News Corp Australia
In-Person Event |
at Thomson Geer Offices
Level 29, Central Park Tower,
152-158 St Georges Terrace,
Perth WA 6000
Overview (Program Summary)
A program hosted by:
ACC Australia
The legal and operational risks around copyright are becoming more complex as enterprise systems evolve and AI enters the workplace. For in-house teams, ensuring compliance while enabling innovation and efficiency is a constant balancing act.
In this session, Marlia Saunders, Partner at Thomson Geer will explore how copyright issues arise in staff workflows and organisational systems, highlight the additional challenges AI creates, and provide practical guidance for in-house counsel navigating this shifting landscape.
Speakers
Marlia Saunders, Partner, Media Thomson Geer
Marlia is an experienced media/entertainment, intellectual property and privacy lawyer who has extensive top-tier law firm expertise and a unique client perspective after working as a senior in-house lawyer for many years.
She has been a partner at Thomson Geer for four years, was the Senior Litigation Counsel at News Corp Australia for four years, and previously worked at a top-tier international firm for 13 years. She regularly acts for and advises most of Australia’s major media organisations, social media and streaming platforms, large corporates and government bodies.
Marlia specialises in defamation, copyright, contempt of court, suppression orders, freedom of information and court access applications, confidential information claims, prepublication advice, consumer law and privacy matters. She has acted in a large number of high profile media and intellectual property disputes; advised on sponsorship, production and licensing deals; and given pre-publication advice in relation to newspaper and online articles, television programs, podcasts, films, books and marketing/advertising materials
Highly respected in the industry, Marlia is ranked by international legal directory Chambers and Partners Band 2 for Media Law.
Notes
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