Important aspects of Australian privacy law remain unresolved
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The Australian Information Commissioner (Commissioner) has settled proceedings against Meta Platforms, Inc. and Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd (Meta) with a $50 million payment program. The program forms part of an enforceable undertaking in relation to allegations that Meta’s conduct in relation to the Cambridge
Government and healthcare sectors in the spotlight
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Employment class actions have been on the rise in recent years and are now an increasingly prevalent class action risk. In this Insight, we reflect on the past year of employment class actions.
Federal Court green light for employee class actions
In October 2023, the
An optimistic outlook
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2024 was a turbulent year for dealmakers, project developers and investors in critical minerals. New supply outpacing short-term demand growth in immature markets led to declining prices, affecting financing availability and dealmaking activity.
However, we see reasons for optimism in the coming year. Recent large-scale M&A activity shows that—while
Recent trends and global developments
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Since the release of new guidance by IP Australia in 2023 (which we previously reported here and here), Australia has yet to see a landmark decision on trade marks for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or blockchain.
However, recent trends in
The latest in competition and consumer law
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Australia passes merger reform legislation
On 28 November 2024, the Treasury Laws Amendments (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024 (the Merger Reform Bill) passed both houses of Parliament with no amendments and now awaits Royal Assent. This bill was introduced on 10 October 2024.
The
An important temperature check of investor sentiment towards the Australian infrastructure market
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Allens and Infrastructure Partnerships Australia are pleased to jointly present the 2024 edition of the Australian Infrastructure Investment Monitor.
The 2024 Australian Infrastructure Investment Monitor marks the ninth edition of this research and remains the most comprehensive sector-wide analysis of
New competition framework for digital platforms
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The Federal Government has released a proposal paper for consultation on the framework for a new digital competition regime, which aims to promote competition by addressing anti-competitive conduct, unfair treatment of business users and barriers to entry and expansion that prevent effective competition in digital platform
Fewer, but bigger, deals in FY24
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Despite economic headwinds and geopolitical challenges, 2024 remained a strong year for investment in the food, beverage and agribusiness sector, with a significant rise in deal value offsetting a drop in deal volume. This Insight explores the key M&A trends shaping this sector, including resilient investment
An opportunity to provide feedback
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The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) is conducting a review of the ‘future acts’ regime in the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA). This review comes in light of over 30 years of operation of the NTA and nearly a decade since the last review. The ‘future
Merger reform legislation passes without amendments
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The Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024 (the Bill) has passed both houses of Parliament with no amendments and is awaiting Royal Assent.
This means a mandatory and suspensory administrative merger regime will formally come into effect for transactions completing on or after
