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Three’s company

1 November 2021 | Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Three recent developments have raised the bar for disclosures in corporate documents, writes Professor Pamela Hanrahan.

Finding fault

1 October 2021 | Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Amendments to continuous disclosure laws tackle the tricky concept of “fault” in corporate regulation, writes Professor Pamela Hanrahan.

Directors’ Counsel

Chinks in the armour

1 September 2021 | Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Cyber risk management systems remain vulnerable to human error, as this US cybersecurity disclosure case reveals, writes Professor Pamela Hanrahan.

Directors’ Counsel

Duty bound by design

1 August 2021 | Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Businesses need to consider whether their sales incentive and reward structures are driving the right behaviours with regard to compliance, writes Professor Pamela Hanrahan.

Directors’ Counsel

The ABC of GBEs

1 July 2021 | Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Board directors of government business enterprises and private companies may share similar obligations, but power lies elsewhere, writes Professor Pamela Hanrahan.

Directors’ Counsel

Major criminal prosecutions arising out of misfeasance by public company directors are rare in Australia. This makes the conviction of a director who misappropriated $8.6m in company funds worth notin...

Directors’ Counsel

US class action over PPE use highlights issues of corporate accountability

1 September 2020 | Professor Pamela Hanrahan

A landmark US court case has raised the question of when the knowledge and motives of individual employees should be attributed to the company itself, writes Professor Pamela Hanrahan.

Directors’ Counsel

Vale Bob Baxt AO FAICDLife

30 April 2018 | Narelle Hooper MAICD

In a packed lifetime, Professor Bob Baxt AO FAICDLife made a huge contribution to Australian business law and governance practice, and left a lasting impact, reports Narelle Hooper.