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• Legal bot builder platform Josef raises $1M

  Legal tech startup Josef, which helps Community Legal Centres (CLCs), law firms and enterprises create bots to assist clients with legal problems, has raised more than $1 million in a seed funding round.

• Mitchell makes move to Macpherson Kelley

  ​Commercial law firm Macpherson Kelley has appointed Andrew Mitchell as its new chief information officer.

• Regtech ready to tackle Hayne's bigger BEAR, says RTA

  ​The Regtech Association (RTA) has welcomed the recommendations in the final report from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, saying the changes represent a huge opportunity for the sector.

• Artificial intelligence putting junior lawyers’ jobs at risk

  An Australian legal technology company has used Amazon’s Alexa to build a prototype virtual lawyer that it says creates legal documents instantly like a real human, threatening the jobs of junior lawyers.

• Who gets your Bitcoin once you kick the bucket?

  The NSW Law Reform Commission will review laws around access to a person’s social media accounts and ‘digital assets’ after they die.

• Why every CIO needs a cybersecurity attorney

  Cybersecurity has long been one of the main issues keeping CIOs awake at night. Now, with the number of high-profile cyberattacks seeming to increase each month, security is haunting IT leaders during the daytime, too.

• How should the U.S. respond to state-sponsored cyberattacks?

  It's no secret that U.S. government agencies and businesses are the target of around-the-clock cyber intrusions, many carried out by or at the behest of foreign nation-states.

• CIOs seek cybersecurity solutions, bigger voice in C-suite

  Issues like cybersecurity might keep CIOs up at night, but in Northern New Jersey, at least they know they're not alone.

• FCC girds for legal attacks on net neutrality order

  The Federal Communication Commission's 400-page official order on net neutrality, released Thursday, will undoubtedly elicit lawsuits on various fronts once it is officially published in the Federal Register.

• Why Israel could be the next cybersecurity world power

  There are plenty of cities in the U.S. that want to lay claim to becoming the "next" Silicon Valley, but a dusty desert town in the south of Israel called Beersheva might actually have a shot at becoming something more modest, and more focused. They want to be the first place you think about when it comes to cybersecurity research, education, and innovation. If things go right there, it may well happen.

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  Electronic signatures in Australia : Legal considerations and recommended best practices

  Worldwide, organisations are adopting electronic signature solutions to help reduce their carbon footprint, streamline business processes, improve security and record-keeping, and reduce costs. It is projected that over 100 million electronic signature transactions will be made annually in Australia by 2020.1 Yet, a recent study has found that less than 20% of Australian businesses are currently prepared for this.2 In this paper, we will review the law as it relates to electronic signatures by analysing how such signatures are treated under the Commonwealth and State electronic transactions legislation (ET Legislation) and how such signatures are treated under general law.