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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.

11 Ways to Avoid a Failed Joint Venture

Joint ventures are a powerful way for business owners to collaborate, share expertise, and accelerate growth. When structured well, a joint venture can deliver strong commercial results. However, a failed joint venture can be costly, time-consuming, and damaging to relationships.

Many failed joint ventures follow the same patterns: unclear roles, poor planning, inadequate agreements, and mismatched expectations. In this Onyx Legal guide, we outline 11 practical strategies to support the success of a joint venture and explain how to avoid the common causes of failed joint ventures.

Buying and Selling Online Businesses

The process for buying and selling online businesses is very similar to buying and selling a bricks-and-mortar business. However, online businesses add in a few extra complications that buyers and sellers should consider. Valuation, in particular, may be difficult to...

5 Ways To Check Whether Questionable Email Is Spam

Are you one of those people who can’t help opening emails, even when you don’t know who they are from and suspect the email might be spam? Or worse, do you actually waste your time responding to people and telling them not to bother you any more with their offers to...

What Should I Do When a Client Won’t Pay?

A quick, non-judgemental phone call might be your quickest way to get paid. Some people have great difficulty asking for payment, even though they know the money is owed. If this is you, create a process that you can follow, or delegate to someone else to follow, to avoid the emotional hesitation attached to asking for money.

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