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How to create a cyber resilient supply chain
What do the Australian Department of Defence Target Verizon and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service have in common They all suffered massive data breaches linked to a failure in their supply chain These breaches are a good reminder that with so much attention directed at securing your ...
On the international stage: Australia and the EU launch cyber security plans
In recent weeks, both Australia and the EU have unveiled their plans to address cyber security in an era of growing concern and uncertainty. On 13 September 2017, President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, outlined the Union's intentions to intensify their efforts regarding cyber sec ...
Unexpected risks of the IoT revolution: Cyber security in medical devices
In late August 2017 the US Food and Drug Administration recalled 465000 Abbott Laboratories pacemakers due to cyber security vulnerabilities Although this was the first time that the FDA had recalled a medical device because of cyber concerns they have been alive to the significant risk that a cyber ...
Spring overhaul of Australia's market licensing regime
Australias market licensing regime has long been crying out for an overhaul with regulatory guidance that largely dates back to the early 2000s struggling in the face of significant developments in financial markets since then Fortunately ASIC has taken heed and is due to release an updated market ...
Welcome change to lessor disclosure statements in NSW
This Insight examines the welcome change from recent legislation in New South Wales that lessens lessor disclosure obligations for retail shop leases. ...
Court enforces four-year restraint
A court has enforced a four-year restraint of trade clause in a business sale contract, preventing a part-time employee from taking up employment with a competitor after selling his stake in the business. ...
Trustee insolvency - the High Court has cleared up the confusion, or at least some of it - where are we now?
A recent High Court case has brought very welcome clarity to questions that have long bedevilled the insolvency of corporate trustees. We explain the decision and its ramifications. ...
What the regulators said at the ASFA Conference
Earlier today representatives of ASIC and APRA provided some insights into their thinking at a session called Up close and personal with the regulators at the annual conference of the Australian Superannuation Funds Association in Melbourne Senior Regulatory Counsel Michael Mathieson reports ...
Allens insights: Merit appeals and the need for reform: Warkworth Mining Ltd v Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association Inc
In Warkworth Mining Ltd v Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association Inc the NSW Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the NSW Land and Environment Court LEC to refuse approval for the expansion of the Warkworth Mine near Bulga NSW ...
Allens insights: NSW's rail future back on track
The New South Wales Governments long-term transport plan has taken a giant step forward with the financial close of the operations contract on the North West Rail Link - Australias biggest public transport project Allens partner Phillip Cornwell and Senior Associate Scott McCoy who worked on the ...