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Surprising 2021-22 Budget backflip leaves the new Foreign Financial Services Provider regime in limbo
The Government's Budget announcement has come as a surprise for Foreign Financial Services Providers (FFSPs) in 2021-22 Federal Budget. ...
Worker not immune to job loss
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has upheld the dismissal of an employee who refused to comply with a mandatory influenza vaccine policy, however made the observation that this decision turned on the facts of this particular case and the industry in which the employee worked. ...
Federal Budget 2021-22 – Superannuation
Super fund trustees will likely breathe a sigh of relief that there are no new significant reforms to the superannuation system on the Government's budget agenda. ...
Allens advises on Australia's largest sustainability-linked loan
The facility is the largest SLL announced in Australia to date, and sees the Fund become the first Australian REIT to apply a SLL framework to all its bank facilities. Under the SLL, sustainability ...
Combe International Ltd v Dr August Wolff: deceptive similarity where it counts
IP Australia, the Federal Court and the Full Federal Court have considered whether the trade marks VAGISIL and VAGISAN are deceptively similar. The final answer has now been handed down by the Full Federal Court. We take a look at the decision and what it tells us about deceptive similarity. ...
Straight outta USDC: dangers of using a celebrity's name, image or likeness
Ice Cube recently filed proceedings in the US against the popular trading app Robinhood, to freeze the use of his image and likeness. This highlights the dangers of advertisements using the name, image or likeness of a celebrity without their consent. ...
Long-awaited regulations implementing Vietnam's PPP Law have now been issued
Vietnam's long awaited regulations have now been issued in the form of Decree 35/2021/ND-CP detailing and guiding implementation of the PPP Law (Decree 35) and Decree 28/2021/ND-CP on financial management mechanism of PPP projects (Decree 28) on 26 March 2021 (collectively, the Decrees). ...
Spreading the spend
To re-balance the pipeline and bring the greatest benefits to all Australians, we need to spread the spend. Government is posed to spend record amounts and we need to make sure we are delivering the right infrastructure, in the right places, at the right time. ...
Your jointly proposed pecuniary penalty may not be appropriate
The decision of the Full Federal Court in the appeal of Volkswagen v ACCC is an important reminder of the court's supervisory role in approving pecuniary penalties jointly proposed by parties to a proceeding. It also reinforces an identifiable increase in the value of pecuniary penalties sought and obtained by the Australian regulators in enforcement proceedings since 2015. ...