ArticleSupply Chain Disruption – The Risk To Global Economic RecoveryThe COVID-19 pandemic has alerted businesses to the fragility of global supply chains.AustraliaCoronavirus (COVID-19)FTI Consulting
ArticleHealth Alert - 13 December 2010Health Alert is a summary of the critical judgments, legislation, press releases and news items which have come to our attention each week. Many of the summaries will contain a hyperlink. If an item is of special interest, we may insert commentary into the body of Health Alert. However in general, Health Alert is a quick and effective means of ensuring that you are aware of significant recent changes with little or no commentary from us. AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDLA Piper Australia
ArticleIs Modafinil legal in Australia?Modafinil is a drug used to treat narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder, sleep apnoea, and other sleep disorders.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesCriminal Defence Lawyers Australia
ArticleTherapeutic antibody patent claimsBriefly considers patent claims protecting therapeutic antibodies that have been the subject of cases in Australia & the USA.AustraliaIntellectual PropertyCorrs Chambers Westgarth
ArticleSpotlight on overdose: An interview with AIVL CEO Jake DockerAuthor argues that drug laws that are designed to save lives, actually take them.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleThe focus should be on reducing drug deaths: An interview with Jennie Ross-KingThe NSW deputy state coroner reported that the priority needs to shift, from reducing drug use to reducing drug deaths.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleCabbage salad and safety: Episode 6 - Drugs and alcohol and the workplace (Part 2)Part 2 of Episode 6 looks at party drugs and prescription drugs, with Natasha Jager of the Australian Drug Foundation.AustraliaEmployment and HRCorrs Chambers Westgarth
ArticleFormer NSW Magistrate David Heilpern condemns absolute liability for drug driving rulingIf you test positive to drug driving while unimpaired or without knowledge of how it happened, there is no excuse. AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleThe Global Lipitor Patent Scorecard (as at 23 November 2006)Why track the global patent dispute between Ranbaxy and Pfizer (Warner Lambert) over the world’s biggest selling drug – Lipitor? This is a no-brainer for those in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in light of the associated life cycle management moves by Pfizer.GlobalIntellectual PropertyDuncan Bucknell Company
ArticleCannabis, COVID-19 and drug supplyA recently released report examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cannabis demand and supply in Australia.AustraliaCriminal LawLamont Law
ArticleLSD drugs and the law in AustraliaThe possession and supply of LSD drugs is criminalised across each Australian state and territory.AustraliaCriminal LawCriminal Defence Lawyers Australia
ArticleWA to introduce new drug and drink driving penalties from 1 July 2021As of 1 July 2021, the new Road Traffic Amendment (Impaired Driving and Penalties) Act 2019 (WA) is coming into effect.AustraliaCriminal LawHHG Legal Group
ArticleMedical Cannabis And Driving Laws In NSWNew South Wales is preparing landmark reforms to drug-driving laws that would allow medicinal cannabis patients to drive with THC in their system, provided they meet specific conditions and stay below prescribed thresholds. The proposal introduces a three-strike warning system and threshold-based testing, marking a significant departure from the state's current zero-tolerance approach that has long penalised legitimate patients who test positive days after medication use.AustraliaCriminal LawCriminal Defence Lawyers Australia
ArticleFirst world fine food frenzy - IP tricks and trapsCreators in the gourmet food industry could better protect their products using existing legal rights and protections.AustraliaIntellectual PropertyHunt & Hunt
ArticleThe Drug Offenders Program: Shane Prince SC and Jim Finnane on Early InterventionAn online course to appreciate the connection between continued drug use and the NSW criminal justice system.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleDefending drug charges in NSW: Putting the prosecution to proof and raising available defencesA short explanation of the essential elements of some frequently-charged drug offences, and legal defences that apply.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleDrug and alcohol offences and the law in New South WalesThere are a number of drug and alcohol offences in New South Wales which can see you come before a Magistrate in Court.AustraliaCriminal LawCoutts Solicitors & Conveyancers
ArticleIs vaping illegal in Australia?All nicotine vaping products are prescription-only medicines across all Australian States and Territories.AustraliaCriminal LawCriminal Defence Lawyers Australia
ArticleWhat Happens If Police Find Drugs At Your House Or Car In Qld?If police find drugs at a place you occupy, including a house, unit, share accommodation, or vehicle, Qld law can treat you as being in possession of those drugs even if they were not physically on you.AustraliaCannabis & HempAshworth Lawyers
ArticleNational insights on food and agricultureAustralian retailers, importers and manufacturers have established complex supply chains to source food globally.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesKordaMentha