The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following content: “Can an Australian company use a dispute resolution clause in its constitution to bar shareholder class actions?” – James Emmerig; “Public interest litigation under s 50 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth): The case for amendment” – Tony Johnson; “Banning, disqualification and licensing powers: ACCC, APRA, ASIC and the ATO – Regulatory overlap, penalty privilege and law reform” – Tom Middleton; and the following sections: Corporate Insolvency: “Recovery from Ponzi scheme investors: New Zealand’s Fisk v McIntosh [2015] NZHC 1403” – Trish Keeper; and Overseas Notes: New Zealand: “New Zealand rejects peak indebtedness” – Barry Allan.
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The June 2013 Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: “ASIC’s regulatory powers – interception and search warrants, credit and financial services licences and banning orders, financial advisers and superannuation: Problems and suggested reforms” – Tom Middleton; “Systemic risk after the global financial crisis: Covered bonds and retail contracts for difference” – Nan Seuffert; and “Reform of the financial advice industries in Australia and the United States” – Daniel Mendoza-Jones. There is also a section note on Directors’ Duties and Corporate Governance.
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