Lawyers have told Capital Brief any potential findings of broader cultural issues could leave Nine vulnerable to enforcement under new workplace laws passed in December.
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Doug Stipanicev, Australasian chief executive at Dentons, the world's largest law firm by headcount, says in 2024 firms have to keep growing to account for rising overheads.
Tackling greenwashing has been top of the regulatory to-do list for some time. As corporate use of AI-linked buzzwords increases, lawyers say an AI-washing crackdown could be next.
Companies of any size are legally required to take proactive measures to prevent sexual harassment and sex discrimination, according to "positive duty" obligations enforceable since December.
Australian regulators say they must find new ways to investigate and enforce against corporate wrongdoing and consumer harms as generative AI use increases.
One of the biggest court cases for the year, pitting two of the country's most elite legal teams against each other, has wrapped up. Here is what we have learned so far
Some clarity around the chain of liabilities for Bonza's payments has emerged but consumers and payment service providers are still waiting for details on refunds.
The US Federal Trade Commission has banned non-compete clauses, and in Australia the federal government is reviewing their use. Are changes coming for Australian employees and competition law?
Jim Chalmers' federal budget seeks to balance a longer-term economic vision with the more politically pressing need to address cost of living pressures. The Capital Brief team dissects what it means for the different sectors in Australia's new economy.
With a multi-billion dollar US backer, corporate Australia has watched Pogust Goodhead's arrival with interest, if not fear. Its head of Australia Amie Crichton says it's "time to level a massively uneven playing field" between individuals and industry.
Judge says eSafety failed to establish global removal of stabbing video on X was a 'reasonable step'
Beefed up legal teams for X Corp and the eSafety regulator appeared in court today for a first hint at the showdown to come in the online safety lawsuit, testing the extent of the eSafety Commissioner's enforcement powers.
The rapid development of AI, and the push to avoid failures of the past through expedited regulation, may also speed up efforts to pin down legal definitions of the ecosystems in which Big Tech operates.
The government's pre-budget merger and foreign investment updates weren't necessarily designed to work together, but lawyers say they could help speed up deal approvals.
With its $120 million settlement with Qantas, Gina Cass-Gottlieb's ACCC has avoided a drawn out lawsuit, secured a payout for consumers and, she says, set a new industry standard for flight cancellations.
With new legislation to overhaul Australia's Privacy Act now due in August, Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind outlines the regulator's plans to become a tougher enforcer and the 'multiple ways to skin the cat of AI governance.'
KWM, one of Australia's biggest law firms, is leaning heavily into AI and legal tech, with the firm's junior lawyers playing a key role in helping their more senior colleagues learn the ropes.
When it comes to legal action against global tech companies, just how long is the arm of the law? That’s the question facing legal teams on both sides of the eSafety Commissioner’s legal battle against X.
Google vice president Paul Gennai has rejected suggestions that the Play Store operator controls the Android ecosystem.
X Corp's legal battle with Australia's online safety regulator thrusts Thomson Geer partner Justin Quill back in the national spotlight, in short order after successfully defending Network Ten in the Lehrmann defamation trial.
The European Commission, a global leader on tech regulation which has launched its own formal legal proceedings over X's failure to curb the dissemination of extremist content, said it was aware of the ongoing Australian stoush.
In the eight years since its inception, Australia's online safety regulator has never pursued a legal battle quite like the one now playing out against Elon Musk’s X. What follows will be an examination of the commissioner's authority, with ramifications for online publishers.
Litera says its new AI tool can crunch hours worth of research for deal negotiations into mere minutes. It could also help lawyers produce more deal information for the competition regulator under the government's planned merger law changes.
