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‘Again and again’: Clive Palmer can’t relitigate challenge to ASIC examination, court told
The CDPP has complained about being brought back to court “again and again” to deal with Clive Palmer’s complaints about a compulsory examination by ASIC, as the corporate regulator seeks to have his case challenging the lawfulness of the seven year-old examination thrown out as an abuse of process. 
BBY former manager sentenced over $8.4M in client fund transfers
A former manager of BBY has been handed a two and half year sentence after pleading guilty to criminal charges following the stockbroking firm's collapse. 
Banksia class action silk faces criminal charges after ‘darkest legal chapter’
Former top silk Norman O'Bryan will face court this month on charges following civil findings he engaged in a fraudulent scheme as senior counsel for the Banksia Securities class action.
Jailed advisor Roger Munro loses appeal after failed bid to withdraw plea
The Queensland Court of Appeal has knocked back a challenge by jailed investment guru Dr Roger Munro to his conviction on three counts of fraud, which landed him a four-and-a-half month prison sentence.
CBA units plead guilty to breaking long service leave laws
Two units of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on Monday pleaded guilty and were hit with $48,000 in penalties for denying staff $1.67 million in long service leave entitlements.
Four people charged over alleged Telegram ‘pump and dump’ scheme
Four people have been charged with conspiracy to commit market rigging and false trading after an ASIC investigation into an alleged scheme organised on social media app Telegram to pump shares in Australian stocks and dump them at inflated prices. 
BitConnect’s former Aussie promoter John Bigatton convicted
Former BitConnect national promoter John Louis Bigatton has been convicted for his role in marketing the online cryptocurrency platform, a global Ponzi scheme that reached a market capitalisation of $5 billion before its collapse.
Cargill wins IP case against company that tried to intercept $10.8M payment
Cargill has won a trade mark infringement case against a company that a judge said appeared to be operating an “internet scam” to intercept a $10 million payment to the multinational food company.
High Court won’t take up Clive Palmer’s challenge to criminal charges
The High Court will not hear mining magnate Clive Palmer's challenge to a court's finding that lawsuits he brought challenging two criminal cases against him over a takeover bid and alleged payments to his political party were an abuse of process and should be stayed.
Continuous disclosure case law may apply in Forge insider trading case, judge says
A judge has left open the question of whether a line of authority relating to the materiality of information under the continuous disclosure regime could be relevant to a stoush between collapsed engineering firm Forge Group and Clough Group, saying the decisions may apply to cases alleging breaches of the insider trading provisions of the Corporations Act.