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Government proposes major changes to privacy law
The Federal Government has proposed radically increased financial penalties and new powers for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in the wake of increased scrutiny of social media platforms and a growing consensus that Australias privacy legislation has fallen behind global norms ...
The future age of AI
We will be able to cease speculation on what is in or not in the Final Report of the Financial Services Royal Commission on Monday evening or after whatever time it takes to read and digest ...
Allens bolsters Banking & Finance team with new senior hire
David joins as Managing Associate, in what is his first role since returning to Australia from Hong Kong. In the eight years he spent overseas, David worked at Allens' global alliance partner ...
Value capture for major transport infrastructure projects discussion paper
The Federal Government has released the discussion paper foreshadowed in its Smart Cities Plan about how to use value capture to fund infrastructure projects in Australia Infrastructure Transport Sector Leader Leighton OBrien Government Sector Leader Paul Kenny Special Finance Counsel Phillip ...
Forge-ing ahead - the treatment of fixtures under the PPSA
Under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth), the Court of Appeal have confirmed that 'fixtures' are to be understood in the same way as at general law and the same common law test applies to determining whether goods affixed to land have become fixtures. ...
Mandatory margining
Late last year APRA released the implementation schedule for its long-awaited Prudential Standard CPS 226 Margining and risk mitigation for non-centrally cleared derivatives ...
Retail banking remuneration review
The Australian Bankers Association last year commissioned Stephen Sedgwick to undertake a review of remuneration in retail banking ...
Contract Law Update 2016
When is a person bound by their e-signature When does a breach of contract constitute a repudiation of that contract When does an exchange of correspondence give rise to a binding contract What is the latest on penalties These were some of the contract law issues considered by appellate courts ...
New PPP guidelines for NSW
The NSW Government has released updated guidelines that govern the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process in NSW and will provide welcome assistance to both NSW Government agencies and bidding consortiums. ...
Spotlight: Cyber breach at Target
There's a joke in the cyber security industry that there are two types of companies: those that know they have been hacked, and those that haven't yet found out. In November 2013, Target Corporation in the US learned this the hard way when it was told by law enforcement agencies that it had been sub ...