With the 31 August 2025 deadline fast approaching, RSE licensees should act decisively to: Review and strengthen authentication controls, ensuring MFA is in place for high-risk transactions and ...

Crucially, there is no requirement that the external administrator's opinion be reasonable (unlike the direction by creditors provided for in section 75-15 (1)), and their decision will not be subject ...

The ACCC's increased enforcement activity in this space coincides with the new Franchising Code introduced earlier this year. The new Franchising Code applies to franchise agreements and conduct ...

In class actions, only the group members who have directly entered into agreements with funders are contractually required to pay the funder if the class action succeeds, despite the entire pool of ...

Chief Executive Partner Emma Covacevich said: I'm proud to announce our senior legal promotions for 2025. These outstanding lawyers not only bring exceptional legal expertise, but also consistently ...

The second-term energy and climate agenda of the Australian Labor Government is more defined than ever – and more exposed. Labor’s policy architecture is ambitious, but execution risk remains high ...

Clayton Utz are pleased to welcome specialist energy and infrastructure lawyer Alexander Danne to lead its Energy Practice. Alex will join the firm's partnership from law firm Gilbert+Tobin, where he ...

Since the whistleblower protections in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) were expanded from 1 July 2019, there has been limited case law dealing with how the enhanced protections operate. However, the ...

Developers across the nation are snapping up land for potential renewable energy projects, whether that be solar, wind, hydro or battery energy storage system developments. However, before entering ...

The ACCC will be carefully reviewing goodwill protection restraints in sale contracts of all notified mergers, and may take enforcement action where those restraints are too broadly cast. The Treasury ...

Tax and foreign investment rules at both the Federal and State level are being amended to make it easier for foreign and domestic capital to invest in Australian Build to Rent developments. Build to ...

Privacy protections to be bolstered with initial tranche of privacy reforms ...