The latest issue of the Inhouse Counsel newsletter, Volume 15, No 1, is now available to online subscribers at LexisNexis Online.

The articles in this issue include:

• Ross Zaurrini of Blake Dawson writes about the Federal Court giving the green light to Metcash’s acquisition of Franklins
• Barrister Damien Lockie writes ‘Australia’s Clean Energy Future – Part 3 energy efficiency and disclosure’
• Deborah Chew and Eugene Chen of Hall and Wilcox refresh readers on the processes and procedures of AGMs, and
• Mark Garnett and Tabitha Bauer of McGrathNicol discuss intellectual property theft, ‘unearthing the electronic evidence’ in the process

Volume 14, Issue 10 of the Inhouse Counsel newsletter has been released.

This Issue contains the following:

• 'Generic top level domains — your name coming soon!' by Kerry Awerbuch and Belinda Findlay of Blake Dawson
• 'Australia’s clean energy future — Part 2: Renewable energy' by Damien Lockie, Barrister
• 'Important new procedures for approving executive remuneration' by Deborah Chew and John Bassilios of Hall & Wilcox

Plus:

• News
• Index to Volume 14
• Table of articles
• Table of cases
• Table of statutes

The latest issue of our monthly legal briefing for corporate lawyers and busy senior executives, Inhouse Counsel, is now available.

The issue includes the following articles:

• "Hot and cold in the greenhouse - 2010 in review and prospects for 2011" by Damien Lockie, Bond University;
• "Six things you need to know about Victoria's Civil Procedure Act 2010" by Jo Cameron, Mallesons Stephen Jaques;
• "Shareholder class actions - the best defence is a good offence" by Dawna Wright, McGrathNicol Forensic; and
• "What we can expect of workplace relations in 2011" by Nick Ruskin, DLA Phillips Fox.

The October 2010 issue of our newsletter Inhouse Counsel is now online.

Subscribers' attention is drawn to the following articles:

• "Agreements to contract - practical applications and common pitfalls" by Deborah Chew and Adrian Lynch, Hall Wilcox;
• "Parliament passes second wave of consumer law reforms" by Ayman Guirguis, Blake Dawson;
• "Is there a discount on that pecuniary penalty? ACCC v Telstra" by Jo Daniels and Lauren Traugott, Middletons;
• "Australia's national paid parental scheme - how to prepare your organisation" by Kylie Richardson and Erin Wilson, Maddocks.

The latest issue of Inhouse Counsel is now available.

In particular, we draw subscribers' attention to the feature article by William Robinson and Nick Ruskin of DLA Phillips Fox - "One year on - emerging trends in unfair dismissal claims under the Fair Work Act".

Other articles include:

• "Recent developments in third party access to infrastructure - the Infrastructure Access Act and the Pilbara railways decision" by Jo Daniels and Chris Bitmead, Middletons; and
• "Recent intellectual property decisions and their implications for inhouse counsel" by James Deady and Ben Hamilton, Hall and Wilcox.