The James Hardie ruling changes the strategic balance in the articulation and execution of directors duties. Expert opinion on the impact of the High Court ruling for the board, its external advisors...
In a wide-ranging interview covering the provisions on conflict minerals and the Volcker rule on limiting proprietary trading, Professor Eric Talley of the University of California at Berkeley...
Professor Stuart Green, of Rutgers Law School discusses a recent empirical survey he has undertaken of US moral attitudes to white collar crime and insider trading and appropriate ways to frame...
Already patrolling an extensive perimeter, ASIC is moving into the 'libertarian paternalism' space. Opinion from Deen Sanders, Kingsford-Smith and Michelle Levy on the Future of Financial...
Michael Legg of the University of New South Wales discusses with Justin O'Brien the potential conflicts of interest that may arise in class actions backed by litigation funders.
A debate on whether Australia should develop a Sovereign Wealth Fund to husband the windfall revenue from the mining boom. George Gilligan, Greg Golding and Justin O'Brien on the implications.
The disgraced former New York State Governor Eliott Spitzer has returned to the stomping ground that made his reputation as the Sheriff of Wall Street, using his status as a television anchorman.
Whilst ever the intent is wholesale industry change and whilst ever the goal is to change the behaviour of everyone then we cannot continue to pretend that this is professionalisation.
Codes of conduct only work if the need to preserve reputation is accompanied by a genuine fear of exclusion if stated beliefs are not warranted in practice.
Despite the headlines, the Centro class action settlements may reflect the danger of a growing thicket of uncertainty and a missed opportunity to clear a path towards clarity in legal obligation.
Since litigation funding was permitted by the High Court over three years ago there has been much debate about the regulation of litigation funding in Australia.
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