Reforms to accessible public transport standards come into effect

Changes aim to eliminate discrimination against people with disability

Newly introduced legislation sets minimum tax on discretionary trusts

Exemptions include fixed, charitable, special disability trusts and superannuation funds

Federal government backs most financial abuse inquiry recommendations

Economic Abuse Reference Group calls for urgent implementation of reforms

Federal Court grants ASX shareholder interim leave to sue former director over CHESS

Interim leave aims to protect claims over alleged funding approvals from possible six-year time bar

WA community legal centres receive additional government funding

Funding aims to ease rising operating costs, including practising certificate fees

NSW Supreme Court permanently restrains former practising certificate holder

Court finds defendant continued engaging in legal practice without authorisation

Queensland Supreme Court dismisses six categories of disclosure requests

Court rejects challenges to legal professional privilege over requested documents

NSW anti-slavery commissioner lauds plan to draft labour hire licensing law

James Cockayne looks forward to working with Parliamentary Friendship Group Against Modern Slavery

Victorian court rejects majority owners’ claim that minority stake was worthless

Supreme Court of Victoria values ‘worthless’ minority stake at $3.6m

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What members prioritise informs the organisation’s focus, the org’s Australian group co-lead says

The Baker McKenzie senior lawyer explains how people can better protect data in this day and age

The senior lawyer talks her work on data centres and how she’s constantly learning on the job

She also shares why it’s important for her to be in the classroom as a leader

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OpenAI faces suits for harming kids in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia

Tech giant is also subject to cases in Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana

OpenAI faces suits for harming kids in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia
Lawyers’ Rights Watch asks Canada to protect International Criminal Court

Canadian lawyers’ group condemns escalating US sanctions against court of last resort

Lawyers’ Rights Watch asks Canada to protect International Criminal Court
AI cases are focusing more on how systems act after deployment: J.S. Held analysis

Consulting firm notes shift in AI litigation away from issue of how systems are built

AI cases are focusing more on how systems act after deployment: J.S. Held analysis
One in five Illinois lawyers rates their mental health as fair or poor

New study addresses alcohol and drug use, gambling, stress within the state’s legal profession

One in five Illinois lawyers rates their mental health as fair or poor
UK justice ministry rolls out technology for remote hearings pilot

Participants still have the right to request a face-to-face hearing

UK justice ministry rolls out technology for remote hearings pilot

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Don't forget to submit nominations for exceptional dealmakers in Australia and New Zealand

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