This update covers a range of important developments in Australia and overseas in the area of foreign bribery policy, investigations and regulation in the first quarter of 2014....These...
The year in Australia for foreign bribery and corruption matters has been mixed. While the singular Securency prosecution has become delayed in legal argument with the committal hearing yet to be...
The last 12 months saw a flourish of activity in the foreign bribery space. 2013 is likely to see an increasing focus on cross-border corruption investigations, closer cooperation between...
As foreshadowed by Lord Acton, the battle of people versus the banks is well upon us. And it seems the good money is with the
Under the Federal Government's Significant Investor Visa initiative, a visa may now be obtained by an investor of $5 million in certain complying Australian investments if the investor meets...
Amendments to the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 were passed by the NSW Parliament on 28 September 2010 and commenced operation in NSW on...
Topics discussed in this update include Australia's signing up to the International Foreign Bribery Taskforce; Australia's consideration of reforms to anti-money laundering and counter terrorism
As of 1 July 2011, the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the Bribery Act) comes into effect. It dramatically rewrites the UK...s bribery and anti-corruption laws, creates an extra territorial operation for...
A recent Federal Court judgment in the long running Lehman Bros cdo battle royale, Wingecarribee Shire Council & Ors v Lehman Bros Aus Limited (in liq) 1, looked at, in part, the risks that arise...
On 1 September 2010, the Federal Court of Australia (Katzmann J) handed down a decision in Dye v Commonwealth Securities Limited (No 5) [2010] FCA 950 (Dye). The Court in Dye reviewed the decision...