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Details released of proposed ban on post-employment restraints, no-poach and wage-fixing arrangements
Treasury has released draft laws to ban non-compete clauses for employees earning below a high income threshold, and to prohibit employee no-poach and wage-fixing arrangements. The proposed reforms ar ...
Allens launches new tool to help clients navigate Australia's merger clearance regime
Allens' Australian Merger Clearance Navigator uses data from the ACCC's acquisitions register to create an intuitive, searchable dashboard showing merger review timeframes, approval rates and ...
Three amendments narrow Australia's merger regime
On 16 September 2026, some important amendments to Australia's mandatory merger regime came into effect. The amendments address practical concerns raised by stakeholders following the introduction of ...
Reading the regulatory horizon: key themes from ASIC and APRA's New Corporate Plans
Each year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) release their Corporate Plans, which identify the regulators' strategic pri ...
Class action risk 2026
In this year's edition of Class Action Risk, we give an update on the current indicators and drivers of class action risk, with a particular focus on how that risk was spread across a wide range of sectors in 2025, and what areas of emerging risk to watch throughout 2026. ...
2026 mid-year interim class action report
Across the first half of 2026 class action, filing rates largely mirrored what we observed in 2025, with a broad base of claims filed across a wide range of sectors. However, following a number of key ...
2024 retail webinar: unfair dealings, data compliance and IP challenges
Covered in this webinar: Competition and consumer law update: the ACCC's focus on unfair dealings. Technology: how retailers can leverage data-driven personalised marketing while navigating spam compliance and a changing privacy regulatory landscape. Intellectual property: the rise of 'dupe culture', and liability for IP infringements by third-party service providers. ...
ACCC recommends significant reforms targeting digital platforms
The ACCC's Interim Report 5 in the Digital Platform Services Inquiry (the DPSI) recommends to Treasury a number of reforms to competition and consumer laws which it considers are not currently sufficient to address harms it has identified since 2017. ...
Key issues in designing a mandatory merger regime for a modern economy
In this Insight, we examine what the ACCC has put forward so far and the implications, drawing on the experience and architecture of regimes overseas. ...
Food and beverage law bulletin 2025
Our 2025 Food and beverage law bulletin highlights key legal and regulatory updates, including ACCC recycling schemes, FSANZ Code changes, biosecurity measures, trade mark trends, ESG reforms, and greenwashing enforcement along with essential insights for compliance, brand protection and sustainability. ...