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The merger between the companies that operate the BPAY, EFTPOS and New Payments Platform (NPP) payment systems was authorised by the ACCC only after the proposed new holding company provided a four year section 87B court-enforceable undertaking to assuage the regulator’s concerns...

Practical Law In-house have released a new resource which discusses the importance of choosing appropriate role titles for in-house lawyers and legal department personnel.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1.3 “Native Title Law”; Business Organisations 4.1 “Company Formation”; Contracts: Specific 8.4 “Sale of Goods”; Criminal Procedure 11.5 “Committal Proceedings”...

The Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021 (Cth) commenced on 4 September 2021. The legislation introduces three new warrant-based surveillance powers to equip the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission to combat...

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 95 Pt 8; Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal update: Vol 31 Pt 2; Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 28 Pt 2; Insolvency Law Journal update: Vol 29 Pt 2

On 8 September 2021, the High Court in Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27 dismissed an appeal by several Australian media outlets, finding they were publishers of allegedly defamatory third-party comments on their Facebook pages.

Might a reform inspired from a civil law jurisdiction help make Australian companies more socially and environmentally responsible?

Essential compliance information at your fingertips. The full text of Market Integrity Rules (Capital) 2021 is now available. The ASIC Digest on Westlaw holds documents and regulations issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

The upcoming March Patent Law in Australia online service release covers discussions of the following cases: Commissioner of Patents v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 202; Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Ltd v SARB Management Group Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 224...

Commonwealth acquires Aboriginal flag copyright from creator Harold Thomas, resolving legal stoush

The latest Patent Law in Australia online service release covers the phasing out of the innovation patent system; clarification of the meaning of the “product” of a method; the meaning of “first regulatory approval date” in connection with extension of the term of a standard patent...

The latest roundup of interesting recent cases from our High Court specialists.