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When Your Marketing Goes Viral for All the Wrong Reasons with lawyer Emily Lucas

When Your Marketing Goes Viral for All the Wrong Reasons with lawyer Emily Lucas

Season 1 Episode 7 Published 1 week ago
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Did you know that your AI generated content could find you in hot water?

Emily Lucas, is a marketing, franchising and commercial lawyer who has seen first hand how businesses create campaigns with good intentions that end up going viral for all the wrong reasons. 

This episode could save you from Court, a cease and desist letter, or your Google rating plummeting from bad reviews overnight. 


Key moments:

00:00 Why your marketing can land you in legal trouble without you even realising it

04:00 How one TikTok wiped out a 4.9/5 Google rating overnight and turned into real life threats

06:00 This business thought their giveaway was harmless, until it ended up in a discrimination claim

09:30 The franchising Code of Conduct changed in 2026. This is what you need to know

19:00 Why you cannot leave your annual financial statements to the last minute and what it will cost you

25:30What you need to check BEFORE you use AI in your next marketing campaign 

29:00 Why AI created branding (fonts, colours, logos) could already belong to someone else… and r and what to do if you receive a cease and desist letter.

35:00 The rules around running competitions and giveaways that most brands are not aware of

43:00 Why Emily googling herself, led to building a personal brand and taking ownership of her own narrative

50:00 What 510K views taught Emily, and why she thinks it’s important for you to get legal approval before you post


If you want to learn more about or connect with Emily you can find Emily on LinkedIn or https://hwlebsworth.com.au/people/emily-lucas/


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