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Excessive payment surcharging reforms
As of 1 September 2017 merchants will be prohibited from charging excessive payment surcharges for certain payment methods Under the new rules businesses can only pass on to customers what it costs them to process a payment The Allens Competition team have put together a brief overview of the ...
Video: Inclusion & Diversity: Interview with Diane Jurgens, Chief Technology Officer at BHP
We talked to Diane Jurgens, Chief Technology Officer at BHP, about the role that inclusion and diversity play in innovation and transformation, leading to greater productivity and real business value. ...
OMG, LOL – can you trademark textspeak acronyms?
American consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble is attempting to trade mark abbreviations common to textspeak. Is this NBD, a LOL for the courts, or simply WTF? ...
One click from meltdown - cyber attacks on critical infrastructure
Security experts have been predicting for some time that as critical infrastructure networks become smarter more automated and more connected they will also become more vulnerable to cyber threats Reports last week of extensive attacks on critical infrastructure by hackers associated with the ...
ICANN caught in regulatory web
Since it took effect in May 2018 across the entire European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation has sent shockwaves through countless internet infrastructure industries ...
Second round of changes to Australia's IP laws released for comment
IP Australia has released draft legislation to implement the second part of the Government's response to the Productivity Commission's inquiry into IP arrangements. Senior Associate Lauren John reports. ...
Show me the data! Introducing the Consumer Data Right
On 15 August the Federal Government released exposure draft legislation that if passed will establish an economy-wide consumer-directed data transfer system The latest sprint in a marathon of reviews reports and recommendations over the past few years that have called for the adoption of some form ...
CDR: What's next?
The release of the exposure draft of the CDR legislation marks the start of a tight turnaround in order for the legislation to be passed in March 2019 particularly as the details and associated instruments have yet to be released The CDR regime has been advertised as producing a wide range of ...
Allens lends a hand to Global Health
Allens has advised the Global Health Investment Fund ( GHIF ), a private investment fund whose mission is to finance late-stage drugs, vaccines and diagnostics for diseases that disproportionately ...
Allens advises tech company Redbubble on capital raising
Allens has acted for online creative community and marketplace Redbubble on its $15.5 million capital raising. The Melbourne-based tech company provides an online marketplace where people can shop ...