Inforrm reported on a large number of defamation cases from around the world in 2020. Following my widely read posts on 2017, 2018 and 2019 defamation cases, this is my personal selection of the most legally and factually interesting cases from England, Australia, Canada, Scotland and Ireland, from the past year. Continue reading
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Inforrm covered a wide range of data protection and privacy cases in 2020. Following the widely read posts in 2018 and 2019 here is my selection of most notable privacy and data protection cases from 2020: Continue reading
The GDPR came into force on 25 May 2018. These fines can be up to €10 million or in the case of an undertaking, up to 2 % of the total worldwide annual turnover of the preceding financial year whichever is the higher. Continue reading
This is the elventh 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
On 7 November 2020 Joe Biden won the US Presidential election, alongside his running mate Kamala Harris, with 290 electoral college votes to President Trump’s 232. US media outlets concluded that Biden will win the election with 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. The Associated Press provided an explainer on the media’s role in calling the races in US elections. Continue reading
This is the tenth 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
It is with much sadness that we note the passing of Supreme Court of the Unites States Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who passed away on 18 September 2020. The Supreme Court of the United States released a statement in the wake of her death. Ginsberg was 87 and was a feminist icon on the Court. Her passing drew obituaries from US media far and wide; from the New York Times, CNBC News, The New Yorker and The Economist among others. Continue reading
This is the ninth 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 US Department of Justice has taken action to protect President Trump from defamation allegations arising out of his denial of allegations from columnist E Lean Carroll that he raped her. Continue reading
This is the eighth instalment in a regular new 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
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