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Major changes proposed to financial advice regime
Treasury has released a further consultation paper as part of the Quality of Advice Review, seeking feedback on interim proposals for changes to the regulatory regime governing financial advice. ...
Allens advises Equinor on offshore wind transaction with Oceanex Energy
The transaction is one of the first of its kind in Australia, with the new industry growing at an increasing pace as a result of the recent introduction of a new legislative framework facilitating ...
Allens advises Barwon Renewable Energy Partnership
Each agreement is intended to contribute to meeting the Victorian Government’s renewable energy and emissions reduction targets. The combined volume of the three power purchase agreements comprises ...
ASIC's Corporate Plan shaped by emerging environmental, economic and technology trends
ASIC has released its four-year plan, which outlines its key areas of focus. Of these four priorities, three are new: Design and distribution obligations; Retirement decision making; Sustainable finance; and Technology risks. ...
Allens commits to halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
The science-based target is in line with global best practice and has been independently assessed and approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The firm is one of only 28 ...
Australia rules on patents for computer-implemented inventions
The High Court of Australia has grappled with the question of when a computer-implemented invention is patentable. Unfortunately, for technology owners and implementers in this space, the bench was split evenly. By a technicality, the case (Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2022] HCA 29) was decided against the patentee. In this Insight we unpack the two High Court opinions and how these approaches compare to recent case law and Patent Office practice. ...
Allens advises Kiland on world's largest biochar carbon removal project
Kiland's timber plantations on Kangaroo Island sustained significant damage during the devastating bushfires of 2019-2020. The project is expected to be the world’s largest biochar project with ...
Vietnam issues new guidance on data localisation requirement
More than three years after the Cybersecurity Law came into force, Vietnam's Government has finally issued guidance for its implementation under Decree No. 53/2022/ND-CP. In this Insight we examine this requirement and its implications for Vietnamese and foreign businesses. ...
Priority window closes soon for .au direct domain names
Further to our last update, the window for existing holders of .au domain names (eg .com.au or .net.au) to claim priority status to register matching .au direct names (eg 'allens.au' instead of 'allens.com.au') closes on 20 September 2022. ...
Allens advises Morrison & Co and Brookfield led consortium on $3.7 billion acquisition of Uniti Group
Uniti Group Limited is the second largest fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) provider in Australia and owns fibre broadband builders OptiComm and LBNCo, and Telstra’s former FTTP business, Velocity. 'We ...