Legal updates to keep you in the know
Here you can read some of the most interesting developments across the legal landscape.
Trade marks for SMEs and Startups
If you own a business, you will most likely have a logo, tagline or other features that distinguish your brand in the marketplace. Customers recognise you because of your branding, and when they see your logo, they know they will receive quality goods or services they can trust. This blog will set out what a trade mark is, benefits of registering a trade mark and the process for registering a trade mark in Australia.
How to find a good lawyer: 10 tips to choose a lawyer in Australia
How to do I find a ‘good’ lawyer... and build a good working relationship with them? Here are our top 10 tips.
How lawyers help sell a business
For entrepreneurs the sale of their business or start-up is an important event both financially and emotionally. Lawyers help business-owners to sell their business by drafting the business sale agreement and guiding them through the legal side of the process.
Investing in Korea: A primer for Australian companies
A quick primer for Australian companies looking to invest in, or do business in South Korea
Reforms to the employee share scheme regime - greater access, less red tape
The new Treasury Laws Amendment (Costs of Living Support and Other Measures) Act 2022 introduces tax and regulatory amendments to the current employee share scheme regime. The reforms aim to decrease red tape for companies that issue options or shares to employees as part of an ESS. This makes it easier for businesses - particularly startups - to issue shares to their employees and, in turn, attract and retain talent.
Director ID requirements
A snapshot of the Director ID requirements in Australia.
Unfair terms shakeup
The ACCC makes a move on digital advertising
Australian SMEs and entrepreneurs can look forward to a shake-up in the digital advertising world following the release of the ACCC’s Final Report from its Digital Advertising Services Inquiry (Ad Tech Inquiry).
Are anonymous reviews on the way out?
Business owners who have long suffered the pain of dealing with anonymous reviews may seriously consider following one panel beater from Sydney’s approach of bringing claims against Google to force it to disclose identifying details of such posts. That in turn, may see review websites crack down on anonymous reviews.