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Universal Music are not gonna take it anymore!
28 May 2021 | Insurance & Health LawClive Palmer has been ordered to pay $1,500,000.00 in copyright infringement damages to Universal Music Publishing, following his attempt to modify Twisted Sisters hit song “We’re Not Gonna Take It” to boost the United Australia Party’s 2019 election campaign.
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The continuing evolution of defamation law in Victoria
30 November 2020 | Insurance & Health LawFor some time now, defamation legislation has been a hotly debated area in the wake of numerous high profile claims and the increasingly widespread use of social and electronic communications. This prompted a review in July 2020 which resulted in the...
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‘Trump -v- Twitter’ and implications related to commercial social media use in Australia
2 June 2020 | Insurance & Health LawAs the ‘Trump -v- Twitter’ saga unfolds, a spotlight has been shone on the legalities of social media and, in particular, the adequacy of current legislation in our constantly evolving digital world. Broadly speaking, the saga concerns certain...
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Insurance broker ordered to pay client’s copyright infringement settlement with Microsoft after failing to advise of potential risk
13 March 2020 | Insurance & Health LawOnline retailer PC Case Gear has been awarded damages from its former insurance broker, Instrat Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd. The Federal Court held that a reasonably competent insurance broker would have discerned a risk of copyright infringement from the...
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Ongoing focus on corruption risk in Victorian Local Government
24 October 2019 | Insurance & Health LawIn September 2019 Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) released a special report into local government procurement and corruption risk (Special Report).[1] The Special Report is notable given the wider context of...
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