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Five questions on the minds of future-focused in-house counsel
In this Insight, we explore what’s front of mind for innovative legal professionals and share some practical examples of what leading legal functions are doing to improve legal service delivery in their organisations. ...
Simplifying standards: trusted overseas product safety standards to be adopted in Australia
The Federal Government has announced it will begin consulting on amendments to the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) which would allow businesses to rely on compliance with certain trusted overseas product safety standards (in lieu of the equivalent Australian standard) when supplying products to the Australian market. ...
Do you need a labour hire licence?
New labour hire licencing schemes have commenced in South Australia and Queensland, and will soon commence in Victoria. The schemes aim to protect labour hire workers from exploitation and to promote the integrity of the labour hire industry. ...
Competition news
In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...
A tangled web - the regulatory framework and its power players
The draft legislation the Federal Government released to establish a regulatory framework for the implementation of a new Consumer Data Right will radically reform the data protection regime in Australia ...
Does legal professional privilege apply to communications with third-party commercial advisers?
Parties involved in large-scale commercial transactions with non-lawyer third-party advisers need to be aware that communications with these advisers will rarely be protected by legal professional privilege following a recent Federal Court decision ...
ChatGPT in law: unlocking new opportunities while managing the risks
As legal professionals around the globe settle into another year of work, they have been confronted by a new existential threat from OpenAI's much discussed AI chatbot, ChatGPT. Many lawyers have been asking similar questions: will my job exist this time next year? How accurate is it at answering th ...
Corporate crime, policymakers and the major developments for 2023
2022 saw increased attention from policymakers in relation to corporate crime, with developments proposed or adopted to improve the capacity of the courts to hear criminal cases and increase transpare ...
Insurance in a time of (cyber) war
This is the third instalment of our Cyber Insurance Handbook Series. See our first and second instalments here. The market-standard position has long been for loss or damage arising from war to be exc ...
Sustainability reporting – what you need to know to be prepared for the ISSB Standards
The International Sustainability Standards Board (the ISSB), established by the IFRS Foundation at COP26 in November 2021, is currently developing a global framework for sustainability- and climate- related financial disclosures. ...