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2023 saw a number of significant developments and emerging trends across the legal landscape, including in relation to artificial intelligence (AI), environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), the annual general meeting (AGM) season, data breaches and cybersecurity, unfair...

The Financial Accountability Regime (FAR), recently established by the long-awaited Financial Accountability Regime Act 2023 (Cth) (the Act), will come into effect for the banking industry in March 2024, and the superannuation and insurance industries in 2025.

The team of expert authors revising annotations to Robson’s Annotated Corporations Legislation has been bolstered with the addition of Jordan Smith, Barrister at Level 6, Selborne Wentworth Chambers in Sydney. His first revisions were published in August 2023.

Barristers from New Chambers latest new contributors to Robson’s Annotated Corporations Legislation

Professor Juliette Overland from the University of Sydney and Professor Michael Legg from the University of New South Wales have joined the team of contributors in Robson’s Annotated Corporations Legislation.

Practical Law Corporate has published a new document to its Corporate Transactions module to assist practitioners when drafting a prospectus for an initial public offering (IPO).

Practical Law Corporate has published a practice note to its Company Law module that explains the principles applicable to accessorial liability for involvement in civil contraventions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act).

The Practical Law Corporate team is pleased to announce the launch of its new topic: Members' schemes of arrangement. The topic contains new and existing resources relating to members' schemes of arrangement and control transactions more generally.

The ASIC Digest collection has evolved.

In an Australian first the Federal Court has found Australian Financial Services Licensees must manage cybersecurity risks to satisfy the Corporations Act.

Corporate collective investment vehicles are aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the Australia funds management sector for foreign investors.

Essential compliance information at your fingertips. The full text of Market Integrity Rules (Capital) 2021 is now available. The ASIC Digest on Westlaw holds documents and regulations issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).