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Nicholls Legal has acted for or against organizations from a wide range of sectors, including the following. |
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Telecommunications: 1300 Words, Agile/Internode, AAPT, Access Economics, ACIF, Activ Australia, APN, Asia Pacific Telecommunications, Australian Phoneword Association, Bill Express, Chime/iiNet, Clever Communications, Community Telco Australia, Comindico, Competitive Carriers' Coalition Inc., FoxTel, Gibson Quai-AAS, Hotkey, Hutchison 3G Australia, INMS, Macquarie Telecom, MCI-Worldcom, NEC, One.Tel, Pacific Micromarketing, PhoneWare Communication Systems, PowerTel, Primus Telecom, Pulsat, Request Broadband, RSLCom, Radius Electronic Delivery, SingTel Optus, Skylink, Soul Telecom (SPTCom), Telarus/BroadbandDIRECT, Telstra, the TIO, TPG Internet, TransACT, Vodafone, Uecomm, Unirose/Cooee Telecom, Virtual Communities, WestNet and WorldxChange.
- E-commerce: bwired, Astound Creative Services, Baynet, Bill Express, IP Systems, LIST, Melbourne IT, Super Australia On-line, Veev Media, Virtual Communities and Websurf.
- Technology: Alliance Business Systems, Global Investments Fund, Gradient, GS1 Australia (EAN Australia), IP Systems, KUSP, Kyocera, Microsoft Corporation, NEC, OriginsInfo, Pacific Micromarketing, Radius Electronic Delivery, SIM Consulting, TotalTel International and Unirose.
- Retail: Bill Express, Bon Vivant!, Calibre 360, Fenton Stevens Group, Franchise Central, Gifts & House, House, I Do Wedding Magazine, Masquerade Wines, Puppy Phat and Westbury Office Supplies.
- Manufacturing: Complete Collision Group, GV Hydraulics, Lester Franks, Master Locksmiths Association of Australasia, Mortice & Tenon, NEC, Nidac Security, OBrien Brewing, Taubmans, TMF Engineering, Top Wings and Two Brothers Brewery.
- Professional organizations: SLAP Architects, Access Economics, Gibson Quai-AAS, N2N Communications, Third Skin Architects and Whitefield McQueen Architects.
- Government agencies and instrumentalities: ACMA (ACA), ACCC, Australian Building Codes Board, City of Melbourne, Council of Capital City Lord Mayors, Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts, Digital River, Fawkner Crematorium, Multimedia Victoria and South Australian Water Corporation.
- Educational and research institutions: Access Economics, Fenton Stevens Group, Swinburne Institute for Social Research and Women's Web.
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- Acting for the Victorian State Emergency Service in relation to the Royal Commission into the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires.
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Communications Regulatory |
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Providing the lead legal and regulatory advice to TransACT in relation to its (June 2009) submission to the Government in relation to regulatory issues regarding the NBN.
- Preparing the (June 2008) regulatory submissions in relation to the NBN on behalf of Acacia Australia and TransACT (two of the tenderers for the Government’s NBN tender).
- Providing the lead legal and regulatory advice to TransACT in relation to its formal tender for the NBN.
- Providing legal advice to industry organizations such as the Competitive Carriers’ Coalition, in relation to the NBN.
- Providing the lead external legal and regulatory advice to the Commonwealth Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts in relation to its review of telecommunications regulation in Australia, having regard to next generation networks.
- Acting for a number of defendants in Telstra's High Court challenge to the constitutional validity of telecommunications-specific provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
- Acting for the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission in preparing model non-price terms and conditions for access to core telecommunications services, pursuant to the Commissions obligations under section 152AQB of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
- Acting for a party in the Australian Competition Tribunal review of an access arbitration for PSTN services under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
- Acting for five interveners in the Australian Competition Tribunal review of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commissions decision to reject Telstra's proposed Unconditioned Local Loop Service access undertaking under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
- Acting for three interveners in the Australian Competition Tribunal review of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commissions decision to reject Telstra's proposed Line Sharing Service access undertaking under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
- Acting for three interveners in the Australian Competition Tribunal review of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commissions decision to reject Optus' proposed Mobile Terminating Access Service access undertaking under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
- Acting for three interveners in the Australian Competition Tribunal review of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commissions decision to reject Vodafone's proposed Mobile Terminating Access Service access undertaking under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
- Advising and obtaining advice from senior counsel in relation to claims of anti-competitive conduct pursuant to Part XIB of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
- Incorporating and providing regulatory advice to the Competitive Carriers Coalition, Inc.
- Providing legal advice and content for Digital River's Digital Building Telecommunications Access Guideline.
- Advising a major telecommunications equipment supplier in relation to emerging regulation of Voice over IP-capable devices.
- Providing an expert determination in relation to a freephone and local rate number portability dispute.
- Assisting in the preparation of a submission to the ACCC in relation to Telstra's pay TV third line forcing notifications.
- Acting for a number of parties in various access arbitrations under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), including in relation to PSTN, PSTN termination, GSM, LCS, LSS, ULLS and MTAS.
- Advising various clients in relation to obtaining telecommunications carrier licences and assisting in obtaining a trial certificate.
- Advising local government on undergrounding of telecommunications facilities.
- Advising in relation to the requirements for obtaining a broadcasting licence pursuant to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth).
- Assisting in the preparation of a submission to the ACCC in relation the ACCC's Dispute Resolution Guidelines.
- Providing advice in relation to securing access to the Integrated Public Number Database.
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- Advising a State water authority on contract provisions for a telecommunications tender.
- Acting for various building owners in relation to site access agreements for communications facility installation.
- Advising in relation to preparing and maintaining standard forms of agreement pursuant to Part 23 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth).
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- Acting for a technology supplier in relation to a shareholders' dispute.
- Preparation and negotiation of numerous technology development, licence, maintenance, supply and distribution, equipment rental and confidentiality agreements.
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- Defending a claim of trade mark infringement in relation to compatible printer cartridge toners.
- Acting for a firm of architects in relation to a copyright dispute concerning a property development for over 200 villas.
- Advising a firm of architects in relation to copyright issues.
- Advising in relation to a copyright dispute between co-authors.
- Advising in relation to intellectual property created during and post-employment.
- Advising numerous clients in relation to protection of ideas and new products.
- Advising an international personality in relation to defamation over the internet.
- Advising an industry group in relation to defamation (and related) risk minimization.
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