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The litigation funding industry in Australia has experienced significant change and development in recent times as it attempts to define its role in the domestic legal market.

Litigation funders must now be very cautious in proceeding with any funding schemes they currently are operating.

A recent case provides some judicial guidance on the procedures regarding expert conclaves or joint meetings of experts.

Superannuation and funds management news from around Australia.

Access to capital and foreign markets, class actions and possible market concentration are major issues in agribusiness.

The bronze "Fearless Girl" statue originally appeared in Bowling Green, a small public park in New York City, in 2017, posed in a face off against the Charging Bull statue (Wall Street Bull).

The much anticipated clarity around the doctrine of penalties may be shortlived.

Links to media releases & cases relating to competition and consumer law.

This newsletter links to recent media releases, reports and cases in relation to competition and consumer law.

A range of measures announced to deal with criticisms surrounding the litigation funding & class action regimes in Australia.

Allco Financial Group class action applicants fail in a bid to create a common fund for class action litigation funding.

Australian class action risk is no longer shaped primarily by domestic precedent. Overseas litigation, regulatory action and global funding dynamics increasingly operate as leading indicators – setting the direction, timing and form of claims that later emerge in Australia.

Ever since the Royal Commission has been investigating alleged cases of misconduct in banking, superannuation and financial services firms in 2017

The Federal Court held that genetic materials in their isolated form (whether DNA or RNA) are patentable in Australia.

Australia may see more liberalisation of litigation funding regulation, with an increase in product liability litigation.

This bulletin includes links to recent media releases, reports and cases relating to competition and consumer law.

At the start of this month, ASX 100 and NZX 50 companies will receive an information request from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a coalition of institutional investors that, together, represent in excess of US $31 trillion in funds under management. The request will seek data on the possible impacts on company value of climate change related regulation, new technology, changes in customer behaviour and altered weather patterns.