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When Does a Business Need a Contract Lawyer in Brisbane?

Need a contract lawyer in Brisbane? Learn which business contracts matter most, when to seek legal advice and how the right agreements reduce business risk.

AI and Confidential Information: What Employment and Contractor Contracts Must Address

AI tools are now embedded in everyday business across Australia. People use them to draft emails, prepare content, summarise meetings and generate ideas, support marketing, administration and client work. The real legal risk with AI is not who owns the output. Copyright in work produced by employees is owned by the employer under relevant laws. Under a properly drafted contractor agreement ownership of work is already assigned to the business or intellectual property clause. The bigger issue is protecting the privacy and integrity of information that goes into the AI tool being used.

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Online Learning: Protecting Your Business Online

Online Learning: Protecting Your Business Online

As a Business Owner it is hard to find practical legal answers. Watch these 7 short videos to better protect your business online and how to manage the essential legal issues. Get the answers you need for your business about Consumer Protection, Privacy, Terms & Conditions, Website Ownership, Copyright Law, Managing Testimonials, Comments and Review and staying Anti-Spam Compliant.

Can Doctors Use Testimonials in Australia?

Can Doctors Use Testimonials in Australia?

Registered health practitioners in Australia are required to comply with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) advertising guidelines. So can doctors use testimonials in Australia? Read more here.

What Happens When Business Founders Want to Split Up?

What Happens When Business Founders Want to Split Up?

Unless the founders had something clear in writing beforehand, there is no end to the variety of things that can happen when founders want to go separate ways.

If there is nothing in writing and the split is not amicable, all sorts of time consuming, distracting and stressful things can happen.

Here are some of the worst-case scenarios we have seen in practice, all where there was nothing in writing to start.

Employers’ Obligation to Protect Employee Mental Health 

Employers’ Obligation to Protect Employee Mental Health 

We’ve all taken a ‘doona day’ off work because we just can’t face it on that day. Or we know someone who has. It doesn’t matter whether the stress is arising from work or not, some days, you just want the world to stop, so you can get off.

But what about your obligations as a small business employer?

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