16 July 2020
Australia: The Ongoing Battle between Australian Regulators and Illegal Offshore Gambling Operators
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Despite having some of the strictest gambling laws in the world, and a robust and well-equipped regulator, the number of Australian customers gaining access to illegal offshore gambling websites has increased during ...

20 April 2020
Seeing stars: using names and images of high profile athletes to promote your events can now land you on the ropes
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/using-names-and-images-of-high-profile-athletes-to-promote-your-events-can-land-you-on-the-ropes

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's recent decision to investigate a leading events promoter for marketing a sports event using imagery of high profile athletes who did not ultimately participate in the ...

19 August 2020
Changes to the operation of trade promotions in New South Wales
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Businesses that use trade promotions as a way to market their products or services and promote their brand should be aware of changes to the operation of trade promotions in New South Wales that apply from 1 July 2020 ...

19 February 2020
Digital Platforms Branch tasked with investigating the digital advertising services industry in Australia
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An inquiry has been launched into the markets for the supply of digital advertising services in Australia. Shane Barber and Megan Edwards discuss the facts leading up to the launch, the scope of the inquiry and what ...

06 July 2020
Australian Media Reform Report
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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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...