When you need to know more.

Schedule a call
Insights

What's new?

Technology Commercialisation

AI, medical data, and privacy: When can de-identification still leave a fingerprint?

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make breakthroughs in patient care, it is important to take a beat and evaluate the privacy concerns that any healthtech or medtech business seeking to use de-identified information will inevitably need to examine.
21 Feb
Financial Services

The rise of tokenised private funds: an Australian perspective

Tokenisation is rapidly transforming the financial landscape, allowing for the digital representation of real-world assets on blockchain's distributed ledger technology.
21 Feb
Energy and Resources

Australia's landmark climate reporting regime commences

Australia's new mandatory climate reporting scheme has taken effect and will affect more than 6000 Australian entities.
10 Feb
Construction

Queensland pauses rollout of Project Trust Accounts – what builders need to know

The Queensland Government has paused the further rollout of Project Trust Accounts for major construction projects in the state from 31 January 2025. The delay means it is unclear when the scheme will be fully implemented and enforced.
5 Feb
News

Franchising Code of Conduct changes take effect April 1 – are you prepared?

The Australian Government's changes to the Franchising Code of Conduct are set to take effect on April 1 and will have significant implications for both franchisors and franchees.
31 Jan
Health, Aged Care and Retirement Villages

Aged Care Act 2024 Thomson Geer compliance tools

Thomson Geer is focused on getting ready for the 1 July 2025 commencement of the new Aged Care Act with a range of resources to assist providers.
30 Jan
Employment

Do you need a sexual harassment prevention plan in Queensland from 1 March 2025?

From 1 March 2025, if an employer or other person conducting a business or undertaking in Queensland identifies any psychosocial risks associated with sexual harassment at work or from sex or gender-based harassment at work, it must prepare, in consultation with workers, and implement a written prevention plan, to manage those risks.
28 Jan
Intellectual Property

Robot writers and angry authors: Copyright protection for AI books

With the use of artificial intelligence in the publishing process growing and unlikely to stop, a critical question arises – are AI-assisted and AI-generated works protected by copyright?
16 Jan
Popular categories
Arbitration
Banking and Finance
Technology Commercialisation
Financial Services
News
Health, Aged Care and Retirement Villages
Employment
Intellectual Property
Construction
Energy and Resources
Media
Real Estate
Restructuring and Insolvency
Technology and Telecommunications
M&A and Capital Markets
Corporate and Advisory
Tax
INSIGHTS

Sign up for our insights

Let us know what you would like to receive from us. We’ll send you only what you are interested in.
SUBSCRIBE

About us

Thomson Geer is one of Australia's largest independent corporate law firms. We are trusted by companies, governments and institutions to act for their commercial and legal interests.

Thomson Geer acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.