by Jeanette Jifkins | Jun 18, 2017 | Legal Articles
While a very simple contract may be able to be automated, more complex contracts will be a hybrid of automated and manual terms. While contracts generally don’t cover all eventualities, they are created in the context of broader contract law, and therefore the...
by Jeanette Jifkins | Jun 18, 2017 | Legal Articles
Do mandatory data breach notifications apply to you? From a compliance perspective, these laws don’t affect you unless you are already required to comply with Australian Privacy law. Which means, you must comply if: you operate a public, private or not for...
by Jeanette Jifkins | May 30, 2017 | Legal Articles
On 3 February 2017, Australian television broadcaster Foxtel televised a highly anticipated boxing match between two well-known boxers, Danny Green and Anthony Mundine. To watch the fight, viewers were required to subscribe through Foxtel and pay a fee to watch the...
by Jeanette Jifkins | May 30, 2017 | Legal Articles
As a small or medium business, stopping internet piracy of your content involves a claim under Copyright Law, after you have asked someone to ‘cease and desist’ stealing your material. Since mid-2015, Australian ISPs (internet service providers) have...
by Jeanette Jifkins | May 14, 2017 | Legal Articles
Do your eyes glaze over when presented with a written contract for review? Do your hit the ‘I agree’ button and hope the contract terms are fairly standard? You are not the only one. A survey by The Guardian back in 2011 identified that only about 7% of...
by Jeanette Jifkins | Apr 29, 2017 | Legal Articles
The key is to identify the legal issues that put your startup business at risk of irreparable destruction or overwhelming cost, and deal with those issues first. What impacts your startup business most will depend on where you are, and where you want to get to in the...