09.03.2023
RECORDING Crypto Assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations Webinar
On 15 February 2023, the Australian Law Reform Commission, in association with the Corporate Law and Financial Regulation Research Program at Melbourne Law School, held a webinar on the regulation of crypto assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs).
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Corporations, Financial Services and Charities – Regulatory Complexity and Coherence
On 6 February 2023, Dr Andrew Godwin (Special Counsel and Team Leader at the Australian Law Reform Commission) presented a paper with Professor Rosemary Langford of Melbourne Law School on ‘Corporations, Financial Services and Charities – Regulatory Complexity and Coherence’.
Read more25.01.2023
Reflecting on Reforms II – Submissions to Interim Report B (FSL10)
This discussion of the submissions received in response to Interim Report B is the 10th in a series of background papers to be released by the ALRC as part of its Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation.
Read more25.01.2023
WEBINAR Crypto Assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations
Wednesday 15 February 2023 at 5.00pm AEDT – The Corporate Law and Financial Regulation Research Program, in association with the Australian Law Reform Commission, invites you to a webinar on the regulation of crypto assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations. The webinar will provide an update on regulatory developments in Australia and overseas, and will explore the direction of future reforms.
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Financial Services Legislation eNews | January 2023
Stakeholder feedback is crucial for developing recommendations for simplification of corporations and financial services legislation.
In this Background Paper, Reflecting on Reforms II – Submissions to Interim Report B, the ALRC provides an overview of the feedback it has received, by way of formal submissions, on questions and proposals outlined in Interim Report B.
19.01.2023
User-friendly legislation: Why we need it, and how to achieve it
Modern smartphones are some of the most technologically sophisticated pieces of equipment ever invented. And yet, to operate one, you don’t need a PhD in computer science or years of experience. For the most part, their operations are intuitive and their functions easily navigable. If only the same could be said for all modern legislation.
Read more19.12.2022
The Wondrous Universe of Law: The ALRC’s DataHub and a new age of legal exploration
In this article the ALRC announce the launch of the DataHub, which will enable greater explorations of our Universe of Law. Using the DataHub and new tools of discovery, this article summarises four key learnings about our law. They concern the law’s scale, expansion, complexity, and tendency to disorder. These learnings, and others gleaned from the DataHub, can help improve our Universe of Law, for the benefit of all.
Read more16.12.2022
RECORDING Legislation Renovation: What Interim Report B means for you
On Wednesday 16 November 2022, the ALRC hosted a webinar to examine Interim Report B and its proposed legislative model. Hear about the research and novel data analysis underpinning the ALRC’s most recent report into simplifying the legislative framework for corporations and financial services legislation.
Read more12.12.2022
All Roads Lead to Rome: the ALRC’s new Background Paper on unconscionable and misleading or deceptive conduct
This article provides a high-level summary of the ALRC’s latest Background Paper on unconscionable and misleading or deceptive conduct provisions in financial services legislation. The ALRC proposes a consolidation of such provisions, to improve the expressive power of the law, and to reduce the burden of compliance and enforcement. Dr William Isdale Starting in around …
Read more09.12.2022
All roads lead to Rome: unconscionable and misleading or deceptive conduct in financial services law (FSL9)
This discussion of unconscionable and misleading or deceptive conduct is the ninth in a series of background papers to be released by the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’) as part of its Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation (‘the Inquiry’).
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