Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Kevin Lynch, Partner, Johnson Winter & Slattery; Best Lawyers 2022, Defamation and Media Law
Advertising, ACCC Investigations and Media Implications
Businesses are forever evolving in the way they do business, and most critically in the way they advertise. With that, the regulatory parameters for investigations are quickly evolving and interfacing with the media world.
This session will explore
- How competition and consumer law issues escalate when the ACCC investigates advertising practices
- How media companies (and individual directors) can become implicated in ACCC and other investigations
- Strategies to manage these legal risks
- Practical tips to best advise and support media companies before and during investigations
Presented by Suzanne Howari, Senior Associate, Brown Wright Stein Lawyers: Risk & Governance Specialist, Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia
Presenters
Suzanne Howari, Senior Associate, Brown Wright Stein Lawyers
Suzanne Howari is a highly regarded corporate and commercial lawyer specialising in regulatory enforcement and investigations (including ASIC, ACCC and ASX investigations), legal risk management, governance, corporate and commercial law and competition and consumer law. Suzanne holds a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney with particular focus on corporate and commercial law, and a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney. Suzanne is a recognised Risk and Governance Professional and a Fellow Member of the Governance Institute of Australia, and has been awarded the Certificate in Governance & Risk Management from the Governance Institute of Australia. In her practice, Suzanne leads highly complex regulatory investigations and develops risk management frameworks for her clients to reduce their exposure to legal risks and cultivate a culture of compliance. Noting her unique skills and extensive experience, Suzanne has been distinguished in the 2024 Women in Law Awards as a 'Thought Leader' for her work in regulatory investigations and legal risk management. As a trusted advisor to business leaders and their teams, Suzanne works closely with her clients and their professional advisors to formulate effective strategies and comprehensive solutions to achieve their objectives while managing their risks.
Kevin Lynch, Partner, Johnson Winter & Slattery
Kevin has over twenty years’ experience in advising media and technology companies in relation to defamation, contempt, privacy, legislative restrictions, broadcast regulation, copyright, contractual matters and trade practices. With the JWS team Kevin provides dedicated defamation and pre-publication advice to prominent online, radio and television clients, including multinational media distributors and publishers. The 2020 edition of the Asia Pacific Legal 500 lists Kevin listed as a leading individual in media and entertainment where he is described as “a valued adviser, bringing exceptional experience, grounded assessment of claims and commercially-based advice across a range of specialised areas”. Chambers and Partners ranks Kevin as a notable practitioner – “an experienced and extremely capable lawyer who takes a very commercial approach to his matters”.
