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 ...

09 April 2020
COVID-19: The Music Shuffle
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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 ...

15 August 2017
A Level playing Field – Sports Governance and Discipline in Asia
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/hong-kong/a-level-playing-field-sports-governance-and-discipline-in-asia

Earlier this year, Qin Sheng, a footballer for Shanghai Shenhua, one of the Chinese Super League's leading teams, was shown a red card for stamping on the foot of an opponent.

03 December 2019
Wondergoal: Australian women’s football team score in securing equal pay
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Earlier this month, a landmark deal between Australia’s football players’ union, the Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) and the sport’s national governing body, Football Federation Australia (FFA), secured the ...

02 June 2017
Sports Stars and Image Rights in China
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/china/sports-stars-and-image-rights-in-china

18 January 2021
Bird & Bird kicks off the new year with a new dispute resolution partner in Hong Kong
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2021/hong-kong/bird-kicks-off-the-new-year-with-a-new-dispute-resolution-partner-in-hong-kong

International law firm Bird & Bird this week appoints David Chu as partner in Hong Kong, providing a significant boost to the firm’s International Dispute Resolution group.

12 August 2019
Australia: Digital Platforms and Responding to the 'fake news' crisis
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/digital-platforms-and-responding-to-the-fake-news-crisis

The ACCC's Final Report in the Digital Platforms Inquiry recommends that digital platforms with more than one million monthly active users in Australia should implement an industry code of conduct to govern the handling ...

12 August 2019
Australia: Digital Platforms and Unfair Contract Terms
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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 ...

16 February 2017
Using Influencers on Social Media to promote your goods and services – the new AANA Standard on Clearly Distinguishable Advertising Released
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/australia/using-influencers-on-social-media-to-promote-your-goods-and-services

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 ...