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Piper Alderman Partner, Michael Bacina recently presented at the 10th Annual Trade Marks and Patents Conference in Sydney to explain blockchain technology and how it is affecting trade marks. This article includes key t ...

What pay is earned for ordinary time work, and what is pay earned for other work, especially when an employee is engaged on an aggregate or annual salary? For Bluescope, the answer to this question at its Port Kembla ope ...

The Review of the Model Work Health and Safety Laws: Final Report (the Review) was handed down in December 2018. The Review provided multiple recommendations which could have significant impacts on penalties contained wi ...

Authors: Rod Jones, Partner and Donna Benge, Partner AFCA is the new authority for dealing with complaints about Financial Firms and applies to complaints submitted from 1 November 2018. The scheme is governed by Schem ...

Piper Alderman Partner, Sarah Johnson and Law Graduate, Ashleigh Russo discuss the impact of the upcoming introduction of the new External Conduct Standards on registered charities operating overseas. What are the Exter ...

Author: Michael Bacina On 18 June 2019 Facebook released its whitepaper for its long-awaited planned cryptocurrency Libra coin, disclosing that Facebook will participate in, but not control the new token, ...