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Clients trust Addisons’ legal content clearance expertise to help them tell their stories and publish materials safely. Our advice is based on in-depth experience, combined with a clear understanding of clients’ commercial goals and risk profile.
Depending on clients’ needs, we work on urgent timelines to clear news and current affairs stories. We also provide longer analysis of projects such as documentaries, books and long form investigation work, including by providing sign off for insurers and funders. We review for risks relating to defamation, contempt, intellectual property and privacy issues, as well as for compliance with specific industry codes such as television broadcasting codes of practice, advertising codes of ethics, and gambling advertising regulations.
advised on In Films’ acclaimed documentaries Folau and The Whiteley Art Scandal, each for broadcast on the ABC, including providing legal clearance opinions for financing.
advised on compliance with defamation and related laws and requirements for authorisation (for political matter) and blackout periods for broadcast (for electoral matter at relevant times).
provide regular advice to Seven’s news and current affairs teams at 7News, Sunrise, The Morning Show, Spotlight and The Nightly.