By Daniel Owen, The Legal Forecast The explosive growth of blockchain during the past two years has coincided with a parallel growth in the use of cryptographic tokens in fundraising beyond the traditional methods contemplated by Chapters 5C and 6D of the Australian Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Act). Consequently, new opportunities are now emerging for … Continue reading
by Michael Bidwell, The Legal Forecast September is Brisbane Pride Month celebrating its 28th year supporting the LGBTI+ community. As an openly gay lawyer, Editor in Chief for The Legal Forecast and Events Coordinator for Pride in Law, I wanted to write this article as a reminder of how far we must go to reach … Continue reading
“The predominant issue with the current framework is that while it imposes a ‘transparency’ framework and a consent requirement for the collection of sensitive information…” Continue reading
“Self-learning AI poses interesting and difficult questions for the law. In particular, who is legally liable when self-learning AI goes wrong? The programmers? The users? Or even the AI itself?” Continue reading
Humanity is on the cusp of creating technological sentience in artificially intelligent machines. This begs the question – how will clones and other sentient technology engage with our legal system? Continue reading
In this episode of The New Lawyer podcast Katie Cowan talks to Anna about all-or-nothing in practice, the work of a litigation solicitor, and what great law firm culture looks like. Continue reading
How can we really harness the technology to benefit our practice today? Enter: the legal technology entrepreneur – The ‘Legalpreneur’. Continue reading
“When one thinks of frontier areas of law, criminal law is hardly the first that springs to mind. However, in recent times, criminal justice has seen the emergence of artificial intelligence in the courtroom” Continue reading
Do you think that AI, WALL-E or I, robot are likely to be eventualities rather than just science fiction? TLF explores the world of AI and how it can be utilised in the legal field. Continue reading
“The adoption of technology is dependent on organisational cultures that facilitate change. Environments that bring together all generations in the workplace will be the ones that thrive.” Continue reading