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The US Financial Stability Oversight Council’s recommendation that Congress pass legislation to address risks digital assets pose, is similar to regulatory reform underway in Australia.

In AIPJ 33.1, David J Brennan discusses the assignment in Deed form from its author Harold Thomas to the Commonwealth of all copyright in the Australian Aboriginal Flag artistic work and raises the question whether the Australian copyright in the work entered the Australian public...

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Bankruptcy 3.11 “Recovery Action in Relation to Pre-bankruptcy Dispositions”; Bankruptcy 3.12 “Administration of the Estate”; Contracts: Specific 8.3 “Building and Construction Contracts”; Finance, Banking and...

While the planet burns and drowns, banks funnel trillions of dollars into fossil fuel industries. How might they change their ways?

Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 32 Pt 4

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Ruddick v Commonwealth [2022] HCA 9, under sections 7 and 24 of the Constitution.

This article discusses the contemporary difficulties with agreements as to costs including the intricacies of the statutory frameworks regulating their validity, and compounding and accelerating difficulties with the ACL.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1.2 “Aboriginal Customary Law”; Bankruptcy 3.4 “Compulsory Bankruptcy”; Bankruptcy 3.18 “Debt Agreements”; Business Organisations 4.5 “Company Reorganisation”; Civil...

Finding authored annotations on a section of legislation just got easier.

An Advanced Search Form has been added to the Forms & Precedent landing page.

Recently amended regulations increase fees for applications to FIRB

As part of the August release, we are introducing a new way to access New Zealand content in new Westlaw Australia.