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Platform-Enabled Commerce: Unlocking Economic Opportunity Through Independent Internationalisation of Small Enterprises
InternationalRetail
Global trade is undergoing a fundamental transformation. It is no longer confined to container shipments of one company’s wares along predetermined trade corridors. Today, global trade also includes commerce by...Read more
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Hanne Melin Olbe
Director Global Public Policy, eBay Inc., Australia
The Path of Duty Down Under
Directors and Officers LiabilityInsurance
The focus of this paper is on the priority duties owed by Australian life companies and their directors to policyholders and addresses how those duties operate where the policyholder...Read more
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Catherine James
Acting General Counsel and Executive General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Challenger Limited, Australia
Lifting the Lid on Serious Data Breaches
Data ProtectionIT
This paper will highlight key elements of the proposed Australian data breach notification scheme together with the compliance challenges that Australian in-house counsel are likely to face. International counsel will...Read more
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Alida Vandewiele
Legal Counsel, Neustar, Australia
Blockchain: From 'Why' to 'What' and Regulating 'How'
RegulationGeneral
Blockchain has been the technological darling of the financial press in the last year. Once a niche technology familiar only to bitcoin enthusiasts and journalists, blockchain has captured the interest...Read more
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Scott Farrell
Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Australia
Airborne Effrontery: Dealing with an unwanted drone over-flight under Australian law
RegulationIndustry
This paper surveys the existing laws in Australia which impact on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (commonly called UAVs or ‘drones’). It considers the regulatory controls on the users...Read more
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Peter Quinlivian
Senior Legal Counsel, Bae Systems Australia Defence Pty, Australia
Digital Currency - may be a 'bit player' now, but in the longer term a 'game changer' for tax
RegulationBanking & Finance
The Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, has announced that the tax system is one of the key levers the government has to promote economic activity and...Read more
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Dr Steven Stern
Adjunct Professor, College of Law & Justice, Victoria University, Australia
Cost Effective Resolution of Construction Disputes
ConstructionConsultant
Litigation and arbitration of construction disputes have become increasingly expensive, time consuming and unappealing. Adjudication, expert determination and dispute boards (evaluative ADR) are increasingly being used to resolve disputes in...Read more
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Donald Charrett
Barrister, Arbitrator & Mediator, Melbourne TEC Chambers, Australia
Management of Major Class Action Litigation by In-House Counsel
LitigationUtility
How does the General Counsel of a large corporation manage the aftermath of a crisis in which the company is directly implicated? As the propensity for victims to launch significant...Read more
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Susan Taylor
General Counsel & Company Secretary, AusNet Services, Australia
Legal Aspects of Managing Government Service Delivery Contracts in Complex Environments
ContractCharity
The evolution of public administration over the last few decades has seen governments increasingly outsource community and other services. While in the past focussed at an operational level, government agencies...Read more
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Simon Miller
General Counsel, Save the Children Australia, Australia
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Sophie Coleman
Senior Legal Counsel, Save the Children Australia, Australia
Avoiding Death by Governance: Taking the Governance, Risk and Compliance Frameworks to the next level
Corporate GovernanceHealthcare
Contemporary governance, risk and compliance (GRC) principles advocate the shift from a silo approach to managing governance, risk and compliance to better rationalize the direct relationship between a particular risk,...Read more
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John Cowell
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Healthdirect Australia, Australia
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