http://www.olswang.com/ Olswang Solicitors - Legal News in the Technology, Media, Telecommunications and Real Estate Sectors Olswang, 90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6XX. Tel +44 (0)20 7067 3000 Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) http://www.olswang.com/images/logo_h.gif http://www.olswang.com/ 13 January 2010 - The European Court of Human Rights recently gave judgment in the Interbrew case: Financial Times Ltd & Ors v UK (Application no. 821/03). In summary, the ECHR held unanimously that an order requiring various media organisations to disclose original leaked documents which might have led to the revelation of a journalistic source constituted an unjustified interference with Article 10 ECHR (the right to freedom of expression). http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=2869 2010-01-13 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 25 November 2009 - Users of the Apple iPhone are among the heaviest users of digital content and are also more willing than any other consumer to pay for a wide range of types of content, according to findings in this year's Olswang Convergence Survey, published today http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=2776 2009-11-25 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 17 November 2009 - Olswang LLP has been successful in a significant judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal on 6 November 2009 http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=2772 2009-11-17 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 26 August 2009 - Mr Justice Eady, of the England & Wales High Court, holds that Google is a facilitator rather than a publisher of content, so cannot be held liable for defamatory content, even when notice is given. http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=2682 2009-08-26 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 06 March 2009 - The High Court has confirmed that in libel cases the fact that the defamatory material was available to be read online is not sufficient to infer publication; evidence from which to infer that the material was downloaded and read is required. http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=2672 2009-08-03 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 03 September 2008 - Mathew Firsht and Applause Store Productions Limited were recently awarded #22,000 for libel and breach of privacy in relation to a fake personal profile and group on Facebook (<i>Applause Store Productions Limited and Firsht v Raphael [2008] EWHC 1781 (QB)</i>). http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=2337 2008-09-03 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 24 July 2008 - <i>First libel and privacy case relating to a Facebook user to reach trial in the UK</i><br> Applause Store Productions Limited and its Managing Director, Mathew Firsht, were today awarded #22,000 in the High Court for libel and breach of privacy relating to false allegations and private information on a fake profile and group on Facebook. http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=2242 2008-07-24 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 31 March 2008 - The apparent deliberate circulation of false rumours about HBOS, which caused a temporary slump in the bank's share price, has caused such concern that Alistair Darling, the chancellor, has proposed a new immunity for whistleblowers who can identify those responsible for market abuse. The Financial Services Authority is said to be conducting an investigation into the rumours and also into reports that a UK hedge fund had a concerted policy of influencing share prices by sowing false allegations in the market. http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=2121 2008-03-31 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 12 February 2008 - Olswang has been named TMT Team of the Year 2008 at the annual Legal Business Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 7 February. http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=671 2008-02-12 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 06 February 2008 - Acting for the Financial Times, The Guardian and The Times, Olswang's Media Litigation Group has triumphed in an important decision in the High Court, which will allow the public and the media automatic access to court documents in judicial review cases. http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=654 2008-02-06 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 10 December 2007 - Two recent cases have demonstrated a recent trend of libel lawyers spending more time tracking down anonymous users on the internet than suing and defending newspapers. http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=809 2007-12-10 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 03 October 2007 - On 8 February 2007 the Press Complaints Commission ("PCC") announced that its remit had been extended to include editorial audio-visual material on newspaper and magazine websites. Following that announcement, the PCC has now adjudicated for the first time on a complaint made about audio visual-material appearing on a newspaper's website[1] in relation to mobile phone footage taken of an unruly classroom. http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=779 2007-10-03 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 09 July 2007 - The House of Lords in <i>Hello! v OK!</i> has stretched the rules on breach of confidence to an extent yet to be assessed, say Dan Tench and Ashley Hurst. http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=1074 2007-07-09 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 09 July 2007 - The networking site has rapidly acquired millions of users. But soon the lawyers could be logging on too. http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=1073 2007-07-09 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com) 09 January 2007 - http://www.olswang.com/newsarticle.asp?sid=125&aid=874 2007-01-09 Articles Olswang (mailto:olsmail@olswang.com)