With ASIC sharpening its focus, this article unpacks the evolving legal landscape of directors’ duties and the rising personal risks for Australian company directors.
By Pamela Hanrahan - 2 min read
How do companies ‘think’? Learn how courts attribute intention, knowledge, and conduct to corporations through systems, agents and evolving legal doctrines.
By Catherine Bembrick, Alexander Vial and Mitchell Donohue - 1 min read
The Full Federal Court’s ruling raises critical questions about legal advice on complex financial product definitions and cryptocurrency regulation.
By Matthew Lo and Sophie Barbour - 2 min read
After a decade of stalling policy, digital assets still lack bespoke legislation while ASIC’s test litigation provides some useful guidance.
By Aaron M. Lane - 2 min read
Understand the important elements of the new regime and how lawyers can ensure compliance and manage climate risks.
By Ilona Millar and Lily Morton - 2 min read
If passed, the Bill will impose an obligation for companies to ‘disrupt’ and ‘prevent’ scams, and give consumers a right to sue.
By Martyn Taylor, Helen Taylor, Rajaee Rouhani, Dietrich Marquardt and Alyssya Warty-Hasan - 2 min read
New climate reporting laws are likely to impact supply chains over time and require a holistic approach to ESG requirements.
By Barbara Vrettos - 2 min read
A court finds legal advice from a leading firm can fully mitigate penalties for contraventions of the Corporations Act.
By Matthew Lo - 2 min read
Recent decision indicates a shift away from the objective of using pooling orders to improve outcomes for creditors, like minimising liquidation costs.
By Emily Barrett, Rachel Zeng and Sivanjali Karalasingham - 2 min read
The Federal Court considers a unique fact scenario which conjures pertinent questions of law, such as what makes a judgement final?
By Tim Maybury - 1 min read
What trends and themes emerge from the first three greenwashing cases to be considered by the Federal Court?
By Katie Lau and Teresa Torcasio - 2 min read
Indonesia’s national airline is found immune from winding up proceedings in Australia in an interesting split judgment by the High Court.
By Pravin Aathreya and Lucy Charleston - 2 min read
When dealing with family law settlements, practitioners should obtain expert advice on corporate structuring and how to divide property in a tax effective manner.
By Niki Schomberg and Rachell Davey - 2 min read