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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 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
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
APRA GC joins Norton Rose Fulbright
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has welcomed Lucinda McCann, who until recently served as the chief general...
18 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Courts unlikely to ‘rubber-stamp’ greenwashing allegations from regulators
With three companies currently facing civil penalty actions brought by ASIC for alleged greenwashing, recent judicial...
21 March 2024
By Lauren Croft
Global antitrust space looks ‘uncertain’ in 2023
As new legislative policies come into play and authorities employ innovative and creative ways of exercising their...
11 April 2023
By Lauren Croft
Regulators to change their focus in 2023, new report says
Regulators across the world are moving more towards a proactive approach to enforcement, a new report from Herbert...
13 December 2022
By Lauren Croft
Fostering relationships with regulators
It is common for businesses to perceive, and treat, regulators as hostile adversaries — and they often are, write...
04 October 2022
By Lauren Croft
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Global competition regulators must better collaborate
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chair has called for international cooperation at the...
06 May 2022
By Shandel McAuliffe
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Regulation set to increase in FY22
Regulators will adopt more aggressive enforcement for companies in the year ahead, according to a new report from...
14 December 2021
By Lauren Croft
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US regulators investigate Australian subsidiaries
The adequacy of local anti-corruption measures has been put under the spotlightAt least two Australian subsidiaries of...
03 March 2012
By Priya Murthy
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