Training Presentations

These practical training presentations are designed to enable participants to have the necessary tools to deal with these issues in a productive way. Topics of training presentations conducted in 2002 are set out below.

Legal Issues in e-Commerce

E-commerce raises new legal challenges and presents old problems in new forms. These training sessions, designed for non-lawyers, cover issues such as:

• online contracts - including purchasing and ordering online
• online publishing - copyright and defamation
• management of information - compliance with new privacy laws
• website issues - hosting agreements and content
• databases - use of member information

Cost of Defamation

A training session for staff and management to recognise the traps of defamation law. The session introduces participants to effective risk management strategies and:

• enables you to spot problematic material and deal with it
• shows you how to identify when you need further legal advice
• provides tools for effective handling of complaints about legal matters

New Privacy Laws

s your organisation ready to comply with new privacy laws? These training sessions, designed for non-lawyers, cover issues such as:

• privacy in the workplace - how to draft communications and privacy policies
• workplace surveillance - is the monitoring of email/internet use legal?
• access to information - what are your responsibilities to provide information?

For further information please contact Mishelle Predika on +61 (0)3 9600 3842 or melbourne@comslaw.org.au