1 CPD unit | Following the introduction of a package of reform bills to Parliament on 30 October, Australia stands at a pivotal moment for environmental law. The proposed reforms to the EPBC Act represent the most ambitious reform of federal environmental law in a quarter of a century.

On 1 April 2026, an inauspicious date given the gravity of the subject matter, the Australian Parliament passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Genetic Testing Protections in Life Insurance and Other Measures) Act 2026 (the Act).

Procedural fairness and trauma‑informed practice are complementary approaches to investigations.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Ortus Power Resources Italy, through OPR Sun 0 S.r.l., on the completion of a no recourse project finance transaction structured as a Green Loan, with a total value of approximately €97 million.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, together with Access Partnership and Lucetia Group, has been appointed by Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MIT) and the Energy Market Authority (EMA) to develop guidelines to facilitate submarine power cable activities across ASEAN.

US Customs and Border Protection has issued instructions for how and when importers should submit refund requests for emergency International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs that were ruled invalid by the US Supreme Court.

The Texas Business Court recently issued summary judgment opinions in two cases relating to the internal affairs of limited liability companies—Quintero v. Urban Infraconstruction, LLC and Crain v. Northern.

On March 30, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF, Quebec’s securities regulator) published a decision establishing its Guideline for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (the Guideline).

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has announced that Dr. Stephanie Pantelidaki has joined the firm as partner (non-legal) and Head of Transfer Pricing for EMEAPAC, based in London.

The impacts of climate change are proposed to become a key consideration for planning and development decisions in NSW. Recently, the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) released the first details of a new Climate Change and Natural Hazards State Environmental Planning Policy (Climate Change SEPP) by exhibiting an Explanation of Intended Effects (EIE) for public comment.

Norton Rose Fulbright has received the “2026 Top Workplaces USA” award for the fifth consecutive year, landing a spot among the top 20 companies with 1,000-2,499 employees.

On March 5, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese released a sweeping joint statement from Canberra covering investment, defence, energy, and artificial intelligence. Particularly for those in the mining sector, the central message was that cooperation on critical minerals between Canada and Australia has entered a new and more consequential phase.

Prior to the issuance of the Saudi Civil Transactions Law (the CTL), termination of contracts was historically governed by uncodified Sharia‑based principles, meaning judges had broad latitude in assessing whether a breach justified termination and whether the terminating party could effect the termination unilaterally.

Periods of geopolitical uncertainty inevitably prompt a familiar question from commercial and legal teams: can we rely on force majeure?

On 8 April 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Primary Market Bulletin 62 (PMB 62) on a number of topics.

The Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee has released its Report into the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 and six related bills (now Acts).

On March 19th, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) officially launched a pilot project allowing eligible venture issuers to voluntarily adopt semi-annual financial reporting through Coordinated Blanket Order 51-933 – Exemptions to Permit Semi-Annual Reporting for Certain Venture Issuers.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised funds managed by Sofidy, namely the SCPIs Sofidynamic and Immorente, as well as AIF Meilleurimmo, on the acquisition of the Magnetik building in southern Paris

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is advising Barclays plc (Barclays) as financial adviser to Zeus Bidco Limited, a newly formed company indirectly controlled by investment funds advised by affiliates of Tinicum Incorporated (Tinicum) and Blackstone Inc.

For over a decade, Foreign Financial Service Providers (FFSP) who do not hold an Australian financial services (AFS) licence have operated in Australia relying on a series of exemptions, most notably Class Order relief and Limited Connection relief arrangements.