If you have investments in European listed companies you should be aware of the EUs new Market Abuse Regulation and how it may impact you wherever in the world you are based ...

In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...

In a decision published this week the Australian Privacy Commissioner has clarified that metadata may be personal information when an organisation has the capacity and resources to link that information to an individual Partner Michael Pattison Associate Priyanka Nair and Law Graduate Leah Wickman ...

We look at what reasonable management action is when a complaint will be in relation to employment the personal liability of human resources managers and other senior employees the FWCs approach to dismissals resulting from serious safety breaches and the validity of a safety regulators directive ...

The term sheet is the key document that determines the basis on which VCs and other investors will invest in your startup This means that its crucial to get the basics right from the outset ...

Draft guidance targeting the infrastructure industry particularly in the context of stapled property trust and operating company structures frequently used in infrastructure projects has been released Partner Charles Armitage Managing Associate Judith Taylor and Lawyer David Lewis report ...

Last month we discussed the carrot in the UK Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards - how the regulators are making sure remuneration for bank staff encourages prudent risk behaviour This month we are looking at the stick - how the UK is strengthening regulators enforcement armoury to enable ...

The High Court of Australia recently upheld the Western Australian Court of Appeals decision allowing for the WA Supreme Court to make freezing orders for a prospective judgment in Singapore The core of the decision was a finding that the federal jurisdiction of state Supreme Courts to register ...

Treasury has released a Consultation Paper seeking comments on a proposed industry funding model for ASIC Under the proposed model the costs of ASICs regulatory activities will be recovered directly from the companies and other entities that are regulated by ASIC - at a direct cost to industry of ...

In this article Allens Senior Energy Resources Counsel David Maloney reviews existing Australian petroleum and mining legislation relating to the regulation of unconventional oil and gas examines some of the recent policy responses in relation to coal seam gas developments in agricultural lands the ...