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Big Law • 08 May 2024 • ByBelyndy RoweThe issues in GenAI and machine learning contracts

Generative artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) systems present contracting challenges that are not always...

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Big Law • 08 May 2024 • ByLauren CroftFollowing an Australia-first test of a section within the Copyright...

Following an Australia-first test of a section within the Copyright Act, a Federal Court ruling means that the...

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Big Law • 08 May 2024 • ByNaomi NeilsonDismissed public housing class action could be restarted

A class action to prevent the demolition of Melbourne’s public housing towers was thrown out of the Supreme Court, but...

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Big Law • 08 May 2024 • ByNaomi NeilsonFormer lawyer charged after cocaine found in frozen chickens

A former criminal lawyer was allegedly caught up in a plot to transport cocaine inside a truck loaded with frozen...

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Corporate Counsel • 07 May 2024 • ByJerome DoraisamyLeading expeditions to the polar regions makes me a better in-house...

For nearly 15 years, David Sinclair has been leading expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. Such experiences –...

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Politics • 07 May 2024 • ByLawyers WeeklyRBA makes May 2024 cash rate call

After holding the cash rate in 2024 so far, will the Reserve Bank hold or increase the cash rate in its May interest...

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Big Law • 07 May 2024 • ByLauren CroftCorporates pay highest average legal salaries, report says

Legal professionals have an average salary of $102,100 – but new research from the College of Law has shown that law...

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Big Law • 07 May 2024 • ByJerome DoraisamyLaw tech market will reach US$50bn by 2027. In Australia, the ‘arms...

New and emerging technologies are set to fundamentally change how legal organisations do business, with the market for...

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Big Law • 07 May 2024 • ByLauren CroftThinking about law in an ‘environmentally centred way’

Despite the recent successful Sharma appeal, there would need to be a “fundamental shift” for the environment to...

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Big Law • 07 May 2024 • ByJerome DoraisamyHSF appoints new managing partner for finance in Australia, Asia

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has named a new managing partner in Australia and Asia for its finance...

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