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Nov 14, 20229 min read

OPINION: Approaches and offerings in terms of LegalTech, AI, and Computational Law in Southeast Asia

Written by Nanda Min Htin LegalTech, Artificial intelligence (AI) and Computational Law are disrupting the modern legal profession across...

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Nov 30, 20216 min read

Cryptocurrency and digital asset regulation in Australia: the current state of play

Cryptocurrency and digital assets are approaching something of a tipping point, finding increasing adoption from mainstream institutional...

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Oct 19, 20214 min read

Back to Basics: Distributed Ledger Technology and Blockchain 101

You have probably heard the terms “blockchain”, “distributed ledger technology”, “bitcoin” and “NFTS” being thrown around a lot recently....

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Sep 14, 20214 min read

Opinion: Encryption vs Law Enforcement – Technology and its role in the CSAM Epidemic

CONTENT WARNING: Please take care. This article discusses child sexual abuse material. Before proceeding, it is recommended that you...

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Aug 10, 20214 min read

The rise and rise and rise of NFTs… but what are they and are there any legal risks?

You are probably wondering what Paris Hilton, Edward Snowden and Eminem have in common. Well, they have all released NFTs. The market...

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Jul 27, 20212 min read

COVID-19 Impacts on Domain Name Arbitration

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of our lives and that includes domain name arbitration. Without seeking to...

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Jul 8, 20212 min read

Domain Name Disputes: Arbitration or Litigation?

This article was originally published on 19 June 2021 at domaintimes.info under the title ‘A UDRP Panel or Court Proceedings?’ The case...

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Jul 2, 20212 min read

How Does Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Work?

This article was originally published on 5 August 2020 at domaintimes.info under the title ‘Everything you need to know about Reverse...

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Jul 15, 20202 min read

Socially distant execution of company documents

Mandatory social distancing and working from home requirements introduced due to the coronavirus pandemic has posed a challenge to...

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May 15, 20205 min read

Explainer: The COVIDSafe App

Unprecedented Times Require Extraordinary Solutions Covid-19 is the most significant and unprecedented event of our times. The strict...

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Jan 25, 20201 min read

Privacy Update: Australian Bushfires Disaster Emergency Declaration

On January 20 2020, for the first time Victoria was declared a state of disaster as a result of the bushfires which have ravaged the...

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Oct 5, 20193 min read

Phil Magness: Death of the “expired” and “complex” password?

In 2017, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a special publication that represented a shift, perhaps...

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Aug 15, 20193 min read

Ryan Ward: Is copyright law well-suited for advances in artificial intelligence?

A book was recently published on lithium-ion batteries. You may wonder why this is the topic of a tech law article, especially with one...

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Jun 8, 20193 min read

Ajaz Taghar on Legal Disruption

The VSCL’s May panel focused on disruption to the legal industry and how the legal landscape is changing. This panel was run by the...

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May 7, 20195 min read

Panel on Encryption Laws

On 18 March 2019, the VSCL ran a panel event on the current encryption law debate and how Australian businesses and, in particular tech...

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Apr 30, 20194 min read

Chelsea Davine on Legal Disruption

Disruption of the legal industry often generates heated discussion. Change is upon us, uptake is increasing, and yet the view that ‘tech...

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Apr 17, 20195 min read

Chelsea Davine: Key Takeaways from the VSCL Panel on Redesigning Legal Services for Better User Expe

On 28 February 2019 VSCL ran a panel event where VSCL President Priyanka Nair moderated a discussion between Madeline Oldfield, Sam...

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Apr 1, 20197 min read

Federal Government’s proposed privacy reforms: what we know (very little) and what we don’t (a lot)

James Patto (29 March 2019): In what could be one of the biggest overhauls of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) since the NPPs became the APPs,...

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Feb 28, 20194 min read

Robert Ceglia: Between end-to-end encryption and a hard place – how does Australia’s new encryption

Despite confusion about how the laws of mathematics could possibly co-exist with the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment...

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Feb 8, 20191 min read

Filter bubbles

A bubble or echo chamber occurs when individuals only get exposure to knowledge and opinions which meet their own preferences and...

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