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Australia’s Model Clauses provide framework for AI procurement

Hogan Lovells on 6/4/2025

On 17 March 2025, the Australian Government published Model Clauses to help government purchasers manage vendor relationships when procuring AI technology based systems and services. The Model Clauses cover issues relevant to...more

Australia’s regulatory crackdown targets bribery, money laundering and cybercrime

A&O Shearman on 1/28/2025

New bribery offenses in Australia now make it easier for authorities to prosecute organizations and require companies to exercise greater oversight and controls. Australia’s regulators remain active in greenwashing and other...more

AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 3

White & Case LLP on 8/10/2023

Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more

Re-defining the basics of Australian privacy law

Hogan Lovells on 5/8/2023

In support of Privacy Awareness Week and this year’s theme of ‘back to basics’, we provide you with an in-depth analysis of the key proposals that arise from the Attorney General’s Final Privacy Act Review Report (Report)...more

Foreign direct investment reviews 2023: A global perspective

White & Case LLP on 3/22/2023

Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more

Foreign Investment in the Critical Minerals Sector to Face Enhanced Scrutiny

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/6/2023

In recent months, the critical minerals sector has been at the top of government legislative and regulatory agendas and has been subject to substantial media attention. "Critical minerals" is a generic term that refers to a...more

Australian Government Serious About Data Privacy: Substantial Increases in Fines and Enhanced Regulatory Powers

Jones Day on 1/6/2023

In Short - The Situation: Following a number of high-profile cyber incidents resulting in significant data breaches, the Australian Government has doubled down on its efforts to strengthen privacy laws and cybersecurity...more

Compounding Consequences for Australian Health Insurer Following Breach

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 12/2/2022

Medibank, one of Australia’s largest private health insurers, detected a ransomware attack in October 2022. The attackers, believed to be part of a criminal organization based in Russia, exfiltrated approximately 9.7 million...more

Australian Financial Services Regulatory Update - August 2022

Jones Day on 8/30/2022

This edition of the Update covers: - Recent legal and regulatory developments, including the commencement of cyber security incident notification obligations for critical financial market infrastructure assets, AUSTRAC's...more

Ransomware - why paying up earns no credit with the UK's Data Protection Authority and others

BCLP on 8/22/2022

In a joint letter this summer, the UK’s data protection regulator (the ICO) and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (the NCSC) sought to convey some key messages to the legal profession relevant to advising clients...more

Managing cyber security risks: key learnings from Australia’s first test case

A&O Shearman on 7/6/2022

For the first time in Australia, a court has held in an action brought by Australia’s financial services regulator, ASIC, that the failure by a company to have adequate risk management systems in place to manage cybersecurity...more

Australian Financial Services Regulatory Update - December 2021

Jones Day on 12/1/2021

This edition of the Update covers: KEY LEGAL AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS Regulatory Priorities ASIC and APRA Release Their Corporate Plans for 2021-25 On 26 August 2021, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission...more

New proposed privacy rules for global companies conducting business in Australia

Hogan Lovells on 11/5/2021

The Australian Government has released draft legislation aimed at ensuring Australia’s privacy law remains well equipped to tackle the next digital era. The exposure draft of the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enhancing...more

[Webinar] Beyond the Breach – Managing Data Classification & Notification Projects - November 4th, 6:00 pm AEDT

Epiq on 11/2/2021

The immediate cyber incident is over – what happens next? Join our esteemed panellists as they outline key considerations when managing post-breach data classification and notification projects. Setting the scene through the...more

Australian Financial Services Regulatory Update - May 2021

Jones Day on 6/3/2021

This edition of the Update covers: 1. Recent legal and regulatory developments, including the release of ASIC's immunity policy for market misconduct offences, a FATF consultation on proliferation of financial risk and...more

Identifying Supply Chain Cybersecurity Risks: Tips From Down Under

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/11/2021

The Australian Cyber Security Center has published a guide on identifying cyber supply chain risks in suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers...more

Accountability for Cybersecurity in Australia—A Major Regulatory and Litigation Risk

Jones Day on 12/16/2020

There are showers, there are squalls, and there are storms. The growth in cybersecurity attacks in Australia, as in much of the world, is a storm and Australian companies need to batten down the hatches. In the period from 1...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2020

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/4/2020

CYBERSECURITY - FBI + CISA Issue Joint Alert on Vishing Attacks - When the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) get together to issue an alert to warn us...more

Data Breach Class Actions in Australia

Jones Day on 5/28/2019

Australia has started to observe a rise in the number of data breach class actions being investigated and filed, although there has not yet been a successful data breach class action there. A range of factors are at play...more

Key Lessons From Australia's Notifiable Data Breach Scheme

Jones Day on 4/26/2019

The Situation: The Notifiable Data Breach scheme, introduced by amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), requires an assessment when an entity suspects that there may have been loss of, unauthorised access to, or...more

Non-profit Activists’ Strategic Pursuit of Alleged GDPR Violations Spurs Compliance Developments

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/28/2019

• Non-profit organizations are testing companies’ GDPR compliance through targeted requests for information and other means and are filing complaints against allegedly non-compliant companies. • Main areas for non-profit...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Data Security Update | Vol. 19

Jones Day on 10/24/2018

On the heels of the European Union's General Data Protection law, which went into effect in May 2018, California has enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")—the result of an 11th-hour compromise between...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Issue 18 | June 2018

Jones Day on 6/25/2018

JONES DAY CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION ATTORNEY SPOTLIGHT: Richard Martinez - Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is driving an evolution in corporate privacy practices globally. As...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

Jones Day on 11/21/2017

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

Blockchain for Business

Jones Day on 9/6/2017

As the interest in blockchain technology grows, companies will be confronted with numerous decisions, challenges, and legal issues pertaining to its adoption. Relevant matters include the overall design and control of...more

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