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A Quick Guide for Industrial Lease Tenants: What to Consider Before Signing a Lease

In this quick guide, we’ll walk you through the key considerations you should keep in mind before agreeing terms for an industrial lease.

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What You Should Know About Privacy Law in Australia

Here’s what you need to know about the changes to Australian Privacy Law as a small business owner.

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Restraint of Trade

A restraint of trade is usually requested to protect business revenue and reputation. A confidentiality agreement regarding the use of confidential information may have some of the same effects as a restraint of trade, but they are not the same thing.

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Unfair Contract Terms – B2B Contracts Under Investigation

Unfair Contract Terms – B2B Contracts Under Investigation

Is your business in line for an ACCC investigation? From November 2016, business to business transactions came within the coverage of some provisions of the Australian Consumer Law. The big change was the application of unfair contract terms to business to business...

Internet Piracy Laws Australia

Internet Piracy Laws Australia

How do Australian anti-piracy laws work? 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...

Transition from Onyx Online Law to Onyx Legal

Transition from Onyx Online Law to Onyx Legal

Transition From Onyx Online Law to Onyx Legal We have a new name! From the beginning of 2019 we will be transitioning from Onyx Online Law to Onyx Legal. Why? Well, as a forward looking business we give strategic consideration each year to where we are headed, and...

GDPR for business outside Europe

GDPR for business outside Europe

If your business is not in Europe, should you be worried about GDPR? GDPR has the potential to impact any business that might be doing business with a European resident, whether the business is online or not. This article covers some of the most frequently asked...

Are you Cryptomining?

Are you Cryptomining?

  is crypto mining illegal? Do you remember the old Lemmings computer game? It came out in around the early nineties. Lots of tiny blue and green figures with pick-axes trying to work their way through tunnels and mounds without falling off cliffs. That's the picture...

Lawyers v. Smart Contracts & Templates

Lawyers v. Smart Contracts & Templates

If you have anything unique about your business or the deal that you are trying to achieve, then a lawyer can help you to cover everything that needs to be covered in your agreement, rather than relying on a template full of gaps.

Avoid copyright infringement with Facebook Live

Avoid copyright infringement with Facebook Live

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...

Australian Standard Contracts Need Updating

Australian Standard Contracts Need Updating

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 consumers read...

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