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A development from the English Court of Appeal regarding legal professional privilege in internal investigations
In a recent judgment the English Court of Appeal reversed a controversial High Court decision that had severely limited the application of legal professional privilege in internal investigations under English law The decision has consequences for Australian corporates conducting cross-border ...
ASIC extends by a further year licensing relief for foreign financial service providers
The recent ASIC Corporations Amendment Instrument 2018807 extends by a further year licensing relief for foreign financial service providers who carry on a financial services business in Australia without an Australian financial services licence While its another welcome licensing reprieve for such ...
The ACCC's Consumer Data Right Rules Framework
In preparation for the implementation of the first phase of the Consumer Data Right CDR on 1 July 2019 and fresh off the consultation period for the Federal Governments draft CDR legislation the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC released the Consumer Data Right Rules Framework the ...
Federal Court reverses systemic unconscionability finding against vocational education provider
The Full Court of the Federal court of Australia has overturned a decsion of a single judge which held Unique International College had engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct with the supply of online vocational education courses to consumers in NSW. ...
Gift cards sold to Australian consumers must be valid for at least three years
From 1 November 2019 gift cards sold in Australia must be valid for at least three years under new legislation setting out a national framework for their regulation This provides greater certainty for issuers of gift cards who might otherwise have to comply with different state and territory laws ...
Competition news
In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...
Competition news
In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...
OMG, LOL – can you trademark textspeak acronyms?
American consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble is attempting to trade mark abbreviations common to textspeak. Is this NBD, a LOL for the courts, or simply WTF? ...
The EU Copyright Directive – what you need to know
In mid-September, the European Parliament voted to adopt changes to the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (the Copyright Directive), sending the Twitterverse into a frenzy. Described by commentators as everything from 'welcome' to 'catastrophic', the changes are designed to ensure ...
Linklaters Insights: China releases highly anticipated provisional Panda bond guidelines
The Peoples Bank of China and the Ministry of Finance have recently released the highly anticipated preliminary Panda bond guidelines which took effect immediately According to the PBOC the aggregate value of Panda bonds issued in Chinas Interbank Bond Market from 2005 to August 2018 is RMB17816 ...