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Former employees and obligations to protect confidential information

2 Comments / Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Commercial & Corporate, Employment / McLachlan Thorpe

The profitability of your business can be exposed to serious risks when employees resign, particularly those in senior, critical or trusted positions. A common scenario which emerges is where a former employee establishes a competing business, and poaches your most valuable clients. The former employee is often in a position to do so by offering […]

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#HASHTAG™

2 Comments / Business, Commercial & Corporate, Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution / McLachlan Thorpe

It is nearly 10 years since the humble “#” symbol, which up till then was commonly known as “the pound key”, got a new lease on life. It was first used in a social network context, in 2007, to classify and define posts into clickable and searchable terms found within that publisher’s site. The “hashtag”,

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Personal Property Securities Register: End of Grace Period – 31 January 2017

Leave a Comment / Business, Commercial & Corporate, Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Property & Construction / McLachlan Thorpe

31 January 2017 is the 5th anniversary of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth), and the end of the grace period to review and update migrated registrations from other public registers such as the Australian Security and Investments Commission (ASIC) Register of Company Charges, the Australian Register of Ships, the Fisheries Register, State and

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Domain name protection (and what you can do if you lose your domain name)

9 Comments / Commercial & Corporate, Business, Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution / McLachlan Thorpe

An online presence is now imperative for many businesses, with most businesses having an online presence either through a website dedicated to their business, or through social media platforms. While social media platforms offer an economical way of having an online presence, most businesses still opt to register their own websites (domain name), as this

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