10 March 2010 | Draft legislation that enables the government to target Telstra's government and enterprise business with its new national broadband network has lawyers, and Telstra itself, wired.
18 December 2009 | Whatever happens in the final hours of the Copenhagen climate change meetings, does it really matter whether a legally binding agreement is reached? Deacons partner Rebecca Hoare writes. 1 comment
26 November 2009 | Australia is set to become a global leader in international arbitration after Attorney General Robert McClelland yesterday tabled legislative amendments in Parliament.
25 November 2009 | As the various powers that be waited for the proposed CPRS legislation to be tabled, lawyers had already seen an influx of work on what recent legislative amendments would mean for clients’ businesses.
25 November 2009 | Amid uncertainty in Canberra about whether the federal referral legislation will pass this year, New South Wales has today passed legislation to refer its private sector industrial relations power.
19 November 2009 | New anti-torture laws, introduced today, are a "landmark" move in the right direction, commentators say.
18 November 2009 | Proposed new stop and search laws being debated in Parliament would put Western Australia one step closer to a police state, says the state’s law society.
18 November 2009 | Confusion and administrative burdens in the retirement village industry has spurred law firm Minter Ellison to back calls for uniform legislation to regulate the industry.
27 October 2009 | Directors of companies may be at increased risk of being personally prosecuted under new draft work safety legislation, legal experts warn.
27 October 2009 | The New Zealand Government is set to introduce new auditor regulations.
20 October 2009 | Trying to beat ever-advancing technology to the mark it a major feat, but it's one the Western Australian government is working towards with new legislation around identity crime.
15 October 2009 | The Australian Government has conceded that Australian privacy laws have not kept in pace with changes in technology and how society deals with personal information.
8 October 2009 | The peak body representing Australian lawyers has welcomed today's release of the National Human Rights Consultation report, which recommends the adoption of a Human Rights Act.
28 September 2009 | Two top-tier firms have advised the Victorian Government on its new transport legislation.
21 September 2009 | Kevin Rudd says he's not budging on his emissions trading legislation.
17 September 2009 | Top legal eagles are today weighing in on how to regulate the legal profession
8 September 2009 | The legal profession has almost unanimously called for an independent person to review the nation's anti-terror laws.
24 August 2009 | Lawyers and their clients are being held ransom by delays over draft laws governing employee share schemes.
21 August 2009 | The nation's first legal officer has welcomed the passage of legislation to support the streamlined delivery of law and justice services across jurisdictional boundaries.
7 August 2009 | The Federal Coalition says it will move a motion to have the Government's emissions trading legislation separated from its renewable energy target legislation when Parliament resumes next week.
27 July 2009 | Freehills is advising JP Morgan and Credit Suisse on a Virgin Blue underwriting, after the airline announced a capital raising of about $231.4 million.
26 June 2009 | Draft legislation released last week reveals major changes to land-rich duty that could impact transactions and potentially impose duty on share transfers involving companies with relatively modest landholdings.
2 June 2009 | The Federal Government's efforts to target golden handshakes paid to poorly performing senior executives will result in "heavy-handed" legislation, the peak body representing governance, risk and compliance professionals has claimed.
22 May 2009 | Laws to prevent the use of torture will be introduced this year by the Rudd Government, the federal Attorney-General said today.
07:00 AM | LAWYERS may see increased litigation as the Department of Veterans Affairs gets heavy on the misuse of the word 'Anzac'.
7 April 2009 | A strict new carbon reduction scheme is predicted to create a host of new work for climate change lawyers.