Knowledge Publications
27/02/2024
It is a basic rule of contract law that if you sign a contract you are bound by the terms of the contract whether you have read them or not: Toll (FGC...
13/02/2024
The recent incident involving fake explicit images of singer Taylor Swift has brought the challenge of ‘deepfakes’ once again into the mainstream.
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Expertise Area
14/12/2023
On 30 November 2023, the Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 (the Bill) was introduced (and had its second readi...
08/12/2023
Overview
At common law, contracting parties generally have freedom to determine which country’s laws apply to a contract, as well as limiting the t...
28/11/2023
On 22 November 2023, the Federal Government released the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy (Strategy). The Strategy was accompanied by the ...
Expertise Area
17/10/2023
Introduction
Having already identified so-called “greenwashing” as a significant risk to the integrity of capital markets, global regulators, inclu...
Expertise Area
06/10/2023
It was almost 4 years ago, back in December of 2019 that the review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) was first announced by the then Attorn...
Expertise Area
24/07/2023
The fintech landscape in Australia is rapidly evolving, with regulations needing to be continuously updated in order to keep pace. The International C...
Expertise Area
17/07/2023
The ‘many hands’ problem—that it is difficult to hold any one person responsible for an outcome where multiple people helped produce it—has long bedev...
Expertise Area
13/06/2023
"Update: The EU Parliament passed its update to the draft EU AI Act on 14 June 2023. The Act will now be subject to Trialogue negotiations between the...
Expertise Area
08/06/2023
On 7 June 2023, the Australian Government released its Strategic Plan for Australia’s Payments System (Strategic Plan), outlining the Government’s pol...
Expertise Area