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This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of merger control, regulatory framework and regulatory authorities in Australia.

Learn about the Digital Markets Act that came into force on 1 November 2022 in the European Union, targeting unfair practices in the online platform economy.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of property law. The Intellectual Property (IP) in business transactions Q&A gives an overview of maintaining an IP portfolio, exploiting an IP portfolio through assignment and licensing, taking security over IPRs, IP and M&A transactions, and the impact of IP on key areas such as competition law, employees and tax in Australia.

This Top Ten outlines ten steps to fight against online defamation and restore your or your company's reputation after you or your company have been the victim of online anonymous defamation (US focus).

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide of data protection rules and principles, right to access personal data or object to its collection in Australia.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in Australia.

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Australia Trends Survey examines the practices, trends and changes in the in-house legal profession. Conducted annually, the ACC Australia Trends Survey is issued to all members currently working in-house, with the 2016 survey gathering responses from 303 in-house counsel operating in Australia.

Australia has been through a remarkable period of tort reform. Major reforms of the liability system have been implemented in an extraordinarily short period of time, compared to the usual slow pace of legislative change. If you are a prospective defendant, you should be aware of some important consequences of these changes when facing litigation in Australia. The old rules and assumptions regarding the value of a claim may not necessarily apply.

This article provides analysis and insights into Australia’s digital health for 2021. There are a number of key issues germane to digital health that the piece examines with great detail, in addition to providing questions and answers for each one.

This InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in Australia. This guide gives a high level overview of matters relating to corporate fraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and market abuse. In addition, it summarizes money laundering and terrorist financing, financial record keeping, due diligence, corporate liability, immunity and leniency, and whistleblowing.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview of privacy rules and principles in Australia.

Sample abbreviated rules for advertisements on online banners, tv and radio, and print.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to a Q&A that gives an overview of the legal system; foreign investment, including restrictions, currency regulations and incentives; and business vehicles and their relevant restrictions and liabilities in Australia. It also summarizes the laws regulating employment relationships, including redundancies and mass layoffs, and provides short overviews on competition law; data protection; and product liability and safety. In addition, there are comprehensive summaries on taxation and tax residency; and intellectual property rights over patents, trade marks, registered and unregistered designs.

ACC Docket highlights Gillian Wong, manager legal and deputy company secretary of St. Barbara Ltd., and her work with the ACC Australia Chapter.

The principles and guidelines contained in this policy should be applied to all online activities.

At the Plainfield Healthcare Center in Plainfield, Ind., a nursing assistant was subject to unfair practice because her employer honored its patients’ racial preferences. Ensure your employees’ protection from third- party harassment; a judge won’t buy that the customer is always right.

Learn about the Age Appropriate Design Code issued by the UK Information Commissioner's Office, which includes a set of standards for designing and providing online services to ensure that they safeguard the personal data of children.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to joint ventures, including practice notes and standard documents for cross-border deals with detailed drafting notes highlighting the main legal, commercial and negotiating issues in Australia.

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In the UK and across all member states of the European Union, the use of cookies and other technologies for storing and accessing information on a user's device is regulated. The UK's Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (the Regulations) require user/subscriber consent to the use of these technologies. That consent must be freely given, specific and informed. A cookie policy enables website operators and online businesses to give clear and transparent information to users/subscribers about the use of cookies. A cookie policy is therefore one of a number of tools that might be used when obtaining user/subscriber consent to ensure that consent is specific and informed.<br /><br />

ACC homepage poll results for the week of 11/28/2011 - 12/4/2011.

This sample agreement is intended for use in business-to-business arrangements. The agreement is drafted on the basis that the Customer will pay the Supplier a fixed fee for development of the website, and that payments will be staged. Resource published in 2015 and republished in 2023.

Companies are increasingly engaging with audiences through social media and online platforms. However, greater public engagement comes with increased publication risk —general counsel need to know key strategies for preventing and responding to potential liabilities.

This article provides an overview of direct online investments, commonly known as "crowdfunding", and the alternative exemptions from registration that issuers may avail themselves to without registering those transactions with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of the domestic mining sector, its regulatory structure and ownership, the environment and health and safety. It covers foreign ownership and tax issues ans proposals for reform in Australia.

This article discusses the specifics of the liquidation processes and options in Australia.

This quiz will help you identify your dominant online networking style and provide ideas for maximizing your efforts.

This article provides an introduction to the Australian FinTech landscape. In particular, the article considers recent significant developments to that landscape, which have increasingly become a defining feature of the Asia-Pacific’s economic and legal standing in the global context.

For companies thinking about making the move to a virtual shareholder meeting, the benefits of taking the shareholder meeting online must be balanced with potential concerns of shareholders.

This sample agreement is intended for use in business-to-business arrangements. The agreement is drafted on the basis that the Customer will pay the Supplier a fixed fee for development of the website, and that the fee will be paid in stages. The agreement is drafted in favour of the Customer. The agreement is governed by English law. Resource published in 2015 and republished in 2023.