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Allens advises Archer Capital on sale of Healthe Care
Allens has advised Archer Capital on its proposed divestment of private hospital business Healthe Care to China's Luye Medical Group. Healthe Care is Australia's third largest private hospital ...
Allens advises PEP on acquisition of LifeHealthcare
Allens has advised private equity fund manager Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) in relation to the acquisition of ASX-listed LifeHealthcare Group Limited (LifeHealthcare) by Pacific Health Supplies ...
Allens helps deliver a healthy hospital outcome
Allens has advised the Plenary Health consortium on the expansion of the existing Casey Hospital through a series of transactions that closed late last week. The expansion will significantly increa ...
Allens advises financiers on Icon Group acquisition
Allens has advised Credit Suisse AG and Goldman Sachs Australia as financiers of the acquisition of the Icon Group, Australia's largest private cancer and oncology services group. The acquisition, ...
What you need to know about mandatory data breach notification
In response to the rising number of cyberattacks, new legislation has been introduced that proposes a mandatory notification regime that will take effect from February next year. ...
Using third party brands in video games: issues and opportunities
One of the emerging battlegrounds for brand owners is video games, particularly with the growth of virtual reality applications. A recent claim made in the US illustrates how having your brand featured in a video game can be a problem - but depending on the circumstances, it could also present a com ...
Unexpected risks of the IoT revolution: Cyber security in medical devices
In late August 2017 the US Food and Drug Administration recalled 465000 Abbott Laboratories pacemakers due to cyber security vulnerabilities Although this was the first time that the FDA had recalled a medical device because of cyber concerns they have been alive to the significant risk that a cyber ...
Competition news
In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...
Spotlight: Cyber breach at Target
There's a joke in the cyber security industry that there are two types of companies: those that know they have been hacked, and those that haven't yet found out. In November 2013, Target Corporation in the US learned this the hard way when it was told by law enforcement agencies that it had been sub ...
Directors' duties and cyber resilience
The Target data breach brought the liability of boards and directors in relation to cyber resilience into focus. Target's shareholders brought litigation against all of its directors, the chief financial officer and the chief information officer due to what was perceived as recklessness and disregar ...