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The competition regulator is set to leverage its expertise in data analytics which was honed during the digital platforms inquiry as well as the experience of New Zealand in its review of supermarket pricing.
The Albanese government wants to tackle scams with mandatory codes of conduct for banks, telcos and digital platforms. In a new written submission, Meta is calling instead for an industry-led code.
Cybersecurity lawyers say the government's push for new powers to take control of businesses hit by hacks could burden businesses with onerous compliance obligations, and even threaten foreign investment.
ANZ's win today before the Australian Competition Tribunal looked like a washout for the ACCC in its theories of competitive harm, but in some ways, the regulator couldn't lose.
A string of crypto-linked enforcement cases in Australia are testing the boundaries of financial product definitions and the ability of existing laws to govern digital assets.
The merger law debate has reached a critical stage as government considers recommendations from the Competition Taskforce, and with merger lawyers and the ACCC in stark opposition.
Australian law firms are expanding their use of technology to provide legal services as a way to ‘future-fit’ their businesses as clients demand more bang for their per-hour buck.
Newly-launched Omnia Chambers is part of a fresh generation of barristers working to make the New South Wales Bar more reflective of the society it serves by lowering the cost of entry.
A flexible and fast way to raise money, Australian startups are using SAFE notes more than ever before. But their increasing use could cause financial and legal headaches, according to new analysis.
The Productivity Commission is urging policymakers to balance the need to manage consent requirements of collecting data while pursuing the potential productivity and economic gains AI has to offer.
At a time of rising concerns about the impact of AI, the Productivity Commission is calling for a light touch approach to regulating the technology in the economy.
It "operates in the edgier areas of the law" and has been at the forefront of key social debates and media campaigns in recent years. Now Marque Lawyers turning is its attention to the "completely terrifying" capabilities of AI.
National law firm Mills Oakley has kicked off the year appointing three women to national partnerships, while continuing the firm's run of Minter Ellison hires.
The ACCC's review of the childcare sector could have implications for deals in the sector that have been hanging in the balance.
The startup sector has won a small reprieve in its battle against changes to the sophisticated investor thresholds.
The ACCC's probe into supermarket pricing is the latest in the long list of reviews into the sector. And it's not clear whether any will lower grocery bills.
Intellectual property lawyers say Australian media companies may be better placed than their US counterparts to succeed in lawsuits over AI - if they decided to go that route.
App developers and consumers suing Apple and Google over allegations of anticompetitive conduct haven't ruled out a settlement eight weeks out from a trial.
Both sides are arguing the other is at risk of breaching consumer laws, which could theoretically expose them to damage claims, or even steep financial penalties.
Ed Husic's newly revealed plan to regulate AI nods to the EU's strategy but also aligns Australia with some of its APAC neighbours.
The oil and gas producer's court win raises the evidentiary bar for cultural heritage cases, but doesn't signal an end to them.
Technology startups are recommending caution as the Albanese government prepares to reveal plans to regulate artificial intelligence in the Australian economy.
Both the ACCC and ASIC are poised to seize on reforms making unfair contract terms illegal and giving regulators powers to levy multi-million dollar fines against companies writing them.
Aristocrat Technologies' intellectual property dispute against former employee Dinh Toan Tran has begun with a scramble for documents and devices in Tran's possession via court search orders.
The $9 billion engineering company will likely be investigated by the AFP over allegations a former subcontractor bribed Ecuadorian officials.
Australia has lagged behind a growing number of jurisdictions providing guidance on exemptions from competition law for environmental outcomes. That could be about to change.
Copyright law is emerging as a key battleground in the fight between the global media and entertainment industries and AI platforms, and Australia is no exception.
While AI's impact on the legal industry shows no sign of easing in 2024, large law firms expect cybersecurity, ESG work and transactions to dominate the year ahead.
If there was substantial data on market power, merger benefits or competition in the ANZ-Suncorp merger hearings it was either redacted or heard behind closed doors.
Hearings in a competition review of ANZ's play for Suncorp Bank have ended today much how they started, with debates of uncertainty and in the weeds of semantics.
In the Federal Court on Thursday the competition regulator got its chance to defend its earlier decision to block ANZ's acquisition of Suncorp Bank.
