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MLex’s Australian team examines the backdrop of Epic Games’ Apple and Google lawsuits and more

20 July 2022

MLex's reporters have had a frantic start to 2022, with global competition lawsuits against Google and Apple spilling over into the Federal Court of Australia and a criminal-cartel prosecution involving local foreign-exchange businesses culminating in guilty pleas. Laurel Henning and James Panichi have also been examining Australian lawmakers' slow progress in updating the 1988 Privacy Act and concerns over how big business manages personal data. For example: Why are private-health insurance companies in Australia so keen to get their hands on fitness data collected by Australian smart-watches? Laurel and James talk through the challenges and the highlights of their Australian regulatory coverage.

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James Panichi, Senior Editor, Asia Pacific

 

James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the...

Laurel Henning, Senior Correspondent

 

Laurel is a senior correspondent specializing in competition law, data privacy and security, in Australia and New Zealand. Laurel reports from Sydney on criminal-cartel legislation and white-collar crime, as well as competition and consumer lawsuits involving companies including Google, Meta Platforms and Apple. While at MLex Laurel has also reported boardroom disputes and shareholder campaigns agitating for changes to company strategy. Laurel joined MLex in 2013 and reported for five years on European energy and..

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