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Gaga goes gaga over Goo Goo

In Brief Last month the con­tro­ver­sial and high­ly suc­cess­ful singer and song­writer Lady Gaga suc­cess­ful­ly stopped the cre­ators of ani­mat­ed children’s char­ac­ter Lady Goo Goo and the suc­cess­ful children’s phe­nom­e­non, Moshi Mon­sters, from pro­mot­ing and releas­ing a song enti­tled ​“The Moshi Dance” on iTunes. Lady Gaga enforced her exclu­sive rights in…

New Zealand High Court says D&O policy may not be used to fund director's defence costs

In Brief On 2 July 2007 New Zealand prop­er­ty devel­op­ment com­pa­ny Bridgecorp Group (Bridgecorp) was placed into receiver­ship, owing investors near­ly NZ$500 million.  In the after­math of the col­lapse, the NZ Secu­ri­ties Com­mis­sion brought numer­ous crim­i­nal and civ­il claims against the direc­tors of Bridgecorp in rela­tion to their con­duct. Some of the Bridgecorp…

My bags are packed, I’m ready to go. Should I stay or can I go?

In Brief Often sep­a­rat­ed par­ents find them­selves in a sit­u­a­tion where one of them wants to move to anoth­er city, state or even coun­try after they sep­a­rate. This is what’s called relo­ca­tion in fam­i­ly law. Par­ents often enter into par­ent­ing orders after they sep­a­rate. All is going well for a time and then…

My bags are packed, I’m ready to go. Should I stay or can I go?

In Brief Often sep­a­rat­ed par­ents find them­selves in a sit­u­a­tion where one of them wants to move to anoth­er city, state or even coun­try after they sep­a­rate. This is what’s called relo­ca­tion in fam­i­ly law. Par­ents often enter into par­ent­ing orders after they sep­a­rate. All is going well for a time and then…

My bags are packed, I’m ready to go. Should I stay or can I go?

In Brief Often sep­a­rat­ed par­ents find them­selves in a sit­u­a­tion where one of them wants to move to anoth­er city, state or even coun­try after they sep­a­rate. This is what’s called relo­ca­tion in fam­i­ly law. Par­ents often enter into par­ent­ing orders after they sep­a­rate. All is going well for a time and then…

My bags are packed, I’m ready to go. Should I stay or can I go?

In Brief Often sep­a­rat­ed par­ents find them­selves in a sit­u­a­tion where one of them wants to move to anoth­er city, state or even coun­try after they sep­a­rate. This is what’s called relo­ca­tion in fam­i­ly law. Par­ents often enter into par­ent­ing orders after they sep­a­rate. All is going well for a time and then…

Swaab in Lawyers Week­ly arti­cle on AusLSA 2^nd Envi­ron­men­tal Con­sump­tion Report

This arti­cle high­lights the results of the Aus­tralian Legal Sec­tor Alliances’ (AusLSA) sec­ond Envi­ron­men­tal Con­sump­tion Report, released in Novem­ber 2011. In the arti­cle Swaab is recog­nised for their excep­tion­al achieve­ment, a 27 per cent reduc­tion in their ener­gy footprint. Swaab CEO and AusLSA board mem­ber, Bron­wyn Pott dis­cuss­es Swaabs’ effec­tive sus­tain­abil­i­ty…

Swaab in The Aus­tralian Finan­cial Review arti­cle on AusLSA 2^nd Envi­ron­men­tal Con­sump­tion Report

This arti­cle focus­es on the find­ings of the 2010 – 2011 Envi­ron­men­tal Con­sump­tion Report by the Aus­tralian Legal Sec­tor Alliance (AusLSA), in par­tic­u­lar the increase in emis­sions report­ed by mem­ber firms, attrib­ut­able to increas­es in air trav­el. Swaab Attor­neys is cit­ed as a report­ing firm…

Retail lease bonds and dis­pute res­o­lu­tion options

In Brief When the retail mar­kets slow, dis­putes between land­lord and ten­ant tend to arise and a claim on the bond mon­ey may soon follow.  A Land­lord must ensure that it com­plies with the pro­vi­sions of the Retail Leas­es Act 1994 in respect to the lodge­ment of the bond.  Lodge­ment of security Sec­tion 16C of the Retail…

Land­lords and ten­ants need to be care­ful about incur­ring expens­es before being bound to the lease

In Brief Both land­lords and ten­ants should take care to ensure that the oth­er par­ty is bound by the lease rather than incur­ring sig­nif­i­cant expens­es on the assump­tion that the lease will proceed. The risk Land­lords and ten­ants often begin spend­ing mon­ey or incur­ring costs to cre­ate and fitout leased premis­es pri­or to…

Aus­tralian Sen­ate Com­mit­tee rejects Bill that seeks to pre­vent the patent­ing of human genes

In Brief The Aus­tralian Sen­ate Com­mit­tee Report on pro­pos­als to amend the Patents Act to pro­hib­it patent­ing of human genes and oth­er bio­log­i­cal mate­ri­als exist­ing in nature has made a sin­gle rec­om­men­da­tion ​“that the Sen­ate should not pass the Bill”. On 26 Novem­ber 2010, the Sen­ate referred the Patent Amend­ment (Human Genes…

Can you stand down employ­ees dur­ing a peri­od dis­rupt­ed by pro­tect­ed indus­tri­al action?

In Brief Employ­ers seek­ing to min­imise their loss­es asso­ci­at­ed with indus­tri­al action should take note of a recent deci­sion of Fair Work Aus­tralia which clar­i­fies the abil­i­ty of an employ­er to stand down employ­ees dur­ing such a period. Aus­tralian Man­u­fac­tur­ing Work­ers Union (“AMWU”) v McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd [2011] FWA 6810 McCain…