On 16 July 2008 the Federal Government unveiled its green paper on carbon pollution reduction which included plans for an emissions trading scheme, entitled the Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, to be implemented in 2010.

Your business generates large volumes of electronic information every day. If it is not properly identified, organised and stored, information in diverse formats will end up stored in all kinds of medium such as laptops, hard drives, blackberries, palm pilots, mobile phones and network drives.

Cost pressures and the search for greater efficiencies and fairness have led to a greater focus on ADR processes.

As the number of employees of National Systems Employers ("Employers"), being employers who come within the meaning of section 14 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ("Act), who are covered by a Modern Award increases, the necessity for Employers to be aware of the record keeping requirements of the Act and the Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth) ("Regulations") is increasingly apparent.

The development of online and computerised content has raised some interesting questions about the future of copyright.

Businesses may be subject to the consumer guarantees and mandatory warranty and repair notice requirements of the ACL.

This article explains the new Australian Consumer Law and the statutory guarantee regime with its consequential changes.

Paper discusses the role of immunity as a prosecutorial tool in criminal cartel offences in UK and Australia.

On 18 May 2008, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) registered a new telecommunications industry code and accompanying guidelines.

The following article identifies topics of concern that should be addressed legally (and commercially) within the anticipated scoping of an ICT outsourcing contract.

This paper will examine the interesting and complex legal questions involved in assessing and applying legal principles to online interaction and competition.

Issues of software support are usually addressed in a software support agreement (SSA), which is typically separate to the software license agreement itself. There may be some cross over between these two agreements, however the applicability and terms of both agreements are usually a matter of negotiation between the parties in each instance.

In this paper we will briefly canvass some of the issues that may arise after completion of a contract for the sale of a business and in so doing examine five keys areas

A guide for employers on the ordinary work hours and payments for overtime.

While adoption of cloud increases, concerns around privacy, security and availability remain significant for business.