LexisNexis podcasts featuring experts discussing the hottest topics in the legal industry today

When facts are disputed, the evidence adduced by the parties is the fulcrum upon which any civil proceeding turns. It follows that the preparation of evidence is of critical importance for solicitors and barristers alike.

Join the conversation on responsible AI & Ethics: In our thought-provoking podcast, we delve into the practical side of responsible AI and ethics.

Australia is an outlier among OECD countries with its voluntary merger regime, but that looks set to change following recent proposals from the country's antitrust regulator.

The legal industry is abuzz with chatter about the potential impact of Generative AI, particularly in light of ChatGPT's unprecedented growth to over 100 million users in just over two months.

ChatGPT, a conversational AI bot that produces human sounding text on complex subject matter in mere minutes, has caused a media frenzy across the country reaching a million subscribers in less than a week. It has been quickly been tried and tested across the country –writing poetry and stories for school students, programming code, solving maths equations, drafting business letters and preparing advice. But what does generative AI mean for the legal industry? Should we be worried or excited?

What changes do lawyers, company directors and managers within all types of organisations need to make – now and in the future – to respond appropriately to this new industrial relations landscape? Presented by two employment law experts: Michael Mead, Partner, Kingston Reid and Ellie Bassingthwaighte, Senior Legal Writer – Practical Guidance Employment, LexisNexis.

Australia's now not-so-new Labour Party government has delivered on quite a few election promises in the six months since the May Federal election, but there's still so much to do and so much that remains unknown. In this brief discussion, Antoaneta Dimitrova, LexisNexis's Head of Current Awareness for the Pacific and Laurel Henning, MLex Senior Correspondent, discuss some of the latest policy developments, from climate change to anti-corruption and privacy law.

Why should Law Firms invest in technology? How can it shape their future?  What difference will technology make to everyday life at the firm? Can efficiency, productivity and successful outcomes be driven by employing the right technology infrastructure? What will the law firm of tomorrow look like?

Why should Law Firms invest in technology? How can it shape their future?  What difference will technology make to everyday life at the firm? Can efficiency, productivity and successful outcomes be driven by employing the right technology infrastructure? What will the law firm of tomorrow look like?

MLex's reporters have had a frantic start to 2022, with global competition lawsuits against Google and Apple spilling over into the Federal Court of Australia and a criminal-cartel prosecution involving local foreign-exchange businesses culminating in guilty pleas.

In this episode, we catch up with Dr Greg Adamson. Across the many points covered, we discuss the concept of explainability in the context of AI-informed decision making and what are the challenges arising from that. We also talk about whether we can use technologies that we don’t understand and more.

Watch how LexisNexis and Aussie Broadband worked together to build a tailored, telco-specific solution to streamline Aussie Broadband’s compliance management, monitoring and update requirements.

Globally, there is growing recognition of ‘Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property’ (ICIP) the term used to describe the fundamental human rights of the world’s Indigenous people to manage and control their tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

Watch how LexisNexis and Brighte worked together to build a tailored compliance content solution to streamline Brighte’s compliance attestations and ongoing management, monitoring and updating requirements.

Watch how the Archdiocese of Brisbane and LexisNexis worked together to turn 4 hours of compliance research into 10 minutes of clarity.

The business world is getting more regulated and fines for non-compliance are getting bigger and bigger. Use LexisNexis Regulatory Compliance to help you to stay on top of your domestic and international compliance obligations.

Should Australian organisations, even those that don’t have a Chinese market for their products or services, care about China’s new privacy law?

In episode 8, we are excited to meet with Denise Tung. Denise explains how a human-centred design approach to product and innovation can lead to better business and economic outcomes, and improvements to human rights.

In episode 7, we catch up with Emili Budell-Rhodes and outline what the current challenges and opportunities are in human rights and technology, and how these differ across different organisations and countries.

In episode 6, we catch up with Meg Dalling and chat about how she is meeting the challenges raised by the Human Rights and Technology Final Report and shared tips on how to make the recommendations a reality.

In episode 5, we meet with Wayne Hawkins. We discuss accessibility to telecommunications, equipment and affordability for the disabled and how more can be done.

We are delighted to meet with Paul Harpur. In our conversation, we talk about disability rights and outline how technology can be the great equaliser and force for good when you have human rights embedded in your product design.

We catch up with Denise North and we discuss what the Human Rights and Technology Final Report means for directors and how do directors stay up to date with technological change.

We discuss how educational institutions support the needs of people with disabilities and how this will impact employment and the economy as a whole.

LexisNexis presents the podcast series: ‘Human Rights and Technology: Leading Organisational Change’. In 2021, the Australian Human Rights Commission published the Human Rights and Technology Project Final Report which was the culmination of a three-year national investigation into human rights risks posed by new and emerging technologies.

What is the current and future state of play? Significant reforms and temporary relief measures in response to the pandemic have alleviated the pressure on company officers in three areas: Electronic signing, virtual meetings, and continuous disclosure.

James Panichi and Laurel Henning talk through the biggest stories for MLex's Australian reporting in 2021, including criminal-cartel , antitrust developments and Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s (ACCC), continued efforts to tackle the anticompetitive behavior of Facebook, Google, and Apple in particular.

What if your staff refuses to provide their vaccination information? Do you really want to let your staff go, also knowing that they may be able to seek legal relief in any event? Do you really want to only engage vaccinated workers? What if these people are not the best people for the job? And what about workplace culture? So many big questions here, and not a straight path to follow. Yoness Blackmore, Senior Legal Writer Practical Guidance Employment and Julia Park, Engagement Manager LexisNexis discuss in our latest Legal Talk podcast.

Jennifer Bannan, Senior Legal Writer, Practical Guidance Competition and Julia Park, Engagement Manager LexisNexis discuss Australia’s competition laws in 2021 – a year in review. They cover the latest in cartel enforcement, misuse of market power cases, global competition litigation, the Digital Platform Services Inquiry, the new small business class exemption and the ACCC’s proposed merger reforms.

Malika Chandrasegaran, Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills and Julia Park discuss recent changes to Australia’s foreign investment regime and what it means for Mergers and Acquisitions, including national security changes, navigating the regime in the context of Mergers and Acquisition transactions and potential changes and expansion to come.

Casuals: Convert or not to convert... That’s the question What does the new statutory definition of casual employment mean to the employers and employees? How does it affect your business and what do you need to do to be legally compliant? Will you need to/should you convert your casuals to permanents? Watch full video of our Legal Talk Series as Yoness Blackmore and Julia Park discuss the implications.

Sydney Jacobs, Barrister of 13 Wentworth Chambers shares practical tips on how to engage and instruct your expert to prepare for your case and shares his hesitations of briefing experts the conventional way. Listen to full podcast.