Regulation

Top emerging risks from Q1 in 2025
An unsettled regulatory and legal environment is chief among the headline concerns for businesses for the first three...
15 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Regulatory action as a deterrent likely, says senior legal counsel
Ahead of the Corporate Counsel Summit 2025, Shanaz Khan, senior legal counsel at Colonial First Estate, explores how...
08 April 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
Former Hogan Lovells partner and team join Thomson Geer
A regulatory and life sciences expert has joined national law firm Thomson Geer as a partner and has brought her team...
04 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Further litigation likely for psychosocial risks in workplaces, despite withdrawn SafeWork prosecution
Issues pertaining to psychosocial injury and harm will “no doubt” result in future prosecutions despite SafeWork...
04 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
NSW workers’ compensation reform robs workers on their knees
The NSW government’s recently floated workers’ compensation reforms do not support injured workers and, instead,...
03 April 2025
By Sarah Hunt
Challenging convention: The role of unconscious or confirmation bias in decision making
Years of convention and unconscious or confirmation biases can influence our decision-making process as lawyers, writes...
02 April 2025
By John Connellan
Regulator not afraid of AML enforcement
A leading anti-money laundering expert has warned that AUSTRAC will not mess around when it comes to enforcing the...
26 March 2025
By Momentum Media
Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing
The Federal Court has penalised Australian superannuation fund Active Super $10.5 million for misleading conduct about...
18 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
PwC case not evidence of systemic, improper privilege claims
“Excessive curtailment” of client legal privilege claims, including by way of expanded penalty powers for the...
18 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
How businesses can better combat Australia’s wage theft epidemic
Wage theft has been a big issue affecting workers across multiple industries throughout Australia, enacting new laws...
13 March 2025
By Kace O'Neill