06 July 2020
Australian Media Reform Report
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/australian-media-reform-report

Bird & Bird's media experts in Australia provide an essential guide to the huge amount of legal reform currently underway in the media sector . What reforms are currently in progress? What stage have they reached? And ...

01 September 2020
Australian Defamation Law Reform Update – New South Wales passes reform bill
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/australian-defamation-law-reform-update-new-south-wales-passes-reform-bill

Bird & Bird's media team in Australia report on new changes to defamation law, anticipated to make it easier for the media to report on matters of public interest.

07 February 2020
Ball rolling on review of Australian classification laws
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/ball-rolling-on-review-of-australian-classification-laws

The Australian government has announced a review of Australia's classification legislation, opening a period of public consultation which invites members of the public to tender their submissions by 5pm on 19 February ...

15 April 2021
Update on Online Harms: Legislative Reforms in Australia and the UK
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/uk/update-on-online-harms-legislative-reforms-in-australia-and-the-uk

The regulation of online disinformation and harmful content is the subject of global attention. Australia is progressing world-first reforms in this area along with the United Kingdom (UK). In a key milestone, the ...

26 February 2021
Public Consultation on draft Singapore Copyright Bill (Ends 1 April 2021)
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/singapore/draft-singapore-copyright-bill

Alban Kang and Pin-Ping Oh explain the key proposals and implications on the latest public consultation on the draft Singapore Copyright Bill which ends on 1 April 2021.

07 April 2020
Event Sponsorships, COVID-19 and Force Majeure – Where do we stand?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/event-sponsorships-covid19-and-force-majeure-where-do-we-stand

COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on commercial operations across all sectors globally. This is no better demonstrated than in the events industry, with international sporting events worth vast sums of money to ...

23 December 2020
Australian legislative update: digital platforms proposed to pay news media for content
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/australian-legislative-update-digital-platforms-proposed-to-pay-news-media-for-content

Sophie Dawson and Jarrad Parker provide a legislative update on the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code in Australia.

09 April 2020
COVID-19: The Music Shuffle
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/covid-19-the-music-shuffle

We take a look at how the music industry is adapting to COVID-19, what the pandemic means for live events, how the music community is pulling together and how changing consumer habits could create new opportunities ...

12 August 2019
Australia: Digital Platforms and Unfair Contract Terms
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/digital-platforms-and-unfair-contract-terms

In Recommendation 20 of the Final Report of the Digital Platforms Inquiry, the ACCC has recommended that the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) in Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) be amended to ...

18 December 2019
Large tech merger provides an early opportunity to test the fitness of the competition regime in 2020
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/large-tech-merger-provides-an-early-opportunity-to-test-the-fitness-of-the-competition

Google's proposed acquisition of Fitbit provides an opportunity to test the fitness of the competition regime and reflect upon the ongoing global scrutiny of Big Tech.