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Combating Modern Slavery: Compliance Obligations and Beyond

Hearsay Sep 20, 2024

Combating Modern Slavery: Compliance Obligations and BeyondAustralia’s Modern Slavery LegislationThe Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth), which took effect on the 1st of January 2019 in Australia, introduced mandatory reporting requirements for larger companies to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains. With references to the Australian Criminal Code and international conventions like

Musk v Altman: Contracts, Estoppel and (Maybe) the Future of Humankind

Hearsay Mar 11, 2024

Decisions Demystified: The Art and Science of Making a Good Strategic Decision

Hearsay Jul 6, 2023

A tale of two transactions: the importance of due diligence

Hearsay Feb 27, 2023

Harry Potter and the Broken Geneva Conventions

Hearsay Feb 23, 2023

While the new Fantastic Beasts movies may be a (cough) fantastic addition to the Harry Potter universe for keen Potterheads, its depiction of the brutal Wizarding World Wars (WWWs) may be unsettling and not so magical for the rest of us.

The Corporations Act – Abuse of the Voluntary Administration Regime

Hearsay Feb 14, 2023

Part 5.3A of the Corporations Act provides the most popular corporate reorganisation regime in Australia, governing processes of external administration.

We Interview ChatGPT About… Itself

Hearsay Jan 27, 2023

Now, unless you’ve been living under a rock – and even then that rock that you’re living under would have to have very poor wifi and mobile data coverage – you’ve probably seen at least some media coverage about ChatGPT, the latest release from artificial intelligence organisation, OpenAI.

Nuking the climate (crisis): redemption or destruction?

Hearsay Jan 5, 2023

Nuking the climate (crisis): redemption or destruction?In the conversation about a shift to more sustainable forms of energy generation, nuclear power isn’t really at the top of the list… or even in the discussion. But maybe it should be.In Episode 65 of Hearsay, Rip, Reap… and Bury? The (Temporary) Resurgence of Carbon Intensive Fuels, we

Finding direction at work: using behavioural economics to promote positive change in firms

Hearsay Dec 7, 2022

You’re lost, walking to a concert at a venue you’ve never been to before unsure how to enter. What do you do?

AI is not taking our jobs nor will commoditisation ruin the legal profession

Hearsay Dec 2, 2022

The world moves fast and the legal profession slow – at least that is the assumed state of play. When the billable hour is how you make bank, isn’t software that can speed up workflow just cutting your revenue?So here are 3 simple ideas to keep you at the forefront of the modern legal game.

Scam or be scammed? FTX, BPS and the Wild West of the modern cryptosphere

Hearsay Nov 25, 2022

Whether you’re keeled over in (financial) pain, laughing in glee, or just generally absorbing the drama of another crypto-exchange collapse, the cryptosphere has left people fascinated and confused for more than a decade. Tall tales of Individuals earning one or two THOUSAND percent returns on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum or even Doge…

Myths and legends about the dramatisation of lawyers in TV and film

Hearsay Oct 5, 2022

In modern day film and television, lawyers are (mis)represented by two separate yet equally important types of media: accurate stories of the experience of being a lawyer, and the more prevalent, exaggerated and disordered plot lines of legal drama. These are those stories. Dun dun!

Read how to overcome the strata committee

Hearsay Sep 27, 2022

After four and a half years (or about 30ish dog years), the NSW Court of Appeal (NSWCA) likely paws-ed before handing down its judgment concerning Angus, a then-13 year old mini schnauzer.Angus’ owners, Jo and Lee Cooper, sought to have a strata by-law forbidding pets in their prestige high rise apartment quashed…

5 cases that locked the nation: COVID edition

Hearsay Aug 1, 2022

From lockdowns to night curfews, travel bans, vaccine mandates and density limits, the COVID-19 years presented our courts with an unprecedented variety of legal oddities.

Have you Heard the latest?

Hearsay Jul 8, 2022

After six weeks of public flogging by celebrity culture (whether you wanted to be or not), the world finally has an answer in the peculiarly American saga of Depp v Heard… with Johnny Depp coming out on top. The seven member jury found in favour of Mr Depp. Finding that Ms Heard had defamed him in

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Combating Modern Slavery: Compliance Obligations and Beyond

Musk v Altman: Contracts, Estoppel and (Maybe) the Future of Humankind

Decisions Demystified: The Art and Science of Making a Good Strategic Decision

A tale of two transactions: the importance of due diligence

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We Interview ChatGPT About… Itself

Myths and legends about the dramatisation of lawyers in TV and film

Musk v Altman: Contracts, Estoppel and (Maybe) the Future of Humankind

Harry Potter and the Broken Geneva Conventions

The Corporations Act – Abuse of the Voluntary Administration Regime

We Interview ChatGPT About… Itself

Nuking the climate (crisis): redemption or destruction?

Finding direction at work: using behavioural economics to promote positive change in firms

AI is not taking our jobs nor will commoditisation ruin the legal profession

Scam or be scammed? FTX, BPS and the Wild West of the modern cryptosphere

Myths and legends about the dramatisation of lawyers in TV and film

Read how to overcome the strata committee

5 cases that locked the nation: COVID edition

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