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Details released of proposed ban on post-employment restraints, no-poach and wage-fixing arrangements
Treasury has released draft laws to ban non-compete clauses for employees earning below a high income threshold, and to prohibit employee no-poach and wage-fixing arrangements. The proposed reforms ar ...
Allens launches new tool to help clients navigate Australia's merger clearance regime
Allens' Australian Merger Clearance Navigator uses data from the ACCC's acquisitions register to create an intuitive, searchable dashboard showing merger review timeframes, approval rates and ...
Reading the regulatory horizon: key themes from ASIC and APRA's New Corporate Plans
Each year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) release their Corporate Plans, which identify the regulators' strategic pri ...
Three amendments narrow Australia's merger regime
On 16 September 2026, some important amendments to Australia's mandatory merger regime came into effect. The amendments address practical concerns raised by stakeholders following the introduction of ...
2026 mid-year interim class action report
Across the first half of 2026 class action, filing rates largely mirrored what we observed in 2025, with a broad base of claims filed across a wide range of sectors. However, following a number of key ...
Australia's new unfair trading practices regime: what businesses need to know
Federal Parliament has passed new laws introducing a general prohibition on unfair trading practices, and specific obligations targeting drip pricing and subscriptions. The Australian Consumer Law (th ...
Notified, stayed, stale—new voiding rules in Australia’s merger regime require a closer look
The Federal Government has introduced a Bill to amend the new mandatory merger notification regime. The changes address two of the regime's most contentious aspects: the automatic voiding of acquisiti ...
2024 retail webinar: unfair dealings, data compliance and IP challenges
Covered in this webinar: Competition and consumer law update: the ACCC's focus on unfair dealings. Technology: how retailers can leverage data-driven personalised marketing while navigating spam compliance and a changing privacy regulatory landscape. Intellectual property: the rise of 'dupe culture', and liability for IP infringements by third-party service providers. ...
ACCC recommends significant reforms targeting digital platforms
The ACCC's Interim Report 5 in the Digital Platform Services Inquiry (the DPSI) recommends to Treasury a number of reforms to competition and consumer laws which it considers are not currently sufficient to address harms it has identified since 2017. ...
Key issues in designing a mandatory merger regime for a modern economy
In this Insight, we examine what the ACCC has put forward so far and the implications, drawing on the experience and architecture of regimes overseas. ...