2022
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No doubt, too many times you’ve been told that your business is about to be disrupted. That innovation, or a particular technology, will change the way the law works and how legal firms make money. That the sky is falling and your days are numbered – the Amazon of legal is just round the corner! Or even worse, they are already here!
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China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) commenced on 1 November 2021 and establishes a framework for collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. Why should Australian businesses and organisations pay attention?
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This is the big question that keeps me up at night, since answering this informs the products and services that LexisNexis should develop. We attempted to tackle an answer to this question several years ago, and initially identified three mega trends that have / will impact the Legal Services industry: Since then, we’ve had a pandemic, which has fundamentally changed where and how knowledge workers operate.
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Those faced with leading organisations in current volatile environments clearly encounter significant challenges. Effective leaders are those who have the skills to make good decisions in an ambiguous environment, develop opportunities through innovation to gain a competitive advantage. They are highly valuable to organisations.
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While some professionals, including my friend Dr David Hillson, the Risk Doctor contend the most important step is the Risk Treatment step (Controls/Mitigation). They support this view by pointing out it is only in this step where you “actually do something to manage risk”. I (secretly) strongly agree with Dr Hillson, as that it is perhaps the first step where positive actions are taken to address risk, everything before that step is just talk.
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The rapidly changing court protocols amidst the COVID-19 pandemic have posed tremendous challenges for barristers, solicitors and their clients.
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In this article, three expert writers from LexisNexis Practical Guidance analyse the recent changes to the Corporations Act, allowing companies to operate remotely on a permanent basis. As a result, companies and registered schemes can now sign documents electronically and use technology to hold meetings.
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Assaf’s Winding Up in Insolvency 3rd edition (previously known as Statutory Demands and Winding Up in Insolvency) is an essential practical reference providing comprehensive treatment of all aspects of winding up in insolvency including issuing and setting aside statutory demands.
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Can common law legal professional privilege truly be claimed over electronic communications? Two recent, unanimous High Court judgments concerning the misuse of computer technology involving similar facts have come to different conclusions.
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Assaf’s Winding Up in Insolvency 3rd edition (previously known as Statutory Demands and Winding Up in Insolvency) is an essential practical reference providing comprehensive treatment of all aspects of winding up in insolvency including issuing and setting aside statutory demands.