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Adrian Black

Corporate cop wants finer silk to take on big business

The financial regulator wants flexibility in the rates it can pay in order to hire top lawyers. (Glenn Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Legal counsel pay constraints leave Australia's corporate watchdog at a disadvantage when it fights big business in court, its boss has told politicians.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair Joe Longo is calling for a reconsideration of strict limits on its legal fees.

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