On October 10, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury took the first step toward implementing the recently enacted Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) by publishing new regulations that empower the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review transactions that were not previously subject to CFIUS scrutiny.

Even if you are, or were, an employee, the Criminal Law deals with such interference quite seriously.

The Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2) Act 2017 (Cth) amended the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) from 1 July 2018 to impose a prohibition on the enforcement of rights against a company including contractual termination rights arising on the occurrence of an insolvency event in relation to that company.

Readers will be aware that the mandatory data breach reporting requirements in Australia have been in operation since February this year. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has since produced two quarterly reports on the matters notified. Some interesting statistics emerge.

Welcome to the September 2018 edition of the Health Law Alert with a timely article on "The Royal Commission into Aged Care - What it means to Approved Providers, their Boards and Management".

Congratulations to Holman Webb's CFO, Magdalena Kosior-Molloy and CMO, Adriana Giometti who have been selected as finalists in the CEO Magazine 2018 Executive of the Year Awards in their respective categories.

Can you believe it’s the middle of August?!

We can’t either! Winter is nearly over (thankfully) but also there are only two months left to update your franchise disclosure document!

The model Family and Domestic Violence Leave terms are incorporated into all Modern Awards as of 1 August 2018.

This means that Award covered employees may take unpaid leave to deal with Family and Domestic Violence matters from 1 August 2018.

When it comes to mitigating cyber security incidents, there is no single step that organisations can take that will guarantee the safety of their data or system performance. The Australian Cyber Security Centre has recommended eight mitigation strategies that organisation should implement as a baseline defence against targeted cyber intrusions, ransomware and malicious insiders. These strategies are known as the ‘Essential Eight’.

Congratulations to Holman Webb’s Workplace Relations team for their nomination as finalists for Workplace Relations and Employment Team of the Year in the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2018