Welcome to the second issue of Hall & Wilcox’s newsletter for the public sector, Public Law.
Legal Updates
October 23, 2018
Copyright law update – proposed amendments to website blocking laws
The Federal Government has recently released the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018 (Bill) which proposes to amend section 115A of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).1
October 22, 2018
Data breaches and the GDPR – the new frontier of privacy regulation in Australia
In Australia, as well as internationally, this year has brought significant developments in the area of privacy regulation that may affect your business. Two areas of privacy compliance in particular that Australian businesses need to understand and respond to are:
October 22, 2018
A bill may prohibit controlled persons to vote for related party transactions’ approval
The new Bill No. 551219-7 has been introduced to the State Duma, which is going to change voting procedure for interested party transactions under Joint Stock Companies Law and Limited Liability Companies Law.
October 22, 2018
Obligation to Conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
Clarification is expected shortly from the Irish Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) in relation to those data processing activities which require a data controller to conduct a mandatory Data Protection Impact Assessment (“ DPIA ”) in advance of data processing. Caitlín Love explains why your organisation needs to know about it.
October 21, 2018
Another day, another financial services inquiry – non-bank lenders now in the Senate spotlight
The announcement on Wednesday 17 October 2018 of a Senate inquiry into “credit and financial services targeted at Australians at risk of financial hardship” continues the current forensic examination into the state of financial services in Australia.
October 21, 2018
New appointment bolsters Hall & Wilcox’s health and community sector
Leading independent business law firm Hall & Wilcox has bolstered its health, aged care, life sciences and community practices by appointing a respected leader in the field Alison Choy Flannigan as a new partner and leader of the firm’s national industry team.
October 19, 2018
Talking Tax – Issue 138
Case law
Overseas services provided to Australians subject to Australian tax
In Satyam Computer Services Limited v FCT [2018] FCAFC 172, the Full Federal Court upheld a decision that payments received for services provided to Australian customers by Indian based employees of an Indian company are deemed to have an Australian source and are therefore assessable in Australia. The Court held that this was not double taxation, even though the payments were also royalties under the Australia-Indian DTA (Indian Agreement).
October 18, 2018
New rights for casual employees – what you need to know
From 1 October 2018 new rights that apply to casuals have come into effect which employers should be aware of.
October 18, 2018
20 Davis Malm Attorneys Recognized by Massachusetts Super Lawyers
Davis Malm is pleased to announce that 20 of its attorneys were named to the list of 2018 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. The results will be published in Boston magazine and in New England Super Lawyers, which is published by Thomson Reuters.
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