From 1 January 2026, businesses will be required to notify the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of certain acquisitions that meet prescribed thresholds and must not complete those transactions...
The Australian Parliament has now passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024. Further to our previous legal insight article, this introduces a mandatory notification administrative model...
The Security of Critical Infrastructure and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Response and Prevention) Bill 2024 (Cth) will amend the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth).
To complement the 'limited use' obligation on the NCSC introduced by the Cyber Security Bill, the Intelligence Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Cyber Security) Bill 2024 (Cth) amends the Intelligence...
On 9 October 2024, the Australian Government introduced the Cyber Security Legislative Package 2024 into Parliament as part of reforms to strengthen Australia's national cyber defences.
The Australian Government has released for comment its much-anticipated mandatory merger notification thresholds, adding a key detail to the proposed mandatory merger regime announced earlier in the year.
This recent case represents the first time the courts have considered non-cash payment facilities in the crypto-asset context and represents ASIC's increasing scrutiny and prosecution of crypto-asset projects.
A recent case in the Federal Court of Australia represents the first time the concept of 'debentures' has been considered by Australian courts with respect to cryptocurrencies.
In the wake of the unfair contract terms regime changes in Australia, the High Court of Australia recently considered the application of the unfair contract terms regime to contracts created...
Australia's enhanced 'unfair contract terms' laws come into effect on 9 November 2023, covering a broader class of existing and future contractual arrangements than ever before. The reforms have important...
It has been a challenging 12 months for crypto assets, with a number of high-profile collapses eroding trust in the sector.
On 27 June 2023, the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority (APRA) announced it would impose on Medibank Private a capital adequacy requirement of $250 million.
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