Guidance for In-House Legal Counsels In 2026, many organisations are not content to simply keep pace with technological change, and they are looking to their legal counsels for guidance on safely embedding...
The legal industry is at a turning point. AI is no longer just a tool supporting isolated tasks, it’s becoming embedded directly into legal workflows, transforming how work gets done. Traditionally...
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Australia is an outlier among OECD countries with its voluntary merger regime, but that looks set to change following recent proposals from the country's antitrust regulator. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission is calling for, among other things, a mandatory, suspensory regime, an expanded substantial lessening of competition test and factors to be considered in reviews, including data access. But the finer details of a new merger regime remain to be seen, leaving questions around issues such as timetables for reviews.
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 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..