Corporate Alert - October 2008

This quarterly bulletin from the Corporate team provides pertinent commentary on key issues and interesting cases in the areas of takeovers, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), Listing Rules and the Corporations Act.

This edition includes the following articles:

• ASIC’s position on short selling.
• Plan to restrict access to share registers.
• Informal merger approval process: ACCC may take a tougher line on undertakings.
• Takeovers: implications of MacarthurCook Limited.
• Personal liability for misleading or deceptive public announcements.