2/2/2026 11:23:08 AM Beckham v Beckham: When Instagram Stories Produce Legal Worries (and Chart Toppers) By Phil Sherrell Tom Moore Sonny Slinger Brooklyn Peltz Beckham's recent Instagram stories have thrust private family matters into the public sphere, making allegations about his...
11/6/2025 11:47:55 AM Physical vs Digital Infringements of Moral Rights in Spain: The Territorial Limits of Jurisdiction By Sorin Vilceanu Introduction On 26 February 2025, the Spanish Supreme Court issued the Judgment No. 310/2025 (the “Judgment”), addressing the...
7/1/2025 11:41:22 AM The State of the Nation – Ofcom Consults on Impartiality in News By Henry Sealy Richard McMorris In February the High Court sided with GB News in a judicial review, brought by the challenger broadcaster following decisions from Ofcom...
12/6/2024 4:13:42 PM Modernising the UK Media Mergers Regime By Saskia King Alienor Troletti The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a consultation into proposed changes to the media mergers regime. These...
2/27/2024 9:50:00 AM ICO’s Press Play: navigating journalism and data protection By Cat Hughes Laura Gray After several drafts and amendments, on February 1 2024, the ICO’s Data Protection and Journalism Code of Practice has finally been...
7/12/2023 9:16:00 PM Better data from metadata in the UK music industry? A look behind the streams By Naji Tilley On 31 May 2023, the UK Intellectual Property office (UK IPO) published the “UK Industry Agreement on Music Streaming Metadata”. The...
6/14/2023 8:10:00 AM Hay v Cresswell: public interest defence succeeds for the first time in a #MeToo case By Tom Moore A sexual assault victim has successfully defended a libel claim brought by the perpetrator, relying both on the defence of truth and,...
6/13/2023 8:22:00 AM Hand Built by Robots: AI-generated music is on the rise By Dan Breen Toby Bond The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is causing concern among various music industry stakeholders. In the...
6/8/2023 8:53:00 AM Plot twist: Rebekah Vardy registers trade mark ”WAGATHA CHRISTIE” after losing libel case By Freddie Eastwell The phrase “Wagatha Christie”, claimed to have been coined by Dan Atkinson in a viral tweet sent back in 2019, has been a buzzword in the...
5/11/2023 1:58:00 PM Misuse of private information: Stoute v News Group Newspapers gives a refresh on the law around photographs taken in public places By Laura Gray Laura Gray looks at key aspects of the judgment and its consideration of a return date and expectations of privacy. Factual Background At...
1/6/2023 9:58:00 AM A fake interview with a politician does not violate her personal rights; an update from the German Regional Court By Roman Brtka, LL.M. The Regional Court of Hamburg addressed the question in August last year as to whether a fake interview with a German politician violates...
5/26/2022 4:48:00 PM Serious harm considered again in Newman v Whittington [2022] NSWSC 249 By Bird & Bird In February 2022, the Supreme Court of New South Wales became the first Australian superior Court to consider the Australian ‘serious...
11/30/2021 4:48:00 PM Better late than never: Spain transposes Directives on copyright and related rights By David Fuentes In order to comply with the transposition obligation – yet with 5 months of delay and with a result that seems to be (at least)...
6/30/2021 9:20:00 PM New Copyright Legislation in the EU – Towards a New Media and Tech Landscape? By MediaWrites Editorial 7 June 2021 was the date by which Member States were required to implement the EU’s DSM Directive, an ambitious effort aimed at...
2/24/2021 7:40:00 PM Public Consultation on draft Singapore Copyright Bill (Ends 1 April 2021) By Pin-Ping Oh Alban Kang Alban Kang and Pin-Ping Oh explain the key proposals and implications on the latest public consultation on the draft Singapore Copyright...
12/16/2020 8:32:00 PM Aven & Others v Orbis: Defamation meets Data Protection By Bryony Hurst Bryony Hurst and Theo Rees-Bidder from our Dispute Resolution team look back at this summer’s judgment on the novel data protection...