In May this year it was announced that New Zealand would aim for an emissions trading scheme as a priced-based measure to address climate change.

Improvement of New Zealand’s anti-money laundering regime has been on the agenda since the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) reviewed the existing financial transactions reporting regime in 2003, and identified a significant number of areas for improvement.

Employee use of social media, inside and outside the workplace, can expose employers to serious legal liabilities.

The progress of the Small Business Commissioner Bill (SA) has been watched closely by the franchising industry.

In an important decision handed down by the WA Magistrates Court on Friday 18 February 2011, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) and its wholly owned subsidiary, The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd (TPI), was acquitted of 18 alleged breaches of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (WA) (OSH Act).

A significant recent decision by the WA Court of Appeal has overturned an earlier decision of the Supreme Court, which potentially expanded the scope of the duty of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (WA) (OSH Act), and by implication, the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 (WA) (MSI Act).

Submissions for the Federal Government's Green Paper on its proposed emissions trading scheme must be in by 10 September 2008.

DEHP released proposed changes to the Environmental Protection Regulation, as part of the Greentape Reduction Project.

A new bill will create a Freedom of Information Commissioner to oversee agency decision making and handle complaints.

This newsletter provides a cross-section of cutting edge issues in the fields of IP, technology and media.

A recent case considered the true territorial scope of EU trade marks.

As shoppers around the globe hit the New Year sales, this issue is brought to you by our Hong Kong editorial team.

Ofcom has opened an investigation to consider whether BSkyB is in breach of UK or EU competition law.

The Convergence Review Committee's much-anticipated final report made 31 separate recommendations.

After a five month Inquiry, the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform has reported early.

Uncertainty has returned to the US commercial real estate industry, according to 2011 State of the Market Survey.

Doing Business in Québec, updated as of November 2013, is an informative resource for businesses and investors wishing to gain insight into Canada's economic structure and Québec's business regulatory framework.

President Obama spoke on U.S. climate change at Georgetown University on Tuesday. In this speech he commented, for the first time in months, on the Keystone XL pipeline which will carry crude oil from Alberta’s oil sands to refineries in the Gulf Coast.

Davis LLP's Grace Choi, a partner in the Vancouver office's Family Law Group, presented the paper, "Three Issues Arising from the Property Division Sections of the New Family Law Act", at the British Columbia Court of Appeal's Education Seminar entitled Family Law Act:

The Government of Alberta has recently introduced Bill 22 - the Aboriginal Consultation Levy Fund in the legislature.