Corrs Chambers Westgarth has rolled out Harvey firmwide after a full market scan, backing the platform to handle complex work at scale. The call signals a long-term AI play, not a pilot. It also puts Corrs alongside Ashurst, G+T and KWM, as Harvey’s Aussie footprint spreads into law schools and top-tiers alike: Point Blank

⚖️ Regulatory/Cyber: Cyber enforcement is top of mind for ASIC. The Federal Court has hit FIIG Securities with $2.5m in penalties for prolonged. Matters were only made worse when a 2023 hack leaked 385GB of sensitive client data onto the dark web. In ASIC’s action, the Court accepted FIIG breached its AFS licence obligations by failing to resource, monitor and test cyber controls fit for a firm holding ~$3bn in client assets. FIIG must also fund ASIC’s costs and run an independent expert-led compliance program. ASIC called it the first Federal Court-imposed civil penalty for cyber failures under the general AFS obligations: ASIC

⚖️ Unfair Contract Terms: ASIC and the ACCC kept unfair contract terms front and centre in 2025. The Federal Court found a tiered arbitration clause unfair despite applying to both sides. The Court pointed to cost, delay and lack of real transparency for retail consumers who’d effectively lost access to courts and class actions. Meanwhile, in ASIC v Auto & General Insurance, the Full Court upheld a broad insurance notification clause, stressing how a reasonable consumer would read it alongside statutory protections under the Insurance Contracts Act. And in Anderson v Kincumber Nautical Village, a fee escalation formula was struck down as creating a significant imbalance with no evidence that it was reasonably necessary: KWM

⚖️ Employment: The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a dismissal was harsh, despite accepting there was a valid reason, after a worker made racially offensive comments at a toolbox meeting. The employer moved straight to termination for serious misconduct without first putting the allegations to the employee or giving him a chance to respond. That procedural shortcut proved fatal. The Commission stressed that even where conduct is unacceptable, basic procedural fairness isn’t optional, and small business size or lack of HR capability won’t excuse it. That resulted in modest compensation (about $4k) reflecting only a short hypothetical continued employment period: Piper Alderman

Australia may have world-first WFH rights. Unions want a default right to work from home for almost 2 million clerical, admin and IT workers. Employers told the Fair Work Commission it would be unprecedented globally. Research shows no country gives an automatic WFH presumption across an entire occupation. The bid, led by the Australian Services Union, could reset flexible work rules: AFR

ASX boss Helen Lofthouse will step down in May as the bourse eyes CHESS go-live after years of outages and regulatory heat. CSL’s Paul McKenzie quit effective immediately ahead of results. Looks like succession is back on boards’ agendas: Bloomberg

🎬 Paramount Skydance has sweetened its hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery, offering to stump up a US$2.8bn Netflix break fee, cover US$1.5bn of refinancing costs, and add a 25c-per-share quarterly “ticking fee” if the deal drags past Dec 2026. The move ups pressure on WBD’s board as it pushes shareholders toward the rival Netflix deal: Reuters

🛜 Aussie Broadband is buying AGL Energy’s telco arm in a $115m scrip deal, adding ~350k broadband and mobile services and striking an exclusive long-term partnership to sell telco under the AGL brand: ASX