Corporate

Suggesting former Today host Karl Stefanovic and 123 Podcast director Keshnee Ibrahim "get a better expert", a judge has rejected an adjournment bid after an expert tasked with valuing their podcast company asked for more time.

The founders of automotive data company Blue Flag have sued majority owner Optimus Group, claiming it improperly sent default notices to divert a share exit process.

Developer Villawood can share documents produced in litigation against its former director with federal police, after persuading a judge the public interest in investigating possible crimes outweighed the interest in confidentiality.

A court has slapped an injunction on Ryzon Materials to restrain it from a proposed capital reduction, citing concerns it could allow the company to avoid a potential penalty in a case by the corporate regulator.

Jones Day is making moves on its rivals, luring leading lawyers across disputes, real estate, energy, corporate and IP from a who's who of top firms.

A former Warwick Gold and Impact Gold director is banned from managing corporations for the next four years, after the $44 million collapse of the mining companies.

A director of collapsed developer Lion Property Group is seeking to set aside a default judgment which he says would leave him on the hook for $35 million in damages.

Piper Alderman has lured a corporate partner from Lander & Rogers to join its Melbourne office.

The liquidators of a subsidiary of collapsed media company Big Un have lost their case against financier First Class Capital alleging a three million share purchase was part of a scheme to inflate the company's stock price. 

A judge has found that a Canberra lawyer breached his fiduciary duties and engaged in oppressive conduct towards his former romantic and firm partner after she sought a $500,000 refund of shares in Aulich Civil Law.