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In-house Counsel’s Role in Responding to a Data Privacy Breach
Every week more privacy and data security incidents are making headlines. Regardless of the quality of your organisation’s security controls and practices, if you have not already had to respond...Read more
Marion Hemphill
General Counsel , Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Australia
GDPR and Blockchain: What does this Mean for In-house Counsel?
The General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) has a broad impact affecting all organisations in the European Union as well as those that do business with the European Union. Although the...Read more
Natalia D'Agostini
Paralegal, Insurance & Care NSW, Australia
Where Member Organisations Meet Statutory Regulation: Reimagining the Role of In-House Legal Counsel
This article looks more closely at organisations such as Queensland Law Society (the Society); that is, corporations created under an Act of Parliament. These entities being creatures of statute, they...Read more
Julia Connelly
Solicitor (In-house Counsel), Queensland Law Society, Australia
How not to get Lost in Translation: A Beginners Guide to In-House Lawyers Setting up Legal Functions in Japan
Challenger’s Head of Legal, Product - Andrew Goldstein and Senior Legal Counsel, Jarrod Brooks discuss some of the legal and other challenges they faced in connection with expanding beyond borders...Read more
Jarrod Brooks
Senior Legal Counsel, Challenger Limited, Australia
Andrew Goldstein
Head of Legal, Product, Challenger Limited, Australia
Leading Successful Change – Creating an Enterprise Agreement and Employment Platform for the Future
The global economy and society are facing into an unprecedented transformation. Digitisation, robotics, engineering and demography are all disrupting traditional modes of social, work and business interactions. To be successful,...Read more
Michael Johnston
Group Head of Employee Relations & Special Counsel , Westpac Banking Corporation , Australia
The Cost of Inter-jurisdictional Inconsistency of Law and its Application: A Way Forward 
This paper discusses the cost to business of inconsistent laws and inconsistent application of equivalent laws between jurisdictions. It suggests that the ‘real’ cost to business, and the flow-on economic...Read more
Anne Mustow
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Bunnings Group, Australia
The Psychology of Legal Innovation
Lawyers contain all of the latent creativity required to shape their personal and professional worlds. Unlocking that potential is a matter of expectation and exposition. Cost pressure and urgency have...Read more
Bruce Hardy
Legal Counsel - Technology, Innovation & IP, Telstra Corporation, Australia
Internet Service Providers: Mere conduits of data, or gatekeepers to the threshold of cybercrime?
What role do ISPs play in ensuring a safe and secure online environment?
What happens when an end-user subscriber to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) causes harm or injury to an unsuspecting third party? What recourse does the victim have? Is the current...Read more
Melanie Jose
Legal Counsel, Telstra Corporation, Australia
Rough Seas Ahead or Smooth Sailing? Tips and Tricks for In-house Telco Lawyers and Privacy Specialists Navigating Privacy Compliance
It can be challenging for in-house lawyers and privacy specialists to provide clear guidance on privacy compliance in a fast-moving world where organisations are using advanced, predictive insights into customer...Read more
Alison Cook
Associate Director, Privacy, Optus, Australia
Rough Seas Ahead or Smooth Sailing? Tips and Tricks for In-house Telco Lawyers and Privacy Specialists Navigating Privacy Compliance
It can be challenging for in-house lawyers and privacy specialists to provide clear guidance on privacy compliance in a fast-moving world where organisations are using advanced, predictive insights into customer...Read more
Sarah Stone
Corporate Counsel, Optus, Australia