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Liquidators of collapsed Forge Group are close to settling their insider trading case against engineering and construction company Clough and former directors, a court has heard on what was to be the first day of trial.

Mayne Pharma has said it will file a court challenge to the validity of US drug maker Cosette Pharmaceuticals' purported termination of a $672 million takeover offer.

A judge has thrown out a notice to produce issued by an Australian company being targeted by UK genomic sequencing company Oxford Nanopore Technologies, calling its bid for board minutes and other documents a “fishing expedition”.

A community group has filed a lawsuit over the government's assessment of Santos' Narrabri lateral pipeline, the latest challenge to the company's $3.6 billion natural gas project in northern NSW.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has launched legal action against Philips Electronics for allegedly supplying CPAP and BiPAP devices, used to assist individuals with sleep apnea, which it knew posed risks to users. 

The Fair Work Commission will look into whether female graduate lawyers should receive a pay increase, as part of its review into gender-based undervaluation sparked by Albanese government reforms to the Fair Work Act.

Two months after reserving judgment, an appeals court has allowed the Worley class action to reopen the case to offer its take on the relevance of the Full Court's ruling last month in the CBA class actions.

Construction group Roberts Co owes unsecured creditors almost $100 million, a court has been told as administrators secure more time for the builder's founder to pitch a restructuring deal.

Norton Rose Fulbright has lured two M&A parters from Squire Patton Boggs to join its Sydney office during a period of high demand.