Category: Law
How MinterEllison is breaking the industry mould
MinterEllison is a household name in law, but over...
Volkswagen executive sentenced to seven years jail
US based Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt has been sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $400,000 by a US judge for his role in...
ACCC sues pharmaceutical giants
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is taking GlaxoSmithKline Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd (GSK) and Novartis Consumer...
ASIC crackdown on car dealer commissions
The corporate cop has slapped a ban on lucrative flex commissions paid to car dealers that encourages them to set exorbitant interest rates...
Innovation in law, the process of disruption
Holman Webb chief executive officer Greg Malakou says that innovation...
How LexisNexis uses the rule of law
The rule of law is not only critical to a peaceful and prosperous society, it also affects organisational practice and ultimately business...
Moody’s $864 million settlement over inflated ratings
Ratings agency Moody’s has agreed to pay nearly $864 million to US Federal and state authorities following a multi-year investigation...
What happens when both members of a SMSF die at the same time?
It’s the call that every adviser dreads – the death of a client activates the estate planning toolkit of Will, Binding Death Benefit...
Slater & Gordon told to hand over documents to ASIC
The corporate watchdog has ordered law firm Slater & Gordon to hand over documents to ascertain whether the company’s books were...
Two top executives convicted in court
It was a bad day for senior Australian business leaders yesterday in court. First, Keith Hunter, a former senior technology executive at...
Surfers take to the water at King Island in a protest to tell salmon farmers that "they don 
Jose Ramos-Horta, one of the founding fathers of Timor-Leste, is confident that Australia will retur 
A Perth woman who held a stranger's two-month-old baby as she died in her arms aboard an intern 
It started with an application to build a bike shed. Now, after a legal fight that originated in 195 
The crew of flight D7236 called in an emergency involving a two-month-old infant before the AirAsia 
Business lobbyist the Ai Group is urging current senators not to vote for any industrial relations c 
Detainees at the NT's Don Dale Youth Detention Centre are learning invaluable work and life ski 
When the Lindners began researching their family's history in making woollen socks, they discov 
Temperatures at the bottom of Australia's deepest gold mine are close to 30 degrees Celsius and 
Negative gearing is a defining issue of the 2019 election campaign — and Vote Compass data suggests 
Authorities charge American bitcoin trader Chad Elwartowski and his Thai partner, Supranee Thepdet, 
When it comes to being stopped and searched at the airport, are there certain things customs officer