Telecommunications industry body the Communications Alliance has submitted an updated Copyright Notice Scheme to allow rights holders to better use existing legal avenues to defend their rights The updated Notice Scheme resolves a number of issues that were left open when the first draft of the ...

President Barack Obama has issued an Executive Order enabling the US Department of Treasury to implement targeted sanctions against foreign individuals or entities whose cyber-enabled activities result in significant threats to the national security foreign policy economic health or financial ...

In an effort to reduce the rate of online copyright infringement the Australian Government has introduced a Bill that will allow copyright owners to apply for an injunction requiring internet service providers to take steps to block piracy websites from their users Senior Associate Jonathan ...

Telecommunications and internet service providers will incur significant new compliance costs under the Federal Government's controversial new data retention laws. ...

New tax legislation has been introduced to Parliament that contains tax concessions for employees of small start-up companies who are granted employee shares and options Partner Sarah Bernhardt and Senior Associate Shaun Cartoon members of Allens Accelerate team report ...

Everyone is talking about fintech What is it And what does it mean for the financial services industry and for regulation ...

Key cyber risks faced by ASICs regulated population as well as the legal and compliance obligations to manage those risks are highlighted in a new ASIC report ASIC also identifies steps entities can take to address the risks The report marks a growing focus on cyber security issues by ASIC which is ...

Optus has become the first organisation to enter into an enforceable undertaking with the Privacy Commissioner since reforms to the Privacy Act took effect in March 2014 Partner Michael Pattison and Associate Byron Frost examine the circumstances surrounding Optuss voluntary data breach ...

Sensible changes have been proposed to the taxation of employee share schemes in the new tax legislation before parliament. ...

Telecommunications industry body the Communications Alliance has released a draft industry code that would introduce a copyright infringement notice scheme for internet service providers ...