Australia's competition and consumer regulator has signalled that maintaining a fair balance of power in commercial negotiations in the agriculture sector remains an enforcement priority for the ...

For the first time in several years, two contested applications for preliminary injunctions (PIs) have been granted by the Federal Court in Australian pharmaceutical patent cases.

The 2018 review of Western Australian security of payment laws, which preceded the introduction of the WA SOP Act, indicates that section 16 does not legislate a general standard of reasonableness.

due diligence: As this is one of the most document-heavy phases of any M&A transaction, AI can assist to triage, classify, and summarise large document sets to accelerate issue spotting and free up ...

During the past two years, Australia has witnessed significant business-crime cases, including large-scale loan fraud syndicates, multi-million-dollar Ponzi schemes and insider fraud at major ...

Global experience, even in countries like Denmark with massive world-leading renewables already deployed, show that at a minimum around a 20 per cent baseload dependency remains important. In the ...

For issuers, this emphasises that simply issuing a questionnaire is not enough to discharge their reasonable steps obligations – instead, issuers need to review and assess the responses being provided ...

Relief expires 1 April 2026. The current exemption under ASIC Corporations (Employee redundancy funds relief) Instrument 2015/1150 will not be remade. From that date, operators must comply with ...

Subscription traps in digital markets: While last year’s priorities focused on misleading or deceptive advertising in the digital economy, this year the ACCC is prioritising manipulative and false ...

The Australian Government has released the findings of its Gas Market Review, a comprehensive assessment of Australia's gas market regulations overseen by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the ...

COP30 is expected to set the direction for global climate policy and markets over the next decade, presenting both significant challenges and new opportunities for Australian businesses in the face of ...

The Australian Climate Service (a partnership between the Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO, ABS and Geoscience Australia) has released Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment alongside the ...