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Commercial lawyers provide legal services to businesses and organisations, ensuring that their business interests are protected and any legal risks are minimized. Specifically, the area of law that commercial lawyers practise in relates to trade and commerce, with commercial lawyers drafting and providing advice on anything from service agreements to multi-billion dollar merger and acquisition …
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Arnotts Technology Lawyers are regarded as one of Australia’s leading law firms with over 30 years of experience at the intersection of law and technology. As software lawyers, we act for both big and small clients both in Australia and overseas, providing them with technology and telecommunications law expertise. Here are the top 5 benefits …
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently conducted a social media sweep targeting influencers and their sponsored content on platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. The purpose of the sweep was to monitor compliance with the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and ensure influencers are transparent about sponsored content. The ACCC issued a further …
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A Colombian judge recently made a ground-breaking ruling regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) language models in legal decision-making. In the case of whether an autistic child’s insurance should cover all of the costs of his medical treatment, the judge relied on the OpenAI language model, ChatGPT, to assist in writing a court ruling. …
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Legal issues and regulatory requirements are usually the last thing on a startup founder’s mind and certainly not the most exciting things to think about. However, engaging a startup lawyer early in the process of forming your company can save you many headaches later down the track. This is especially true considering the frequency of …
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently released a declaration on government access to personal data. The declaration, which was adopted by the OECD Council, outlines principles for the access and use of personal data held by private sector entities for law enforcement and national security purposes. The declaration states personal data should …
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The Australian Treasury has recently begun a consultation process on the regulation of digital platforms, with the aim of ensuring fair competition and protecting consumer rights in the digital economy. The consultation will focus on three key areas: The market power of digital platforms The impact of digital platforms on competition, and The protection of …
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The world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) lawyer is set to appear in a US court. The AI lawyer, DoNotPay, was developed by a start-up company to be capable of automatically generating legal documents and filing lawsuits at the press of a button. DoNotPay was developed by a Stanford University student named Joshua Browder, who initially …
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Victoria Police have recently announced the implementation of new anti-theft number plate technology. This technology uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically detect stolen number plates on the road by embedding Victorian licence plates with holograms, similar to Australia’s bank notes. In this way, the AI system is able to recognise stolen number plates by comparing …
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The Australian Treasury has released a consultation paper seeking input from industry stakeholders into the Payments System Strategic Plan. Currently, Australia’s payment system has expanded in both size and complexity. As such, business models and participants require increased transaction convenience and more payment methods going into the future. The consultation paper refers to four key …
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