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National Energy Guarantee moves to the next stage
The COAG Energy Council has voted to progress the development of the National Energy Guarantee by approving the release of the draft National Electricity Law amendments. This Insight considers the next steps towards its implementation. ...
Where are all the data breach class actions in Australia?
Class actions arising out of data breaches have been common in the US for some time but in Australia were yet to see a plaintiff bring such an action successfully In some ways this is unsurprising Despite the fact that data breaches are now commonplace and that class action law firms are ...
Royal Commission: Round 3 - experiences with SME lending
The third round of the Royal Commissions hearings concerned lending practices to small and medium enterprises SMEs The hearings considered a range of case studies ...
International Arbitration - Australian courts' power to grant interim freezing orders
The WA Court of Appeal has taken an expansive view of the power that Australian courts have to grant interim orders in support of international arbitrations. ...
Corporate law developments
Welcome to our monthly snapshot of regulatory updates and other developments in corporate law We know you are busy so our focus is on capturing key issues ...
EU leads the way with counterfeit crackdown
The European Commission has recently established the world's first counterfeit and piracy watch list, which aims to crack down on counterfeiting and piracy both within the European Union and in external suspect markets. Partner Tim Golder and Vacation Clerk Scott Sidley report. ...
Considering Robo-advice
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority AFCA the new one-stop-shop for resolving financial complaints has had a very busy first six months of operation ...
Compensating superannuation members for 'fees for no advice'
APRA and ASIC issued a joint letter to all RSE licensees entitled 'Oversight of fees charged to members' superannuation accounts' in early April, in response to the 'fee for no advice' issue that attracted so much attention in the Royal Commission ...
You asked, they listened (mostly) - Treasury's proposed revisions to the Consumer Data Right Bill
On 24 September Treasury released for public consultation its revised version of the exposure draft legislation that will give effect to the new Consumer Data Right CDR in Australia Reflecting feedback from public consultation on the first tranche of draft legislation that was released on 15 August ...
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. ...