Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: The Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiryHybrid event This event will discuss the submissions made to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiry that is due to release its report at the end of May. The speakers will consider the range of submissions made to the inquiry and […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Five Years of Crowd-Sourced Funding in Australia: Taking StockIn-person event ‘Crowd-sourced funding’ is a new form of online venture capital stock market, open to all investors—retail and wholesale—that was only legally authorised in Australia five years ago. It’s like Kickstarter, except the backer gets a share in the […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Social enterprise law: A multijurisdictional comparative reviewIn-person event This 24-nation review of social enterprise law analyzes data developed by a team of academics and practitioners with deep expertise regarding jurisdictions on six continents. Each responded to the authors’ detailed questionnaire inquiring into the relevant jurisdiction’s legal treatment […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Insolvency and Tax Debts: the special position of the ATOOnline event The Australian Taxation Office is a creditor in almost three out of every four company insolvencies. Legislation in 1993 removed the last of what were seen as rights that elevated the ATO to the status of […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Law Reform & The PPSA: Why We Should Delete s 267 and Corporations Act s 588FLOnline event The Government’s response to the Statutory Review of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (‘PPSA’) has been released, including an Exposure Draft containing its proposed amendments. We are currently within an […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Comparing Australia’s insolvent trading regime with New Zealand’s reckless trading regimeOnline event This webinar will discuss the current state of insolvent trading law reform in Australia and contrast this with the reckless trading in New Zealand by discussing the recent NZSC decision in Yan v Mainzeal Property […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Navigating the Consumer Data Right: A Business PerspectiveOnline event The introduction of the Consumer Data Right (‘CDR’) in Australia in 2019 heralds a new era in data governance, with profound implications for businesses across various sectors. This world-leading initiative holds the potential to inject much-needed competition into […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | AI and Contracting: An EU PerspectiveOnline event This webinar will discuss the use of artificial intelligence systems in commercial contracting. This is a joint event by the Ross Parsons Centre and the Automated Decision-Making and Society Centre, both of Sydney Law School. Speakers Professor Teresa RodrÃguez de […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Insider Trading, Fiduciary Relationships, and Market Integrity: A Comparative Consideration of Insider Laws of United States and AustraliaIn-person event There are a variety of distinctions that exist between the Australian and US laws prohibiting insider trading. While insider trading is prohibited in Australia under an express statutory […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Insolvency and Restructuring Reform in Europe: The Italian ExperienceOnline event This webinar will discuss recent reforms in the European Union and reflect on how those reforms have been implemented in Italy. It will provide an overview of Italian insolvency and restructuring laws, with a particular focus on […]
A new explanation of China’s patenting phenomenon with a focus on the patenting of traditional medical knowledgeIn-person event This seminar will present how Dr Ben Hopper’s thesis explains why people are getting patents over traditional medical knowledge in a way that differs from (and adds to) the usual explanations for China’s “patent boomâ€. These “usual […]
This seminar will discuss recent developments in European competition law. Speakers Speaker: Professor Dubravka Akšamović, Faculty of Law Osijek, Croatia Commentator: Prof. Yane Svetiev, Sydney Law School Chair: Prof Jason Harris, Sydney Law School Wednesday 13 November, 2024 Time: 6.30-7.30pm Venue: Sydney Law School, Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus CPD points = 1 Register […]
