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ASIC has confirmed it is investigating at least one ratings house which said Keystone’s failed Shield Master Fund was of 'investment grade', as the corporate watchdog seeks to claw back $480 million in investor funds. 

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson will dispute adverse credit findings made against her as part of her appeal of a judgment in a racial discrimination case by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi.

The federal government is slashing costs and red tape for offshore wind developers, in a bid to attract investment to the burgeoning industry. 

Piper Alderman has appointed a partner with equity capital markets expertise for the law firm's corporate team in Perth.

It faced defeat at the Full Federal Court and encountered a deadlocked High Court, still Aristocrat persisted in its seven-year fight to get patent protection for the popular Lightning Link poker machine. The long game paid off.

Intellectual property firm Wrays has lured a former special counsel at King & Wood Mallesons to join as the firm’s new head of trade marks. 

The eSafety commissioner has said it will take a “principles-based approach” to the government's plan to ban social media ban for children under 16, saying platforms will not be required to verify the ages of all users. 

The liquidator of a company created to invest in an Adelaide building has failed in a High Court bid to reinstate a finding that the mortgage over the property was an unreasonable director-related transaction.

Facing allegations that it misused its market power with major retailers, Mastercard is challenging a ruling for the ACCC that lays bare discussions about merchant agreements involving inhouse lawyers.

Clayton Utz has snagged a senior partner from Allens’ mergers and acquisitions team to become its head of private equity.