New mental health laws: A risk or opportunity for law firms?

Failure to address psychosocial risks isn’t just an employee wellbeing issue; it’s a legal one that could carry...

05 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Are your clients in the firing line of ACCC’s annual priorities?

The ACCC has made its priorities clear. Now is the time for lawyers to help clients get ahead of potential...

28 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Do ASX-listed CEOs need bodyguards in 2025?

Undertaking a security risk assessment and implementing reasonably practicable controls in the event of unpredictable...

13 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Make digital ESG reporting mandatory, say PwC and Deloitte partners

Climate-related financial disclosures are driving the majority of ESG practitioners to speed up their digital...

28 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Why compliance culture ‘isn’t the best way’ to address non-compliance

Compliance leaders often prioritise cultivating an ethical work environment to enhance employee conduct. However, a...

23 April 2024

By Grace Robbie

PwC security questioned as its head of risk fooled by fake email

Big four accounting firm PwC has launched an investigation after a fake email duped the company’s head of risk and...

05 December 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

HopgoodGanim names new head of risk and compliance

Following a year of significant growth, HopgoodGanim Lawyers – which has offices in Brisbane and Perth – has...

23 November 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Compliance duties, litigation prevention increasingly seen as top priorities

Recent research from Thomson Reuters gives an interesting snapshot into how the strategic focus of corporate law...

11 July 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

6 legal risks around ChatGPT

New research has revealed that legal and compliance leaders should address their organisation’s exposure to a number...

23 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Indara appoints new exec director of legal, risk and compliance

Indara Digital Infrastructure has appointed the general counsel of Pacific National as its newest executive director...

14 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Dentons launches compliance and investigations practice in Australia

Global law firm Dentons has launched a specialised global compliance and investigations (GCI) practice in Australia,...

29 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

Dentons appoints compliance partner

Global law firm Dentons has appointed a Sydney-based compliance practitioner as its latest

07 October 2022

By Emma Musgrave

4 ways to stay on top of an extremely volatile regulatory landscape

Increasing regulatory scrutiny, heightened geopolitical tensions, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have driven an...

13 September 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Misconduct reporting lower since COVID-19, new report finds

Only half of Australian employees believe reporting misconduct is the right thing to do, new research by Gartner has...

04 August 2022

By Lauren Croft

Positivity critical to compliance success

It is becoming increasingly clear that positivity is an essential element of success in imbibing the importance of...

19 July 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

The Corporate Counsel Show: Compliance 101 in the modern marketplace

After stints as a lawyer in the UK and Germany before moving to Australia, Alison Clegg found a home in the oil and gas...

06 July 2022

By Robyn Tongol

Embrace digitalisation to deal with compliance

Marina Yastreboff, University of NSW senior intellectual property counsel, is a strong advocate of incorporating...

27 June 2022

By Malavika Santhebennur

Compliance reporting has dropped 30% since onset of COVID-19, says Gartner

According to Gartner, the rate of compliance reporting has dropped by 30 per cent from its pre-pandemic levels, meaning...

21 June 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Halo Group appoints ASX compliance specialist as executive director

Andrew Black – an ASX specialist – has been appointed by Halo Group, which owns BigLaw firm Hamilton Locke, as...

17 June 2022

By Simon Levett

Why ethical considerations are crucial to legal compliance

If you aren’t deliberately and systematically embedding ethical considerations into your organisational strategy and...

17 May 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy