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Digital Platforms Inquiry Final Report released; Takeovers Panel considers board discretions and process deed disclosure requirements; and other corporate law developments
Digital Platforms Inquiry Final Report released, Takeovers Panel considers board discretions and process deed disclosure requirements and other corporate law developments ...
Report: National Electricity & Gas Rules Update: July & August 2019
In this update we summarise the progress of new and existing rule change requests across the months of July and August and take a closer look at the AEMC review of the regulatory frameworks for embedded networks. ...
ASIC's latest Corporate Plan continues focus on corporate culture; ASX clamps down on 'ramping' announcements; FIRB reveals closer scrutiny of data acquisitions; and other corporate law developments
This Insight considers recent developments in Corporate Law. ...
Class actions and emerging issues
The nature of Australia's class action landscape has fundamentally changed since the outset of the regimes. ...
Ultra Tune's small victory in Franchising Code case
Earlier this year, InIP reported on a case brought by the ACCC alleging various breaches of the Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes – Franchising) Regulation 2014 (Franchising Code). Ultra Tune Australia Pty Ltd (Ultra Tune) was found to have committed numerous breaches of the Franchising Code. ...
What does patentable subject matter Encompass for computer-implemented inventions in Australia?
In a highly anticipated decision, the Full Bench of the Australian Federal Court recently dismissed the appeal in Encompass Corporation v InfoTrack. Despite the opportunity to clarify the scope of patentability of computer-implemented inventions, the question of what encompasses patentable subject matter remains open. ...
Latest coal mine decision concludes scope 3 emissions are the end customer's responsibility
The Rix's Creek Continuation Project has been approved by the NSW Independent Planning Commission only weeks after the refusal of the Bylong Coal Project. In its approval of Rix's Creek, the Commission accepted that scope 3 emissions are the responsibility of the end customer for coal exports. This conclusion significantly departs from the position taken by the differently constituted Commission on Bylong. ...
ASIC Corporate Governance Taskforce report; ASX listing rules update; ACCC cartel immunity and cooperation policy update; High Court considers financial assistance prohibition; and other corporate law developments
This Insight examines the latest developments in corporate law ...
Queensland Supreme Court refuses to order disclosure of class action defendant's insurance policy, providing further guidance on the making of such orders
The Queensland Supreme Court has refused an application by a class action plaintiff seeking to compel the defendant to disclose its insurance policy and documents relating to its insurance position. In doing so, the court commented on the recent Federal Court decision in the Radio Rentals class action but came to a different result on the facts. This decision shows that when determining whether or not to make an order for disclosure, the court is likely to take into account the defendant's financial capacity, and may be less likely to make such an order where the defendant's solvency is not a concern. ...
Allens advises QIC Shopping Centre Fund on green bond
QSCF owns a portfolio of shopping centres and the first investments will be allocated towards the Eastland mall in Melbourne, Grand Central in Toowoomba and Robina Town Centre on the Gold Coast, fo ...