Insights for July 2018

03/07/2018 - New South Wales takes lead in combatting modern slavery with new Act, and Commonwealth not far behind 05/07/2018 - Anyone with a writ and a dream: AFL case could make anyone a potential plaintiff under the ACL 05/07/2018 - Is your construction project caught by an exemption to the ipso facto stay regime? 05/07/2018 - Major projects & construction 5 Minute Fix 14 05/07/2018 - 2018-2019 State Budget promotes waste-to-energy projects in Queensland 05/07/2018 - Proposed consumer advertising code puts therapeutic goods advertising in the spotlight 05/07/2018 - Stop, water thief! Major changes to NSW water management laws 06/07/2018 - NSW Government announces first government-initiated build to rent project, with EOI process to start soon 13/07/2018 - Louboutin's opponents still seeing red after ECJ win 19/07/2018 - "Don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone": the value of a lost commercial opportunity 19/07/2018 - ACCC commences first case against "gun-jumping" conduct in M&A transactions 19/07/2018 - ACCC sets its sights on country of origin labelling for complementary medicines 19/07/2018 - Are non-disparagement clauses void under the Australian Consumer Law? 19/07/2018 - Finding the enemy within: improving your internal audit with forensic data analytics 19/07/2018 - Is your announcement "market sensitive"? 19/07/2018 - Kinks in the blockchain 19/07/2018 - Major projects & construction 5 Minute Fix 15 19/07/2018 - Native title update: movement on the future acts regime, prior extinguishment and ILUA registration 19/07/2018 - NT Government delivers implementation plan for the fracking inquiry recommendations 19/07/2018 - Proxy adviser engagement: engagement practices during the 2017 AGM season, and ASIC's recommendations 19/07/2018 - Queensland's Financial Assurance Draft Regulation and Scheme Manager Guidelines released 19/07/2018 - Raising the bar: EPA v Grafil and a much tougher burden of proof for waste offences 19/07/2018 - Sales staff wanted, non-lawyers need not apply: navigating the maze of ACL consumer guarantees 19/07/2018 - Sugar and spice and all things nice(ly labelled): sugar labelling reform open for discussion 19/07/2018 - UK Supreme Court extends vicarious liability in sexual abuse claims – could Australia go down the same path? 19/07/2018 - Whose land is it anyway? Owner's consent for development applications on Crown land in Queensland 26/07/2018 - Banking on some cover: Royal Commission exclusions on D&O liability policies