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High Court Hands Privacy Victory to Meghan Markle in Battle with Mail on Sunday
Julian DarrallMr Justice Warby gave summary judgment against Associated Newspapers in respect of the privacy claim, and on the issues of subsistence and infringement of copyright, concluding in each case that there was no realistic prospect of ANL successfully defending those issues at trial.
Easier Said than Done? Recent Developments in Ontario’s Anti-SLAPP Law
Iris Fischer, Kaley Pulfer and Justin ManorykAfter several years of uncertainty around the interpretation and application of Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation, the past six months have brought a number of important developments.
Contempt and Suppression Down Under
Peter BartlettWhen the third most powerful man in the Vatican was convicted of molesting two choirboys by an Australian jury in December 2018, media companies scrambled worldwide. Yet in Australia, there was media silence on specific details of the case.
Exporting the Sullivan Case…to Belgium
Richard WinfieldAn amicus curiae brief invites the European Court to consider how the U.S. Supreme Court resolved an issue as to whether a public official who is neither named nor identified in public criticism of government has standing in litigation to punish the authors of the criticism.
UK Court Denies U.S. Request to Extradite Julian Assange
Raymond M. BaldinoAccording to UK experts, the United States faces an uphill battle on appeal because the Court’s findings of fact regarding Assange’s mental health are unlikely to be reversed.
Link Liability – An EU/US Comparison and Guide
Edward Klaris & Alexia BedatGenerally, in the United States, the act of linking to material that is either copyrighted or defamatory does not, on its own, carry liability. In Europe, however, the analysis has recently become significantly more complex.