ArticleIs Poker A Game Of Chance? The Australian PositionThe recent case of Police v Jones, Police v Ravesi [2008] SAMC 62 confirms that poker involves skill and is not merely a game of chance. AustraliaMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentAddisons
ArticleRecent Amendments to the ASX Listing Rules – How Much Can Small and Mid Cap Companies Raise Without Shareholder Approval? … and What Does it Now Take to Become an ASX Listed Company?New ASX Listing Rules include additional placement capacity for small and mid cap companies and new admissions tests.AustraliaFinance and BankingAddisons
ArticleOnline Gaming - Australian Productivity Commission Final Report on Gambling (June 2010)On 23 June 2010, the Productivity Commission (Commission) released its Final Report on Gambling. The Report represents a significant milestone in Australian gambling regulation and follows on from the Draft Report the Commission published in October 2009. AustraliaMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentAddisons
ArticleAustralia's new privacy laws take effect: the OAIC releases draft privacy regulatory action policyCompanies must take genuine and reasonable steps, in an attempt to comply with the new obligations set out in the APPs.AustraliaPrivacyAddisons
ArticleSenate report recommends privacy reform: Cookies - Behavioural Advertising - Do-Not-Track: How might these reforms affect your Company's website?If these recommendations are adopted, companies may have to revise their privacy policies and modify their IT practices.AustraliaPrivacyAddisons
ArticleoOh - ouch! Control Transactions and Option AgreementsA recent Takeovers Panel decision highlights that market disclosure may still be required.AustraliaCorporate/Commercial LawAddisons
ArticleAustralia - Privacy Reform - Cookies - Behavioural Advertising - Do-Not-Track - How might these reforms affect your Company's website?The Senate Committee Report may have significant implications for companies. AustraliaPrivacyAddisons
ArticleThe High Court Google Search Result: Google is not liable for Misleading or Deceptive Sponsored LinksThe High Court has unanimously allowed an appeal brought by Google against a decision of the Federal Court. AustraliaConsumer ProtectionAddisons
ArticleRibena - A Sure Recipe For Deception!Early last year, GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"), the manufacturer and supplier of Ribena, the popular blackcurrant fruit drink, was fined NZ$227,500 and ordered by the Auckland District Court to run a corrective advertising campaign. AustraliaMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentAddisons
Article"Remote" Gambling: Cloud Computing and Online Gambling OperatorsOutsourcing computing resources to the cloud can bring some serious risks for online gambling operators. AustraliaStrategyAddisons
Article'The Paperless Office' - How Much Paper is Enough for Your Company?The trend for company record-keeping obligations in Australia is that electronic records are as good as paper records.AustraliaCorporate/Commercial LawAddisons
Article‘Till death do us part’: terminating perpetual contractsThis article examines whether a general law right to terminate an agreement can be implied into a "perpetual contract",.AustraliaCorporate/Commercial LawAddisons
ArticleImplied Duty of Good Faith in Commercial ContractsThis article examines an aspect of the law on good faith - when a requirement of good faith is implied into a contract.AustraliaCorporate/Commercial LawAddisons
ArticleLaying Your Cards on the Table – Equity Derivative Positions in Australia Exposed by Crown and Echo EntertainmentThe issue of disclosure to the market of interests held by equity derivatives was discussed in the the Crown-Echo case.AustraliaFinance and BankingAddisons
ArticleRaising the bar - new financial requirements for responsible entitiesASIC releases details of new financial requirements for responsible entities of registered managed investment schemes.AustraliaFinance and BankingAddisons
ArticleAustralia - Copyright In Databases/Compilations – The Ice Case – Is Any Use Of Information In A Database Subject To Copyright Permitted?In May 2008, the Full Federal Court of Australia upheld an appeal by Nine Network Australia Pty Limited ("<strong>Nine</strong>"), finding that Ice Pty Limited ("Ice") had infringed the copyright in Nine's television program schedules.AustraliaIntellectual PropertyAddisons
ArticleCopyright In Databases/Compilations – The Ice CaseOn 22 April 2009, the High Court of Australia allowed an appeal by IceTV Pty Limited (“IceTV”), finding that there was no infringement by IceTV of copyright held by Nine Network Australia Pty Limited (“Nine”) in its television program schedules. AustraliaIntellectual PropertyAddisons
Article4 Million Viewers But No Gambling Licence!? Why One of the UK's Favourite Game Shows Has Come Under the Glare of Gambling Regulators (and Why its Australian Counterpart Has Not)The UK Gambling Commission is investigating Deal or No Deal and Red or Black, to see if they need a gambling licence.GlobalMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentAddisons
ArticleDrinks And Marks: Both Get Stronger By The Years!!In the case of Radico Khaitan Ltd vs. M/s. Devans Modern Breweries Ltd., Radico Khaitan Ltd. ("Radico") filed a suit seeking permanent injunction against Devans Modern Breweries Ltd.IndiaIntellectual PropertyR. K. Dewan & Co
ArticleConvergence Review: Delivering Single Platform Simplicity or Simply More Regulation Under a Different Name? - Summary of the Final Report of the Convergence Review CommitteeOn 30 April 2012, The Australian Government publicly released the Final Report of the Convergence Review.AustraliaMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentAddisons