Partner Gavin Smith offers safety tips and advice to boards on data security.

Partner Ross Stitt examines why there is a lack of debate over raising the GST.

Partners Tim Lester and Igor Bogdanich look at the economic outlook for Japan in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that rocked the country in early 2011.

Senior Associate Peter Haig discusses his involvement in the pro bono case of Indigenous man Neville Austin.

Lawyers Sylvia Arzey and Alison Mathews discuss the issues surrounding the push for Indigenous recognition in the Australian constitution.

Partners Scott Langford and Igor Bogdanich discuss developments in disclosure rules for mining, oil and gas companies.

Partner Tom Story reports on the outlook for private equity in Australia going into 2012.

The Federal Government’s carbon pricing scheme raises a number of issues for the financing of emissions and energy intensive projects.

This year was another significant year for the international gas industry, and Australia remains at the forefront of new developments and projects in the gas industry.

One of the great challenges for countries transitioning from a country with economic potential to that of an economic power is the way it handles foreign investment.

Partner Robert Pick considers the claim that Australia’s prospectus rules are a disincentive to issuers.

Last year was a tough one for the solar technology industry in Australia.

It remains a difficult market for those looking to exit investments and this has served to increase the bargaining power of buyers and allow them to push harder when negotiating deal terms.

There were times when hosing down the driveway, leaving the tap running while brushing your teeth and watering the garden in the heat of the day were par for the course. Now, while most informed consumers would recoil at such waste of a precious resource, we continue to burn lights in uninhabited rooms, leave computers on overnight and use climate control in reasonable climes.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft this week proposed a review of Australia’s takeover rules and re-opened the question of whether a UK-style ‘put up or shut up rule’ should be introduced.

Companies are increasingly using indirect email messaging and Facebook to support extensive marketing strategies. However, two recent incidents provide some examples of the types of legal risks involved when engaging the participation of customers and third parties in these platforms.

There has been a long-standing public debate as to whether genes and their biological products should be patented.

The first day of 2014 will see the beginning of a new regime to tackle the problem of workplace bullying.

The dominance of the banks in the Australian corporate debt market is an anomaly.

Much has been written about – indeed entire election campaigns have been based on – how the mining boom is coming to an end, and the imperative for Australia to diversify its economy into other sectors. The debate has focused on a predicted decline in demand for our natural resources from emerging economies such as China and India.