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As calls for greater equality in women's professional football ramp up, awareness is growing of the need to support players who decide to...

Sold-Out Jerseys, Record Attendance and Viewership Figures and $1.32 Billion of Economic Impact: The Legacy of the FIFA Women’s World Cup...

Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial was of substantial public interest in Australia late last year, with thousands of viewers accessing the...

This article is the first in our new ‘Women’s Sport Series’, shining a light on the opportunities and challenges faced by the wider sport...

Richard Bush, a partner in Bird & Bird’s international sports group, and Tom Macken, a senior associate in Bird & Bird’s Sydney office,...

Last week the new Labor Government released a consultation paper to initiate their review of the anti-siphoning scheme in Australia. Many...

On 12 August 2022, the Meeting of Attorneys-General (MAG) released options for statutory reform of Australia’s defamation laws to deal...

On 18 May 2022, the Federal Court of Australia dismissed an appeal by online ticket reseller, viagogo AG, against the Federal Court’s...

In February 2022, the Supreme Court of New South Wales became the first Australian superior Court to consider the Australian ‘serious...

A recent decision of the District Court of New South Wales is one of the first cases where an Australian Court has considered the...

Changes to Australian laws proposed on 25 October 2021 will have a significant effect on media, social media and online businesses who...

On 8 September 2021, Australia’s High Court dismissed an appeal by three Australian media organisations, finding that they were the...

A number of high profile media and entertainment businesses have been the victims of ransomware attacks in recent years. In Australia, a...

On 9 July 2021, the Federal Court of Australia overturned a decision to award a stay based on an exclusive jurisdiction/choice of forum...

On 1 July 2021, new defamation laws come into effect in New South Wales (NSW), Victoria, South Australia and Queensland (QLD). These are...

In May 2021, Rugby Australia announced its bid, supported by the Commonwealth Government, to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup. This...