In Australia, the attractiveness for developers and investors of developing green buildings has been mainly due to their marketability, as there has been little in the way of incentives offered by either the state or federal governments.

Justice Heerey of the Federal Court, recently handed down judgment in the seminal cartel case of the ACCC vs Visy Industries and others.

A decision of the full Federal Court in October 2007 has extended the scope of infrastructure facilities which may be subject to compulsory third party access under Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act.

On 23 September 2008, Treasury released an exposure draft on the Australian Government's Corporations Amendment (Short Selling) Bill 2008 (Bill) which requires the disclosure of covered short sales transactions on Australian financial markets.

Since October last year the US Department of Justice has been probing possible anti-competitive behaviour by some of the world's largest private equity houses, particularly the potential impact of so-called 'club' deals

In May 2007, the New South Wales Law Reform Commission released a Consultation Paper entitled 'Invasion of Privacy'.

Is a judgement debt obtained in respect of a decision of an adjudicator sufficient to issue a statutory demand as a precursor to winding up proceedings?

Professional designers in the building and construction industry have generally found comfort in the moral rights protections of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (Act).

IP Australia yesterday issued a clarification of practice in relation to the classification of retailing and wholesaling of utilities in trade mark application specifications.

A looming question for the building and construction industry is, what will happen if the ALP wins the election?

Ten leading property owners, investors and developers have pledged to adopt the Green Star environmental rating system for all new buildings they own and occupy.

The Equator Principles are a set of voluntary environmental and social guidelines for project finance that commit adopting Equator Banks to reject finance applications for projects that fail to meet the guidelines.

The Victorian Supreme Court has upheld a student's claim, under the Freedom of Information Act, for access to examinations papers and marking guides.

The Full Federal Court has today upheld the taxpayer's appeal in Brady King.

The “Copyright Act 1968” (Cth) (the Act) has a significant influence on the way higher education providers can use copyright material, including books, articles, online research resources, films and sound recordings.

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