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Austin Bell, Partner, and Jared McLachlan, Law Graduate, Johnson, Winter & Slattery
4 pages

This article focuses on changes issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), pertaining to the requirements to report any breaches that should be reported to ASIC. The article also provides an overview of the changes, as well as comments for key takeaways.

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Interest Area: Financial Services
Region: Australia
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, CLO / GC
Nina Fitzgerald, Partner; Eoin Martyn, Senior Associate; Caroline Christian, Lawyer; and
Stephen Klimis, Graduate, Ashurst 
7 pages

This article delves into the use of trade secrets to protect Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the unique challenges to trade secret protection presented by AI in general.

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Region: Australia, United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House
Leonie Flynn, Expertise Counsel and Clare Lawrence, Partner, Ashurst
9 pages

This article provides an analysis on the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia’s report, entitled Never Again: Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia – Interim Report (released on 9 December 2020).

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Interest Area: Government, Environmental
Region: Australia
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career
Leonie Flynn, Expertise Counsel and Anna Seddon, Lawyer, Ashurst
4 pages

This article provides an overview of two cases which highlight the importance of parties needing to negotiate in good faith. In particular, it notes that every right to negotiate process requires both parties to negotiate in good faith with the view of reaching an agreement about the relevant grand, regardless of there being a prior agreement about future grants.

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Region: Australia
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House
ONC Lawyers
12 pages

This article summarizes the new Hong Kong National Security Law, so corporations may understand it better and comply with the provisions of the legislation. It also compares the provisions of this law with equivalent legislation in the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK), Australia, and Singapore, and also provides additional recommendations and considerations for corporate compliance.

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Interest Area: Government
Region: Hong Kong, China, United States, Australia, Singapore
Audience: Deputy GC, CLO / GC
Verity White, Consumer and Small Business Team, Telstra
1 pages

This article can guide you on how to build a powerful legal tech shopping list with functional and non-functional requirements.

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Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, CLO / GC
Richard Dammery, Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary, Woolworths Limited
1 pages

In this personal opinion article, a former senior executive speaks about his ideas regarding leadership and what a true leader needs to learn before taking up responsibilities.

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Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Deputy GC, CLO / GC
Peter Connor, Founder & CEO of AlternativelyLegal
5 pages

New vision and skills for new times. Progressive in-house lawyers at all levels are looking to do more than provide legal advice. To do that it is essential to develop "non-traditional" business skills and to know how to apply these in new ways of working.

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Interest Area: Career Development
Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House
Michael Dolan, Director, ethics4lawyers
2 pages

In-house lawyers in their role as legal advisors to corporations, government departments, or other bodies or organisations are no different from other lawyers. However, because the client of in-house lawyers is usually their employer, some unique ethical challenges can arise for them.

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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Deputy GC, CLO / GC
Amber Wood, Senior Legal Counsel, Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
3 pages

User-generated content and influencer marketing allow organisations to engage more closely with consumers. However, both carry legal and reputational risk. In-house legal teams are uniquely placed to add value to their organisations by recognising and responding to these risks.

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Region: Australia
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House
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