The Privacy Commissioner's new automated decision-making disclosure rules will force companies to review even rules-based spreadsheet software like Excel as well as AI programs to stave off inadequate transparency risk, lawyers warn.  
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New Privacy Rules Put AI, Even Basic Software Under Scrutiny

By Antony Scholefield

The Privacy Commissioner's new automated decision-making disclosure rules will force companies to review even rules-based spreadsheet software like Excel as well as AI programs to stave off inadequate transparency risk, lawyers warn.  

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Charity Liquidators Sue AFL In Fight Over $300K Donation

By Antony Scholefield

Liquidators for collapsed charity Disaster Relief Australia have filed Federal Court of Australia proceedings against the AFL over an alleged $300,000 donation given to the charity which the league wants to be paid back.

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Big Un Liquidators Appeal Rejection Of $27M Recovery Bid

By Esther Linder

Liquidators for failed video startup Big Un have appealed a Federal Court ruling throwing out a $27.2 million bid to recoup losses from financiers First Class Capital.

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Judge Disqualifies ERA Legal From $911k Loan Dispute

By Daniel Wilson

A Victorian Supreme Court judge has taken the "exceptional" step of restraining ERA Legal from continuing to act for the lender in a dispute over a $911,000 business loan, saying allegations that the law firm fraudulently amended the mortgage securing the loan created a conflict of interest.

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Universal Loses $150K Costs Bid In Musician Royalties Fight

By Esther Linder

Universal Music has lost a bid to secure $150,000 in costs security in a case brought by songwriter and musician Johan Loewenthal seeking the termination of his music deal over unpaid royalties in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

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Maurice Blackburn Says Time-Based Fees Stifle AI Adoption

By Harlan Ockey

AI could make legal services more accessible to people deterred by cost and complexity, but pricing models that reward time spent must change, the chief executive of Maurice Backburn told Law360 ahead of a parliamentary hearing on Thursday.

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Fortescue Fires Senior Exec After MinterEllison Misconduct Investigation

By Esther Linder

Fortescue announced it has fired a senior executive after an independent investigation by law firm MinterEllison found evidence of misconduct, adding there is no place for sexual harassmentand bullying at the iron ore giant. 

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'Shock And Orr' Vows Accessible Justice In Vic Court Role

By Olivia Thomson

Victorian Court of Appeal President Rowena Orr, who earned the nickname "Shock and Orr" during the banking royal commission, has pledged to make the court's work more accessible and understandable to the public as she takes on its top judicial role.

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Dentons Adds HWL Ebsworth's Chao As Deals, Tax Partner

By Harlan Ockey

Dentons has hired HWL Ebsworth's Pierre Chao as a partner focusing on corporate transactions, commercial disputes and taxation law in Brisbane.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

DLA Piper

Dentons

ERA Legal

Johnson Winter

Maurice Blackburn

Minter Ellison

Piper Alderman

White & Case

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Australian Football League

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Supreme Court of New South Wales