A group that wanted to described a Tennessee state representative as “literally Hitler” in a leaflet has mounted a successful First Amendment challenge to a law that blocked false speech, including satire, against candidates in campaign literature.
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The Trinity Legal Term ended on Friday 31 July 2020 and the summer legal vacation will last for 2 calendar months, with the Michaelmas term beginning on Thursday 1 October 2020. Continue reading
This is the seventh instalment in a regular series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering. Continue reading
The Trinity Legal Term will end on Friday 31 July 2020. The summer legal vacation will last for 2 calendar months, with the Michaelmas term beginning on Thursday 1 October 2020. Continue reading
The trial of the year, Depp v News Group Newspapers, continued before Nicol J on Monday 13 July 2020 with more sensational evidence from Mr Depp’s witnesses. We had posts about the hearing on Days 5 & 6, and a post about Days 7 & 8. Continue reading
The most high profile media law case of the year, Depp v News Group Newspapers, began before Nicol J on Tuesday 7 July 2020. We had a post dealing with some of the evidence given in the first week. Continue reading
On 2 July 2020 Nicol J granted Johnny Depp relief from sanctions following a failure to comply with disclosure obligations (see [2020] EWHC 1734 (QB)). There was a report of the decision in the Press Gazette. Continue reading
The Attorney General’s office has been monitoring media coverage of the suspected terror attack in Reading over contempt of court concerns as it issued a warning over requirements under the Contempt of Court Act 1981. It is a contempt to publish any information that could create a substantial risk that the course of justice in proceedings could be seriously impeded or prejudiced. Continue reading
In Sube & Anor v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Anor (Rev 1) [2020] EWHC 1125 (QB) the High Court emphatically rejected a claim for harassment against media organisations. The case highlights the difficulties faced by claimants in harassment proceedings against media organisations, as it must be found that the conduct by the media organisation constituted a conscious or negligent abuse of media freedom. This will, unsurprisingly, be difficult to prove in most cases. Continue reading
Recent political elections and campaigns on the one hand, and the current Covid-19 crisis on the other, have signalled that the general public, both in the UK and beyond, needs digital literacy to navigate the complex information environment in which we live. Continue reading
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