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Sports Wearables: A Look At The Commercial And Legal Issues Behind Australian Open Ban

Top tennis players, including Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, were recently asked to remove fitness trackers before their Australian Open matches, drawing attention to the increasingly complex relationship...

Australia Media & IT

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Withers LLP

International Tennis Integrity Agency v Jannik Sinner: Tennis anti-doping and integrity issues in the spotlight as the Australian Open 2025 kicks off

The Sinner case is not the first time that anti-doping/integrity issues in tennis have been in the spotlight.

Australia Media & IT

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Carroll & O'Dea

Ace! Are Tennis Avatars A Smashing Way Of Exploiting Rights Restrictions?

With the 2025 Australian Open in full flow, viewers of the tournament's YouTube channel will have noticed a peculiar quirk of the live match streams hosted online.

Australia Media & IT

WL

Withers LLP

The Olympics Will Turn Brisbane Into A 24-Hour City That (Almost) Never Sleeps

Sick of Brisbane being dubbed the sleepy city? The proposal for 24/3 precinct operating hours will make this a thing of the past. Queensland Premier Steven Miles has announced AU$1.6 million in funding...

Australia Real Estate

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K&L Gates LLP

Enhancing The Integrity Of Australian Sport: Should A Commonwealth Match-Fixing Offence And Anti-Money Laundering Controls Be Implemented?

Australia Media & IT

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

How sporting clubs can protect their members from sexual abuse

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Abuse compensation due to negligence of sporting associations

Australia Litigation

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Workplace lessons from the pitch: how innovation in the workplace can challenge our preconception and biases

Australia Employment

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Kennedys

Patents that missed selection for the 2023 Rugby World Cup

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Spruson & Ferguson

Football, sporting injuries & claiming for compensation through your superannuation's TPD insurance cover

Australia Insurance

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Carroll & O'Dea

A sporting chance for prison inmates: The importance of sport in prison

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

eSports and copyright – It's in the game

BP

Bartier Perry

Are slap fighting tournaments legal in NSW?

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Data and sport - big data means big privacy protections

Australia Privacy

BP

Bartier Perry

Employment Relations Podcast #46 – Safety In The Workplace: Drug And Alcohol Testing And Policies

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Not every professional error leads to liability

Australia Litigation

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Barry Nilsson

Contract Repudiation: What Exactly Is It?

Australia Commercial

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Stonegate Legal

Essential ESG: Episode 25 – Operating Responsibly In Conflict-affected Areas: The Role Of Grievance Mechanisms

Australia Commercial

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Michael Byrnes discusses the Westpac WFH case on 2SM with Tim Webster

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Essential ESG: Episode 7 – The human rights impacts of mega sporting events

Episode 7 discusses the increasing pressure to manage the complex human rights impacts of mega sporting events.

Australia Media & IT

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Liability of sporting clubs and associations in claims of harassment, sexual abuse, hazing or bullying

Sporting clubs and/or associations have a duty to ensure that systems are in place to handle any complaints from members.

Australia Commercial

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Carroll & O'Dea

Cheating at gambling offences and laws in NSW

In New South Wales, it is an offence to engage in conduct that corrupts the betting outcome of an event.

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

How Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka almost got away

He was scheduled to fly out of the country when police officers arrived to charge him with sexual assault.

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Mega sporting events: integrating a human rights approach to planning, procurement and delivery

Australia Government

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Sports Law Update: Sally James v USM Events Pty Ltd [2022] QSC 63

Australia Media & IT

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1 Chancery Lane

Build it and they will come: the keys to developing successful sporting infrastructure

Australia Real Estate

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Public liability claims for sporting activities

Australia Litigation

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Polaris Lawyers

Footage shows police officer punching NRL star

Australia Criminal

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Astor Legal

Pitch invasion penalties and life bans for streaking in New South Wales

Australia Media & IT

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

AFL player Andrew Lovett in jail for domestic violence charges

Australia Criminal

AL

Astor Legal

An interesting way to start the year - Immigration, vaccination and the Australian Open

Australia Immigration

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Gilton Valeo Lawyers

Game, Set, Match! The Djokovic legal saga explained

Australia Coronavirus

HR

Holding Redlich

Boycott Beijing Sportswashing: An interview with Australia Tibet Council (ATC) executive officer, Dr Zoe Bedford

Australia Government

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

AFL player Andrew Lovett in jail for domestic violence charges

The penalty for a domestic violence offence can range from a fine to a term of imprisonment.

Australia Criminal

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Astor Legal

An interesting way to start the year - Immigration, vaccination and the Australian Open

The Immigration Minister used his personal powers under s 133C of the Migration Act to cancel Djokovic's visa.

Australia Immigration

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Gilton Valeo Lawyers

Game, Set, Match! The Djokovic legal saga explained

It was the first time since 1999 that neither Federer nor Djokovic played in the main draw of the Australian Open.

Australia Coronavirus

HR

Holding Redlich

Boycott Beijing Sportswashing: An interview with Australia Tibet Council (ATC) executive officer, Dr Zoe Bedford

Holding the winter Olympics at Beijing is claimed to be diverting the world's attention from China's human rights abuses.

Australia Government

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

COVID-19 Update – Vaccination and Immigration: Djokovic v Minister for Home Affairs

Australia Coronavirus

BP

Bartier Perry

Sports stars and drug cheats – changes to World Anti-Doping Code for Substances of Abuse

From 1 January 2021, professional athletes who test positive to substances of abuse face a maximum ban of three months.

Australia Healthcare

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Kells

Jarryd Hayne to serve his prison sentence at Cooma Correctional Centre

Cooma is a minimum and medium-security facility with high-profile businessmen, politicians and police officers as inmates.

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Michael Byrnes discusses employment law issues relating to possible return to rugby league for Israel Folau, on 4BC with Scott Emerson on 21 May 2021

Controversial league player Israel Folau is hoping to return to the sport of rugby league to get back into the game.

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Jack de Belin not guilty of one count of sexual assault, Hung jury on remaining counts

For state offences, a NSW court can allow for ‘majority verdicts' in criminal trials when juries are unable to agree.

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Rugby league player charged with common assault of security guards in NSW

Australia Criminal

AL

Astor Legal

Criminal lawyer explains why Jarryd Hayne was found guilty of sexual assault

Australia Criminal

AL

Astor Legal

Criminal lawyer explains why jury was discharged in sexual assault trial of NRL player Jack de Belin

Australia Criminal

AL

Astor Legal

Game-changer to local cricket as new team launches

Australia Media & IT

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Travis Schultz & Partners

The offence of intimidating a police officer in New South Wales, and NRL offences

Australia Criminal

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Criminal lawyer explains why NRL star Sam Burgess was found guilty, with AVO

Australia Criminal

AL

Astor Legal

International table tennis match fixing scandal exposed

Australia Criminal

AL

Astor Legal

2021 World Anti-Doping Code: Key changes and impact from an athletes perspective

Australia Media & IT

HR

Holding Redlich

AFL: Assumption Fail legality - A discrimination danger for employers

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Certain sports supplements to be regulated as medicines under the therapeutic goods regulatory regime from November 2020

Australia Healthcare

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McCullough Robertson

When game on becomes games off: Cancellation of sporting contracts because of COVID-19

Australia Commercial

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Moulis Legal

What a Greg Inglis try assist can teach us about legislative interpretation

Australia Litigation

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Turning a blind eye – How an unsupervised school soccer game almost cost $500,000

Australia Consumer

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Cooper Grace Ward

Exercise caution or pay the price for injuries

Australia Litigation

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Travis Schultz & Partners

KordaMentha Partners discuss the role of voluntary administrations in the Sports Industry on ABC Radio

Australia Media & IT

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KordaMentha

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McCullough Robertson

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