Andrew Hii

On 31 October 2024, we hosted our inaugural Financial Services Forum for clients, showcasing insightful presentations and discussions on current and emerging regulatory issues in financial services.

In early June, the Attorney-General tabled a bill in Parliament to strengthen laws targeting the creation and non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit material online, including material created or altered using generative AI, incl…

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 (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2004) 219 CLR 165, [2004] HCA 52.

The recent incident involving fake explicit images of singer Taylor Swift has brought the challenge of ‘deepfakes’ once again into the mainstream. The incident, along with a second, lesser-known “deepfake” debacle fo…

On 30 November 2023, the Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 (the Bill) was introduced (and had its second reading) in the House of Representatives.

At common law, contracting parties generally have freedom to determine which country’s laws apply to a contract, as well as limiting the types of claims which may be brought and forums for disputes.

We discuss the recent Supporting Responsible AI Discussion Paper on AI Regulation in Australia, what is so unique about AI?, how to approach regulating AI, and key focus areas.

The review of Australia's Modern Slavery Act 2018 reveals varied opinions on its effectiveness. Key recommendations include lowering the reporting threshold to $50m, introducing new criteria, establishing an Anti-Slavery Commissioner, and i…

Readers of the Australian Financial Review may have read with interest James Thomson’s Chanticleer column on May 3.  For those that missed it, the article concerned Chegg Inc, a NYSE-listed company. Chegg provides online services…

We break down the 2023-2024 Federal Budget, outline the Superannuation changes, the answer to the Cost-of-Living, the Tax changes to Business, and more.

From 10 November 2023 Australia’s unfair contract terms (UCT) regime will apply to a much, much larger pool of contracts than it has in the past. Businesses that might previously have been comfortable that the UCT regime did not affec…

You wake up in the morning and think about having bagels for breakfast. As soon as you visualise the bagels in your head, your mobile sends you a notification: ‘craving detected: there’s a local cafe selling your favourite salmo…

When we last wrote about deepfakes in 2019 they had just started to capture the public’s imagination. Jordan Peele’s viral deepfake of Barack Obama, which intended to caution against the inherent political risks of the technolog…

In this article we look at the Discussion Paper released on Australian Cyber Security Strategy.

Following a period of consultation at the end of 2022, the Security of Critical Infrastructure Rules have now been registered under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth).

In this article we explore the key highlights of the Privacy Act Report.

We outline the Australian Digital Health market overview, transactional issues, legal & regulatory framework, data protection, IP, marketing, payment, coronavirus + more.

Last year, OECD member countries adopted an intergovernmental agreement setting out their shared principles for government access to personal data held by private entities. The OECD Declaration documents principles and safeguards, drawn fro…

In early 2023, computer science student, Edward Tian, from Princeton University developed the GPTZero app to analyse the likelihood that a passage of text is written by AI.

Neurotechnology refers to any technology that provides greater insight into, or control over, the activity of the brain or nervous system. An example of currently available neurotechnology is brain-computer interfaces.

The Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (Bill) has now passed both Houses of Parliament and will become law imminently, commencing the day after it receives Royal Assent. The Attorney-General tabled…

After a long and circuitous journey, on 31 March 2022 Parliament passed the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Act 2022 (SLACIP Act), which implements the final package of amendments to the existing Security…

The Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2021 has permanently allowed electronic and split execution under sections 126 and 127, we explain.

We outline the new Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (SOCI) reforms and what your business needs to know.

We outline the draft Trusted Digital Identity Bill 2021 which aims to improve the way Australians are able to verify their identity when accessing online services.

We discuss employers obligation to provide a safe place of work for their staff and visitors and if they should require employees to be vaccinated.

Sweeping changes in modern communication do not warrant relaxing the strictness of the common law regarding the publication of defamatory material. So the High Court has found, in a decision that should make all organisations hosting or fac…

Electronic execution and split execution of documents under section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), will again be permitted. We take you through the latest amendments of the Bill

We outline the definition of Ransomeware and its impacts, discuss whether paying for ransomware should be illegal or not & how companies can protect themselves.

Remote witnessing and attestation laws have been updated again. We outline the new regulations facilitating remote witnessing & electronic signature attestation.

The Federal Court of Australia recently found in Luppino v Fisher that a mobile phone should not be treated as a “computer” or a “data storage device”.