In continuation of Baker McKenzie’s Asia Pacific webinar series on the business impact of COVID-19, we bring you another panel of legal practitioners to share practical insights on further issues that impact your businesses. In this webinar, we reflect on supply chain impacts and discuss ways in which businesses are…
Export from Australia of hand sanitiser, face masks and other infection control items are temporarily prohibited effective 30 March 2020. The Customs (Prohibited Exports) Amendment (COVID-19 Human Biosecurity Emergency) Regulations 2020 (Cth) (Regulation) amended the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 (Cth) to temporarily prohibit export of goods that are key…
The spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus is prompting Australian employers to urgently review their work health and safety practices and consider contingency plans to protect their staff and continue operations. Employers will need to prepare their workforce for rapid changes if they are going to weather the storm ahead.…
As the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the world, and governments and health authorities work tirelessly to defeat it, its impact on commercial arrangements is a serious concern for businesses. Necessary quarantining measures have drastically disrupted supply chains, sales and consumer confidence have declined markedly, and international…
View presentation Our attorneys discuss the latest key updates on Export Controls and Sanctions in the US, EU/UK, APAC and Russia. View future webinars in the series.
On 9 October 2019, the Personal Data Protection Commission (“PDPC”) revised Chapter 6 (Organisations) and Chapter 15 (Access and Correction Obligations) and introduced a new Chapter 8 on cloud services in the Advisory Guidelines on the PDPA for Selected Topics (“Guidelines”). The Guidelines, while not legally binding, reflects the PDPC’s…
In a move that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) describes as new phase in the country’s banking system, MAS announced it intends to issue up to five new bank licences to digital players1. This will be in addition to any internet-only bank services offered by local banking groups. The…
On 22 May 2019, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) published a Guide on Active Enforcement (Guide) that represents a change in the way that the PDPC handles enforcement actions going forward. Under the current approach set out in the Advisory Guidelines on the Enforcement of the Data Protection Provisions…
Australia’s export control rules for tangibles have been amended to more closely align with the regime for intangible supplies.