Updates & Alerts

ALJR Editors John Carroll and Colleen Tognetti on the High Court highlights for September

ALJR Editors John Carroll and Colleen Tognetti on High Court highlights for August

Australia's foreign investment regime can be difficult to navigate, but Practical Law has resources to help quickly identify whether your deal needs the Treasurer's consent.

Practical Law Corporate has published new documents to its members' schemes of arrangement topic.

The US Financial Stability Oversight Council’s recommendation that Congress pass legislation to address risks digital assets pose, is similar to regulatory reform underway in Australia.

In AIPJ 33.1, David J Brennan discusses the assignment in Deed form from its author Harold Thomas to the Commonwealth of all copyright in the Australian Aboriginal Flag artistic work and raises the question whether the Australian copyright in the work entered the Australian public...

New audit and risk committee resources include best practice template charters, board resolutions and self-evaluation resources for the effective corporate governance of audit and risk committees.

On 26 September 2022, the Honourable Karen Andrews MP reintroduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Ransomware Action Plan) Bill 2022 (CLARAP Bill 2022) and accompanying Explanatory Memorandum to federal Parliament as a private member's bill.

Civil pecuniary penalties to apply to contraventions of the unfair contract terms regime under proposed legislation introduced in Parliament.

Practical Law Australia In-house has published a new legal update outlining the inquiry into Star Entertainment Group, which presents key lessons for in-house lawyers.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Bankruptcy 3.11 “Recovery Action in Relation to Pre-bankruptcy Dispositions”; Bankruptcy 3.12 “Administration of the Estate”; Contracts: Specific 8.3 “Building and Construction Contracts”; Finance, Banking and...

Practical Law Banking and Finance has launched a new ESG and sustainability finance topic which provides a suite of up-to-date resources on this rapidly evolving market.