Clive Palmer-owned tenement owner to file expansion proposals allegedly needed to maintain production at a Pilbara iron mine.

Law firm HFW has welcomed former Herbert Smith Freehills energy M&A partner Graeme Gamble to its Perth office.