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In this session, Baker McKenzie Partners, Andrea Kennedy, Adrian Lawrence and Toby Patten will discuss the evolving landscape of cybersecurity laws in Australia. The presentation will focus on the importance of managing data and keeping it safe in the context of privacy and critical infrastructure, directors duties and M&A transactions.
Indemnities are one of the most negotiated clauses in many commercial contracts, however the rationale for their use and their effect is often not well understood. The drafting of each indemnity is critical and the devil is in the detail.
In this session Baker McKenzie Partner, Alex Hartmann and Special Counsel, Caitlin Whale, will step through the key features of contractual indemnities and provide a practical checklist of tips and traps to help draft effective indemnities that properly reflect the risk allocation agreed between commercial parties.
In this session Baker McKenzie Partners, Lynsey Edgar and Anne Petterd will:
• Provide a refresher on key Australian Consumer Law considerations: unfair contract terms, consumer guarantees and misleading conduct
• Highlight lessons learned on unfair contracts
• Look forward at the ACCC's push for a prohibition on unfair business practices
In this session, Baker McKenzie's Partners, Anne-Marie Allgrove and Paul Forbes, will provide an update on the latest developments in relation to data breaches including:
• how the landscape and guidance has changed following the introduction on mandatory reporting in 2018
• trends and observations in relation to reported data breaches in Australia
• developing obligations in other jurisdictions and the impact of those changes in Australia.
Anne-Maria and Paul will also discuss how this impacts your business, including:
• the benefits of developing a Data Breach Response Plan
• controlling and protecting information shared with contractors and service providers
• managing a data breach in the context of mandatory disclosure
• what should your contract say?
• what should your data breach response plan say?
• how you can ensure that claims for legal professional privilege are preserved.
Mitigating Contractor Misclassification and Joint Employment Risk
The legal landscape regarding misclassification of independent contractors and joint employment is constantly evolving. As the independent contractor/joint employment tests change, in addition to the courts’ treatments of related issues, it is incumbent on employers to understand the potential risks of misclassifying individuals and/or engaging staffing agencies or other vendors that can create joint employment issues. This presentation will also address best practices and common pitfalls when structuring work forces and drafting relevant contract language. Lastly, the speakers will discuss the outlook for misclassification and joint employment issues under the new political landscape.
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In this online event, Madgwicks Lawyers and ACC Australia are delighted to invite you to our upcoming interactive workshop on how to effectively manage and respond to enquiries by work health and safety (WHS) regulators.
Presented by Luisa Gonzaga (Partner) of the Workplace Relations and Safety team of Madgwicks Lawyers, the workshop will provide guidance to participants through an interactive discussion of a fact scenario, understanding the extent of the powers of WHS regulators, practical tips on dealing with WHS regulators and your rights.
The workshop will cover:
• Powers of WHS regulators and your rights
• The difference between inspectors and investigators
• WHS enquiries and investigation processes
• Managing WHS regulators’ enquiries and investigations
• Pitfalls in conducting an investigation internally following an incident
• Practical tips – Do’s and Don’t’s
In conjunction with the Association of Corporate Counsel Australia, Madgwicks Lawyers is pleased to invite you to our upcoming seminar on casual employment reform ‘The New Playing Field for Casual Employees’.
Presented by Madgwicks Special Counsels Tim Greenall and Diana Diaz, this practical seminar will cover:
The new statutory definition of casual employment
Relief from liability for underpayment claims and when it will apply
Casual conversion
Disputes about conversion
The new Casual Employment Information Statement
Applications to vary EAs
Variations to modern awards
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.
In conjunction with the Association of Corporate Counsel Australia, Madgwicks Lawyers is pleased to invite you to our upcoming seminar on casual employment reform ‘The New Playing Field for Casual Employees’.
Presented by Madgwicks Special Counsels Tim Greenall and Diana Diaz, this practical seminar will cover:
The new statutory definition of casual employment
Relief from liability for underpayment claims and when it will apply
Casual conversion
Disputes about conversion
The new Casual Employment Information Statement
Applications to vary EAs
Variations to modern awards
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. Lunch provided.
In-house counsel are tasked with negotiating a wide range of commercial transactions, and need to be alert (but not alarmed!) by possible competition minefields.
This webinar, hosted by experts from Gilbert + Tobin’s market leading Competition + Regulation team, will explore the tricks and traps in managing competition risks in:
collaborative arrangements including consortium bids, joint ventures and industry associations;
supply and distribution arrangements with competitors; and
intellectual property (IP) agreements, including IP licences and patent settlement agreements.
Corporate social responsibility and philanthropy are increasingly being acknowledged as a necessary component of modern corporate activity. As well as being good for the broader community, philanthropic activity can bring direct benefits to your company, including by increasing good will and reputation, improving employee engagement and building client loyalty.
This webinar presented by Darren Fittler, head of Gilbert + Tobin's Charities + Social Sector group, will explore the most common approaches to corporate philanthropy, including corporate foundation structures, and outline the key things to consider in deciding what approach is right for your company.