Significant legislative reform is proposed to be introduced this year aimed at introducing stronger measures to combat corporate crime following recent reports that show that Australia has made slow progress…
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ALJ Tribute to Professor Bob Baxt AO: A Remarkable Leader in Australian Business Law
The Australian Law Journal has joined the legal profession in paying tribute to Professor Bob Baxt AO, one of the Journal’s most longstanding section editors and contributors, following the news…
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Marshalling: What’s Mine is Yours and What’s Yours is… Mine?
Finance documents will often include a provision that excludes a junior secured creditor’s right of marshalling, although the reasons for doing so aren’t always understood or appreciated. What’s marshalling? Marshalling…
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Observations from the Global Legal Hackathon 2018: Embracing New Forms of Knowledge and Expertise
My previous article, Observations from the Global Legal Hackathon 2018: The Communal Dimension of Intellectual Property, considered the challenges in finding the right intellectual property norms for the unique context…
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Implementing a Document Automation Platform in Your Firm [Guide]
If you’ve decided on integrating a document automation platform, congratulations, you’ve taken an essential step in leveraging technological advancement – a hallmark of innovative legal practices today. However, there are…
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Choosing the Right Document Automation Platform for Your Firm [Guide]
The legal profession – like many other industries today – is facing increasing pressure to deliver more for less, provide greater transparency and cultivate innovation, or risk losing out to…
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Observations from the Global Legal Hackathon 2018: The Communal Dimension of Intellectual Property
The Sydney Round of the Global Legal Hackathon, on which I have the privilege of reporting, brought together participants from a range of backgrounds including law, programming, project management and…
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Rachel Launders on the Ingredients for a Successful In-house Counsel Career in 2018 [Q&A]
Ever wondered what skills you need to make it as an in-house counsel in 2018? Or are you already working in-house and wondering what the future holds for your career?…
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Set-Off in Financing Transactions [Toolkit]
Set-off allows one party to apply a debt owed to it by its counterparty to discharge all or part of a debt that it owes to that counterparty. Parties to…
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Submitting Evidence to the Royal Commission: Volunteer at Your Peril!
Volunteering is generally a laudable exercise to be encouraged. But when it comes to the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Royal Commission),…
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