Online defamation in the spotlight. The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee recommends that the Senate passes the Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022 (Cth) subject to three key amendments.
In February 2022, the Full Federal Court of Australia (FCAFC) in Facebook Inc v Australian Information Commissioner [2022] FCAFC 9 (Facebook Inc v Australian Information Commissioner) affirmed unanimously that there was a prima facie case that Facebook Inc had an Australian link under...
On 23 January 2022, the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) (OSA 2021) commenced. The new legislation introduces wide-ranging and significant reforms to Australia’s online safety regulatory framework including tough new compliance and enforcement measures for online service providers.
Electronic document execution is here to stay and Practical Law has all the tools subscribers need to leverage the new execution options quickly and confidently.
Practical Law Commercial has published a new Legal update, Senate releases report on Australian manufacturing industry: growth in manufacturing key to strong economy.
Practical Law Commercial has released two brand new resources: a legal update on the proposed reforms to the unfair contract terms regime introduced in Parliament on 9 February 2022 and a legislation tracker which monitors key developments in the proposed legislation.
Practical Law Commercial has released a brand new resource, Legal update: Sportsbet to pay $3.7 million in penalties and refunds for alleged contraventions of the Spam Act.
On 23 January 2022, the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) (OSA 2021) and the Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2021 (Cth) ) (OSTPCAA 2021) commenced. The new legislation introduces wide-ranging and significant reforms to Australia’s online safety.
Practical Law Australia In-house has published six new resources by Mo Zain Ajaz, founder of Lex 360, which focus on legal department operations - from creating a robust demand management framework to identifying and embedding technology in the legal function.
Online defamation in the spotlight. The Australian Government has released the exposure draft of the Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2021 (Cth) to unmask online authors of defamatory comments on social media.
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