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Living and Working in the Real World--And 10 Tips for Real Success

By Maureen R. Dry

Read this 2008 Communicator Award-winning article! <br/>Have you ever looked up and realized that a deadline you thought was so far off was fast approaching, or found that the extra obligation you thought would only take a minute is actually taking much longer? Here, the author shares some of her experiences and offers a few suggestions for attaining that elusive work/life balance.

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Reforms in Australian Privacy Law

By Field Fisher Waterhouse

Privacy law in Australia exists through a two- tiered system of legislation – Federal and State/Territory. The Federal legislation, the Privacy Act 1988 and the combination of its National Privacy Principles and Information Privacy Principles apply across the entire Australian jurisdiction. The States/Territories also have their own legislation, which apply both to public and private bodies, though the exact application differs between the two types of bodies. Read this article to learn more.

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"It's not fair and I think you're really mean": Just What is Necessary for Procedural Fairness? (Australia)

By Ashurst LLP

We are often asked questions about whether certain steps are necessary for procedural fairness. For example, do we need to put written allegations to a respondent? What if someone attends an interview with a lawyer? How long should we give an employee before asking for a response to allegations? There is often no simple answer. A number of factors are relevant in determining whether there has been procedural fairness.

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Managing a Domestic & Global IP Portfolio-Strategies Beyond the Basics

By Katrina Burchell - General Trade Mark Counsel, Home & Personal Care, Unilever PLC; Alexandre A. Montagu - General Counsel, Lipper, Inc.; Bret I. Parker - Chief Trademark & Assistant General Counsel, Wyeth

501 Managing a Domestic & Global IP Portfolio-Strategies Beyond the Basics

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Big Data: A Report on Algorithmic Systems, Opportunity, and Civil Rights

This report examines several case studies from the spheres of credit and lending, hiring and employment, higher education, and criminal justice to provide snapshots of opportunities and dangers, as well as ways that government policies can work to harness the power of big data and avoid discriminatory outcomes in the United States.

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