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Will the Australian food regulator change its tuna?
From milk to meat and from chicken to tuna, the global animal-based food industry has been asking 'what's in a name?' in the context of the policy debate over the regulation of vegan alternatives to animal-based food products. ...
Fighting to protect Fintech innovations
The growth of financial services technology or Fintech as it is now called has exploded in recent years yet many of its creators dont realise that their innovations are patentable ...
Will ASIC shift its regulatory focus from disclosure to suitability?
The Financial System Inquiry inevitably the Murray Inquiry is the successor of the Campbell Inquiry 1979-1981 and the Wallis Inquiry 1996-1997 Both the Campbell and Wallis reports considered that investors were best protected through disclosure and market integrity rules Both reports assumed that ...
Managed investment trusts - the new regime
Exposure draft legislation to implement long-awaited changes to the tax regime for managed investment trusts is expected to be issued shortly ahead of the regimes recently announced start date of 1 July 2015 Partner Katrina Parkyn recaps some of its expected key features and likely impacts on the ...
Competition news
In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...
Take care with agency arrangements - Flight Centre decision
The High Court has handed down its decsion in the high profile ACCC proceedings against Flight Centre where the organisation competed with airlines in the sale of international airline tickets and attempted to induce three major airlines to enter price-fixing arrangements. ...
The Mark of Milk and Money: a2 vs Lion
The widely reported dispute between The a2 Milk Company and Lion about their milk advertising is proving to be a frothy fight, providing food manufacturers with valuable lessons, even before a judgment has been handed down. ...
Heinz Shredz: ACCC takes it first swing against the sweet stuff
Associate Adrian Chang and Lawyer Nick Boyd‑Caine report on the proceedings launched by the ACCC against Heinz in relation to their Shredz products, and what that action says about today’s food regulatory environment. ...
A blow to class action judgments achieving finality
In a recent decision, the High Court considered that a successful class action defendant cannot rely on mere failure by members of a class action to opt out of group proceedings to establish that these members are subsequently prevented from raising other claims ...
Shareholder activism: Full Court says no to revolution by resolution
At a time of increasing shareholder activism a recent decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court has confirmed that activist shareholders have a very limited part to play in the exercise of a boards power in the management of a company Partners Kim Reid and Julian Donnan and Associate Manu ...