Legal team to protect Prosecco from EU attempts to limit competition

Law professors will clarify the legal basis for protecting geographic indications for wine in trade agreements as the European Union attempts to withhold Prosecco.

BIG LAW • Tue, 14 Jan 2020

PrimeCredit secures finance-backed securities issuance in Hong Kong

KWM assists PrimeCredit Limited on the first public consumer finance-backed securities issuance in Hong Kong SAR.

BIG LAW • Tue, 14 Jan 2020

Lawyer X ‘genuinely wanted to assist police’, new statements find

New statements submitted to the royal commission investigating the Victoria Police on its human source management have shed light on how they came to employ a barrister ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 13 Jan 2020

Waterloo Metro Quarter moves ahead with new Sydney Metro contract

Ashurst has assisted the Waterloo Metro Quarter with a boost from a Sydney Metro contract with John Holland and Mirvac.

BIG LAW • Mon, 13 Jan 2020

Global law of sexual assault: How judging consent fails

In October of 2017, the #MeToo movement became a reckoning. Powerful men began to fall as victims felt empowered to speak up – but the justice system has remained as ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 13 Jan 2020

Law predicted the Duke and Duchess exit from the royal family

The news that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have left the British royal family could have been predicted from last June when they started filing trademark applications

BIG LAW • Sun, 12 Jan 2020

Kacific-1 to launch into space for Asia-Pacific internet access

A satellite launched on a Falcon 9 rocket will provide internet to the Asia-Pacific due in part to a deal closed by Gilbert + Tobin.

BIG LAW • Sun, 12 Jan 2020

Religious Discrimination Bill will ‘humiliate, intimidate’ Australians

The proposed Religious Discrimination Bill continues to threaten human rights of many Australians as recommended provisions continue to be ignored.

BIG LAW • Sun, 12 Jan 2020

Queensland laws to silence charities and advocacy groups

Charities and community groups may be silenced and prevented from collecting critical donations under new laws to limit political donations and election spending.

BIG LAW • Sun, 12 Jan 2020