This blog article highlights my key takeaways from the 11th Annual 2024 CodeX ➲ FutureLaw Week ..read more

This blog article introduces the best available Lawyer-Designed [Private AI] platforms BLUEOCEAN.law has hand-picked to supercharge our productivity across a wide range of legal areas in Australia, New Zealand & California (incl. U.S. Federal Law), with bonus coverage of the UK ..read more

This blog article introduces Raycast [currently only available on Mac] & showcases how BLUEOCEAN.law use Raycast to supercharge our productivity.  ..read more

This blog article leverages my recent work in coding a button that randomly redirects you to any website within a pre-defined list. I developed the original button for random access to our blog articles, however, the pre-defined curated URL list could include URL's of any kind. This got me thinking that we could use this solution to provide a button to launch random surfing of the many varied & interesting Smart Lists which included topics such as Space Law, Conversational Commerce, Legal Design, Pro Bono, Blockchain, Curated Reading Lists, Legal Business Podcasts, etc. (now archived) whic ..read more

This blog article shares my first real-world experience learning to code in Python. As of the date of writing this blog article, we have amassed a collection of [67+] blog articles (not including this one which brings to total to [68+]). I set myself a challenge coding project to see if I could implement code that when you click the button, you are randomly redirected to one of our blog articles. In sum, with some help, I managed to get it to work. You can try it out for yourself from this blog article ..read more

This blog article guides you to understand the triggers that may deem you to be "Doing Business" in California, or the need to register with the Secretary of State which is possible even if your business is not based there! If deemed to be "doing business in California" your business is retrospectively liable to legal implications such as taxes (including retrospective civil penalties), as well as potentially required to make climate-related "greenwashing" disclosures & comply with privacy obligations. We recommend you review this blog article and seek legal advice if you are in ..read more

This blog article is designed to serve as a first draft introduction for my proposed future book: Replacing Lawyers with Logic ➲ The Blue Ocean Opportunity in the Legal Profession ..read more

This blog article aims to increase awareness about California's new Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act (AB1305) which targets the increasingly concerning business practice of "greenwashing" as well as Australian & NZ efforts in the same space. The new California law requires companies or other business entities making climate-related claims in California, as well as participants in carbon emission offset markets in California to post an annual disclosure on their websites. Failure to post the required disclosure, or posting inaccurate information may invoke a civil penalty of up to $2 ..read more

This blog article provides an overview of the relevant California and Federal laws and applicable legal tests for Business Owners with workers in California. The aim is to help you start to assess whether you are dealing with an Independent Contractor or an Employee. This area of employment law is highly litigated, multifaceted & complex. Misclassification is common, with potentially devastating financial & criminal consequences. Civil Penalties for misclassification apply at the California State and Federal level (which also has potential criminal penalties). We strongly recommend con ..read more

This blog article helps you understand whether your local U.S. or foreign U.S. registered legal entity is legally required to report identity and beneficial ownership details to the Beneficial Ownership Secure System "BOSS" when the new CTA laws take effect from 1 January 2024. "BOSS" is the online reporting system developed by the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 'FinCEN' under the U.S. Federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA ..read more