A Deferred Prosecution Agreement in the United Kingdom which will see the Rolls-Royce company pay more than 500 million to settle charges of foreign bribery is the most significant UK DPA to date It is likely to influence the approach and expectations of the Australian Government and law enforcement ...

The Australian Bankers Association last year commissioned Stephen Sedgwick to undertake a review of remuneration in retail banking ...

The English High Court has handed down its judgment on the first major case following the global regulatory investigations into alleged LIBOR manipulation ...

In this issue we look at how post-employment restraints can be unenforceable if a company does not comply with the employment contract itself a decision of the Federal Court that confirms an employee who is on long-term sick leave must continue to have regular contact with their employer and a ...

We recently hosted some workshops in Sydney and Melbourne to discuss the proposed CIPR framework The outcomes of those workshops were interesting - in some respects surprising - and this article provides a brief report ...

Allens has adopted e-signature using DocuSign as a service to clients. Senior Finance Counsel Diccon Loxton has written an article in two parts that examines the efficacy of e-signatures. ...

The case of Cantor v Audi provides insights into what you should consider before providing privileged documents to a regulator. ...

The Intergovernmental Agreement between Australia and the United States in relation to the implementation of the FATCA regime has been signed. ...

ASIC has recently released a report about its work with the big four banks and AMP on adviser misconduct The report is essentially an update on the progress of ASICs Wealth Management Project and mostly contains information we already know The most interesting part deals with the results of ASICs ...

This Insight examines the lessons from Singapore's new collective investment vehicle ...