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Italian privacy case highlights risks for electronic publishers

A recent Italian privacy case involving Google executives highlights the risk publishers face in posting content online. More...

March 2010

Federal Government to strengthen unconscionable conduct provisions of Trade Practices Act

On 3 March 2010, the Federal Government announced that it had accepted the expert panel's recommendations to amend the unconscionable conduct provisions of the Trade Practices Act (Act). More...

March 2010

Employers punished for workplace bullying

On 8 February 2010, the Melbourne Magistrates Court imposed fines totalling A$335,000 against four individuals, including the director of the company, and the company itself, in relation to the bullying and harassment of a teenage waitress who took her own life. More...

March 2010

On the heels of iiNet decision New Zealand proposes "three strikes and you're out" regime for internet infringers

The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill (Bill) was introduced in New Zealand on 23 February 2010, containing proposed amendments to the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994 (Act). More...

February 2010

ACCC targets creeping acquisitions

In this Boardroom Radio presentation, Murray Deakin, the head of the Competition and Regulatory Group at Middletons, discusses proposed reforms to curb "creeping acquisitions". Murray explains how the proposed changes will strengthen the ACCC's ability to reject acquisitions that would substantially lessen competition in any "local" market. More...

February 2010

AWB's $39.5M settlement with shareholders

The settlement this week (subject to court approval) of the shareholder class action against the grains exporter AWB for $39.5M again casts the spotlight on the rise of funded shareholder class actions in Australia as a potent but unpredicatble means for aggrieved shareholders to force companies to address their concerns.
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February 2010



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