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Nature’s Care owners can’t extend injunction against Wu family founders
The current owners of vitamin giant Nature’s Care have lost a bid to extend an urgent injunction against the company’s founding family amid fears they were trying to regain control of the corporate group, with a judge finding the family may faced oppressive conduct themselves.
Noumi seeks to shield PwC report in privilege fight with ASIC
Noumi has argued a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by its lawyers at Ashurst is protected by legal professional privilege, after the food manufacturer admitted to overstating the value of its inventory and failing to properly disclose its financial position.
Peak legal body clashes with ACCC on reform to merger regime
The Law Council of Australia has come out in opposition to calls by the competition regulator for major reform to the country's merger regime, saying the evidence did not support "wholesale" changes.
Big Un financier admits 3 million share purchase, denies knowledge of stock manipulation
Sydney financier First Class Capital has admitted it acquired three million shares in former market darling Big Un but has denied liquidators' claims that the purchase was part of a fraudulent design to inflate the share price ahead of the video start-up’s collapse.
Clive Palmer loses second bid to shut down criminal cases
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost an appeal seeking to throw out two criminal cases over a takeover bid and payments to his political party, with an appeals court finding the challenge was an abuse of process.
Thomson Geer picks up partners from Gadens, Holding Redlich
Thomson Geer has recruited new partners from Gadens and Holding Redlich to strengthen the law firm's IP and corporate benches.
Class action investigation targets Magnis Energy, auditor Hall Chadwick
A law firm is investigating an shareholder class action against lithium battery producer Magnis Energy Technologies and auditor Hall Chadwick after its share price plummeted to four cents late last year.  
New owners of Nature’s Care face Wu family’s ‘nasty surprise’
The current owners of vitamin giant Nature’s Care have won an urgent injunction against the company's founding family, after a judge said it appeared they were trying to regain control of the corporate group.
New judge vows to not be ‘cranky’, looks forward to bench-eye view of the Bar
The latest judge to join the NSW Supreme Court has expressed a desire to foster a serious but collegiate environment for advocates and has remarked on the rising importance of legal directories for barristers. 
Canberra developers can’t muzzle ASIC over disqualification
Two former directors of a Canberra property development group have lost their bid to bar ASIC from announcing their disqualification, with a tribunal finding this would keep financiers and creditors “in the dark” and make the market less transparent.