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General counsel have a key role in assisting their organisation to put in place the framework to become cyber resilient.

An indepth look at the Centro decision and its effect on corporate governance.

An overview of upcoming changes to corporate reporting, with the proposed introduction of mandatory climate disclosure.

Commissioner Hayne stressed on the responsibility that all boards have where misconduct occurs within an organisation.

The final version of the fourth edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations has been released.

The James Hardie High Court decision has significant implications for the evidentiary importance of board meeting minutes.

Recent case highlights the importance of reading & reviewing the company constitution when providing advice to the company.

Use these unprecedented times as an opportunity to strategise and improve your business processes, systems and structure.

Boards can help to build an organisation able to absorb shocks from operational risks and to gain competitive advantage.

A scheme of arrangement to acquire shares in a company must be approved by the requisite majorities.

It was alleged that the cross shareholding entrenched the incumbent boards, depressed both companies' share prices and disenfranchised minority shareholders.

Product certification and a certifying body's trademarks show that your products or services meet with certain standards.

Two recent Takeovers Panel decisions examine whether combinations of pre-bid stakes, shareholder intention statements, and deal protection arrangements unlawfully lock up target companies. The Panel's analysis reveals critical boundaries for acceptable deal protection in Australian M&A transactions and provides new guidance on intention statements exceeding 20% of a target's register.

A number of companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) can expect to be captured by new mandatory sustainability reporting requirements as of this financial year.

The AGM season is fast-approaching, so what should boards and senior management be thinking about?

Australia is proposing a world-first corporate criminal offence for failing to prevent modern slavery in supply chains, requiring organisations to adopt adequate procedures to identify and mitigate risks.

Workplace regulation has entered a phase of convergence, where technology use, data governance, wage integrity and safety obligations are increasingly regulated as interconnected systems.