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Telstra has come up with a transparency report, the first of its kind from the company, aiming to furnish the type and volume of customer data requested by the Australian law enforcement regulators. A pdf upload on the website exchange.telstra.com.au discusses the report.
Between June-December 2013, law enforcement agencies have submitted in excess of 40,000 requests. Nearly 90% of such requests are pertaining to customer information and records. Telstra has categorically explained that the company only submits those information to the agencies which are in keeping with the law. It is worth noting that Telstra did not furnish any details about requests made by the Australian Intelligence Agencies.
You can take a look at the contents of the transparency report here.
A conscientiously drafted franchise agreement can go a long way towards boosting the relationship of a franchisor and a franchisee. We will all agree that there have been many cases where franchisors have motored along without any semblance of a moral stand.
The bankruptcy tag can mean a lot many things and most such things have a dismal theme attached to them. While the social stigma can be stifling, the financial loop you fall into can become tiring after a little while. Let us not even begin on how it blunts our emotional edges.
While companies go into liquidation individuals are declared bankrupt. The bankruptcy tag has various implications. Apart from the financial repercussions and social stigma that it places, you need to follow a few employment protocols, too, once you file for voluntary bankruptcy or are 
When an organisation hosts an event, it is usually diligent about ticking all the safety boxes. It does not want its name to be tarnished in the business fraternity. “Oh! You know they had a slippery floor” or “Gosh! Their elevator bolted”.
Do arbitration provisions extend beyond the termination of their founding contracts? At any place where arbitration is deemed as the desired avenue for dispute resolution, standard clauses must be diligently inserted into the agreements and the drafting bit should not be undertaken at the wee hours of the midnight, as if it were a casual affair.
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has released two separate guides for hotels and clubs using electronic gaming equipment. This is to help them from accidentally facilitating money laundering and terrorism financing. The Compliance and Risk Assessment Guide can be perused on AUSTRAC’s official website.
Over the last 15 years, the ACCC has successfully litigated 20 times, sending tremors to franchisors who cast a fraudulent net over their franchisees. ACCC has added another plume to its feather, albeit in a different niche, by profitably litigating in the field of “fake testimonials”.