The OSA 2021, alongside the OSTPCAA 2021, consolidate the prior online safety legislation to create a more streamlined and comprehensive regulatory framework for the protection of Australians from online harm. Practical Law’s new resources on the OSA 2021 provide an overview of the...
On 8 February 2022, Thomson Reuters released its Tech and the Law 2022 Report, exploring how Australia's legal professionals are perceiving technology amid the pandemic. The report captures the experiences of 156 in-house counsel and 670 private practice professionals, and reveals the...
The new Practice note, Building a business case for new technology investment outlines the difficulties of embedding new technological investment in the legal industry. However, strategies can be implemented to build a successful business case for new technological investment, such as...
The six new Practice notes form part of Practical Law Australia In-house centre's content on Leadership, management and operations, which include:
Toolkit, Key global guides for Australian in-house lawyers is intended to guide the in-house lawyer through the Practical Law's resources most relevant to cross-border legal work in an Australian in-house environment, including global guides which comprise jurisdiction-specific...
The following Journal update articles were posted originally in Journals Talk.
Pollution caused in Zambia and Nigeria by, respectively, the mining and oil operations of transnational corporations (TNCs) based in Britain, has resulted in two recent decisions of the United Kingdom Supreme Court striking a blow at the ability of parent companies to avoid...
Practical Law Commercial have released a brand new resource, see Legal update: archive, New .au direct domain names registrable from 24 March 2022. Australians will be able to register a new, shorter category of domain name, .au direct names, from 24 March 2022 through participating...
Practical Law Commercial have released a brand new resource, see Practice note, Domain names. Domain names represent a business on the internet and may be part of an organisation's brand.
Good news for British backpackers on working holidays (if any) and owners of prestige cars involved in collisions (if not at fault) – Tax Commissioner’s long arm extended – Police immunities in the Top End – Tassie drug dealer lucks out with the “honest and reasonable mistake” defence...