AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 2
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 1
Season 2 Episode 5- Defense Trade Down Under
Patent Grace Period Considerations in Australia, Japan, South East Asia and the U.S.
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: The Future of Transfer Pricing in Australia: Implications of the Glencore Decision
Jones Day Talks: Doing Deals Down Under: Australia's Foreign Direct Investment Regime
What is the Current State of Anti-Bribery Compliance & Enforcement in Australia?
Front-Line Video: An Interview with Jane Ellis, Anti-Bribery and Compliance Expert
After nearly five years of review, the first tranche of amendments to Australia’s Privacy Act has landed (Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (Bill)). The Bill introduces 23 of the 25 legislative proposals...more
Recent updates - There is finally some clarity around how artificial intelligence (AI) regulation is going to look in Australia. The Australian Government has released a proposals paper for introducing mandatory guardrails...more
On July 24 2024, the Australian Federal Government released its long-awaited exposure draft legislation to amend Australia's current informal merger clearance process to a mandatory merger control regime (Exposure Draft)...more
Key Takeaways - - As FDI regimes proliferate and mature around the globe, governments are taking an ever-more expansive view of the concept of “national security” to include more than military and defense interests, which...more
Australia's Federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has announced major changes to Australia's foreign investment regime designed to safeguard economic and national security. Overseas investors with a proven track are set to benefit...more
The Diverted Profits Tax (DPT) has been a significant area of focus for taxpayers and tax authorities in the UK and Australia. The tax targets specific situations in which taxable profits are alleged to have been “diverted”...more
The Australian Government has commenced consultation on options to reform Australia's merger regime, including a shift to a mandatory suspensory regime. Businesses have until 19 January 2024 to respond to the consultation....more
Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more
Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more
A number of legislative changes and court judgments that will affect merger review both substantively and procedurally are expected to enter into force in 2023. In the EU, the revised Market Definition Notice is anticipated...more
Australia-wide, companies are navigating the uncertainties arising from COVID-19. Our previous White Papers identified the risks arising for construction projects and observed that the fallout is likely to give rise to...more
One year on from Australia's Royal Commission on Banking - The report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Report), was published one year ago....more
Recently, three of Australia's four largest banks have self-reported breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. Commonwealth Bank of Australia in 2018 admitted fault and agreed to pay a civil...more
The Situation: The Parliament of Western Australia has introduced new legislation to modernise the State's class action regime (which is seen to be outdated, uncertain and silent on many important procedural aspects of...more
The debate on what is to be done about slowing wages growth of Australian workers is, understandably, receiving an increased focus in the midst of an intense election campaign....more
Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the EU Council, and Canada imposed further sanctions targeting Russian individuals and entities allegedly involved in the escalation of...more
Modern slavery legislation at the Commonwealth level in Australia is getting closer. The Modern Slavery Bill 2018 (Cth) passed the Lower House last week....more
A Senate Select Committee report on the Future of Work and Workers handed down this week after a year-long inquiry, gives some insight (which is likely to be startling to most employers) into the likely Labor legislative...more
The introduction of the Commonwealth Modern Slavery Bill 2018 on 28 June 2018 sets an imperative for businesses operating in Australia to know, and show, how they are identifying and addressing the risks of modern slavery....more
The world is slowly taking action against modern slavery. Since the UK introduced the Modern Slavery Act (“the UK Act“) in 2015, a number of countries have followed suit with their own legislative initiatives. The latest...more
A number of Federal Court of Australia judgments in the first half of 2018 have adopted or raised reforms to the mandatory approval process for class action settlements. The reforms mean that the class action settlement...more
Over 40 million people around the world are trapped in conditions of modern slavery, according to estimates from the Walk Free Foundation and International Labour Organization, including an estimated 4300 victims “hidden in...more
Because of the substantial activity in May, June and July with the passage of Trade Promotion Authority (“TPA”) and the ongoing Trans Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) negotiations, this blog post is being split into two parts. ...more
In response to the findings of a recent report on Foreign Investment in Residential Real Estate (Report) by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics (Committee), the Commonwealth Government of Australia is...more
In This Issue: - Despite Hurdles, U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Poised for Growth - Energy and Climate Debate - Congress - Administration - Department of Commerce - Department of Energy...more