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Aabeed Adullatief, a Fairbridges Attorneys director, examines five legal lessons from production disputes (Image source: © 123rf )

What most filmmakers overlook: 5 lessons to avoid a production dispute

By Aabeed Adullatief 28 Aug 2026

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Meta agrees to pay R287bn in child safety settlement

27 Aug 2026

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Samro calls for continued balanced copyright reform following Constitutional Court ruling

Samro calls for continued balanced copyright reform following Constitutional Court ruling

SAMRO 8 Jul 2026

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Cape Town updates events by-law to ease approvals

17 Jun 2026

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ARB ruling | L'Oréal wins round 2 in dermatologist recommendation battle

Karabo Ledwaba 4 Jun 2026

Talor Swift for her Life of a showgirl album. Source: TAS Rights Management.

Taylor Swift faces trademark battle over The Life of a Showgirl

29 May 2026

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ARB clears Wildebeest Brandewyn ad accused of promoting binge drinking

Karabo Ledwaba 21 May 2026

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#CannesLions2026: Ad law and self-regulation summit debuts at Cannes Lions

15 May 2026

Africa’s music industry confronts licensing and copyright gaps

Africa’s music industry confronts licensing and copyright gaps

8 Apr 2026

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Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout

Rob Nicholls 26 Mar 2026

Podcast with MacG is widely popular in South Africa with hundreds of thousands of views per episode. Source: YouTube.

Government takes baby steps to regulate podcast industry

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Mar 2026

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How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

Carolina Rossini 12 Mar 2026

Justice Ponnan has accepted the appointment as chairperson of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa’s (BCCSA) Appointment and Appeals Committee (AAC) (Image supplied)

Justice Ponnan appointment to uphold broadcasting integrity

6 Mar 2026

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South Africa's copyright revolution: New protections for digital creators

Millisanté de Wee-Petersen and Kallen Hoather-Murphy 26 Feb 2026

AI and defamation: Where does the responsibility lie?

AI and defamation: Where does the responsibility lie?

Dario Milo, Lia Wheeler 24 Feb 2026

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Could an alcohol ad encourage children to climb into washing machines?

Karabo Ledwaba 12 Feb 2026

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Tunisian journalist Chatha Belhaj Mubarak freed after sentence cut

Tarek Amara 15 Jan 2026

Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, is appealing a HPCSA ruling against her. Photo: “” by ().

SA doctor in the firing line for stand on Palestine

Joan van Dyk 19 Dec 2025

#BestofBiz 2025: Legal

#BestofBiz 2025: Legal

17 Dec 2025

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Matric results to be published in newspapers, media as usual: High Court rules

15 Dec 2025

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Reddit challenges Australia’s social media ban for children

12 Dec 2025

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Privacy vs defamation: Why it is vital to choose the correct cause of harm

Odwa Abraham and Lamiah Casoo 11 Dec 2025

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Unpacking ARB code changes affecting the advertising of alcohol brands on vehicles

Sarah Suleman 27 Oct 2025

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Liquor Amendment Bill moves to ban alcohol advertising

Sabrina de Freitas and Juliet Killick 2 Oct 2025

Capitec launches client-led ‘Bank on better’ campaign

Capitec launches client-led ‘Bank on better’ campaign

Capitec 1 Oct 2025

Thabo Leshilo is the new public advocate. Source: PCSA.

Thabo Leshilo named Press Council's public advocate

30 Sep 2025

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Court rejects Bester, Magudumana’s bid to block Netflix doccie

12 Sep 2025

African Law Firm of the Year – Webber Wentzel

Winners of the 2025 African Legal Awards

Shan Radcliffe 8 Sep 2025

Julius Malema took Kenny Kunene to court, accusing Kunene of hate speech. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Kunene committed hate speech by calling Malema a cockroach, court rules

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 7 Aug 2025

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