Commercial

As AI smart glasses become increasingly common, they deliver significant accessibility benefits while raising concerns about privacy, covert recording, harassment, surveillance, and data use. Legal experts and regulators are examining whether existing laws adequately protect individuals from misuse.

Australia is set to strengthen its response to modern slavery, introducing tougher penalties for companies that fail to address exploitation in their supply chains. The proposed reforms align with international developments and aim to improve accountability, transparency and protections for vulnerable workers worldwide.

Child exploitation has become a commercial ecosystem sustained by digital payments, online platforms and regulatory blind spots. In Australia, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing regime is designed to disrupt the financial flows that enable exploitation. Yet recent supervisory actions and reporting gaps suggest that some payment providers are failing to meet their obligations.

Your shareholders agreement was drafted to handle competitors, departing co-founders, and majority exits. It probably wasn’t drafted to handle family law. Here’s what business owners and co-founders need to know before that gap becomes a problem.

As the Matildas prepare to contest an AFC Cup final, their rise reflects more than sporting success. It signals a profound shift in the economics of modern sport. Yet while their commercial value has surged, the legal frameworks governing pay, ownership, and access remain tethered to an earlier era. The result is a growing misalignment between what the game has become and how it is regulated.

As Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is rolled out through X, regulators are once again forced too confront unresoled questions about platform responsibility, AI-generated misinformation, and legal accountability.

Paramaount’s standoff with Netflix as they attempt a billion dollar acqusition highlights the growing risks in the streaming sector around competition law.

As the NRL moves to block the R360 competition with ten-year bans, the legal contest over restraint of trade and competition law highlights a global trend — the growing commercialisation of sport and the struggle for control over players, profits, and power.

AC Milan’s Serie A match in Perth exemplifies football’s globalisation, raising complex legal, regulatory, and fairness issues. The event challenges traditional league boundaries, impacting jurisdiction, player welfare, broadcasting rights, and fan engagement in an evolving global sports landscape.