This article from September 2020 provides an overview of 2020 regulatory developments, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and the growing importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors in asset management.
This piece highlights the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC’s) Compliance and Enforcement Priorities for 2021, released in February 2021. It provides an overview of the various target areas the ACCC focusing on in 2021.
This article provides insight into amendments made to the Work Health & Safety Act 2011 (Qld), which was amended previously to provide for the offense of industrial manslaughter. It was later amended in 2020 to cover the resources sector including coal. The piece also provides analysis and key issues for the 2020 amendment of the law.
This article is the fifth edition of Johnson Winter & Slattery’s report on recent trends in complex merger review case by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC).
This article provides an overview of the changes a new piece of legislative reform in the Australian government would enact in order to bolster the national framework for addressing sexual harassment in Australian workplaces.
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This article explores the basics of the National Security Laws of both China and Hong Kong, as well as court cases which relate specific situations of doing business in Hong Kong because of the newly passed laws. It also provides recommendations for how businesses intending to invest in Hong Kong should conduct themselves so that they may continue to operate in Hong Kong.
This article explores the complex nature of the Brexit withdrawal process and the importance for all intellectual property (IP) owners to monitor any and all updates and to take immediate action to ensure the protection of their IP rights.
The Coronavirus pandemic has seen a boost in popularity in alternative dispute resolution processes, which obviously face some technical and logistical challenges, but have also shown to aid in facilitating dispute resolution in a flexible and cost-effective measure. The article also provides sample contract clauses for parties to consider including as part of their process so that all of the guidelines are explicitly laid out.
This article provides several mitigation measures that banks and other financial institutions could take in order to minimize the impact of any conflicts between foreign legislations on Hong Kong-related sanctions that have arisen due to the rise of geo-political risks.