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AICD's guide for directors on governing through a cyber crisis
Insight 12 Mar 2024

The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) published 'Governing through a cyber crisis: cyber incident response and recovery for Australian directors'. We provide our observations, commentary and suggested next steps. ...

The third time's the charm: foreign bribery reform in Australia
Insight 01 Mar 2024

After two unsuccessful attempts to strengthen foreign bribery laws, the passage of the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Bill 2023 (CFB Bill) finally introduces new, broader foreign bribery offences for body corporates. ...

Common FIRB issues for private equity firms
Insight 28 Feb 2024

Australia's foreign investment approval regime is complex. The tests governing whether a transaction requires foreign investment approval—commonly known as Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval—are complex and layered. ...

Allens advises Paine Schwartz Partners and consortium on $2.459 billion acquisition of Costa Group Holdings
News 26 Feb 2024

Costa Group Holdings Limited is Australia's largest horticulture group and a leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables. It operates across five core categories including ...

How to create a cyber resilient supply chain
Insight 16 Oct 2017

What do the Australian Department of Defence Target Verizon and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service have in common They all suffered massive data breaches linked to a failure in their supply chain These breaches are a good reminder that with so much attention directed at securing your ...

FIRB fee changes aimed at increasing affordable housing supply
Insight 11 Dec 2023

On 10 December 2023, the Federal Government announced changes to the Foreign Investment Review Board residential land fee rules, designed to 'improve housing affordability and supply'. ...

Cyberwashing: a key focus for data breach class actions
Insight 10 Dec 2023

It has now been a year since the Medibank and Optus data breach incidents that led to a surge in data breach class action filings in Australia. ...

Why everyone is talking about AI safety and cybersecurity
Insight 30 Nov 2023

The Australian Signals Directorate, together with 19 other global partners, published Guidelines for secure AI system development. We've distilled the themes emerging from these latest developments and the top 9 steps organisations should take to address AI security risks. ...

Federal Government releases Cyber Security Strategy
Insight 24 Nov 2023

The Australian Government released its 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, outlining its vision of a cyber secure Australia, and how we will get there. ...

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