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News of the World executives are being accused of acting illegally by gaining information via journalists and/or private investigators to listen into the private telephone conversations/ voicemails of well-known public figures.

Jeremy Clarkson and Andrew Marr make unlikely bedfellows. I speak not of any private relationship between the two, but the legal issue that they have in common.

In a media and entertainment landscape reshaped by digital disruption, ever-changing consumer tastes, and evolving business requirements, a select group of companies isn't just surviving...

Publishers should update online publications following the outcome of an investigation where the subject is cleared.

IPSO, set up by the press in the wake of the phone hacking scandal and the Leveson Inquiry, replaces the Press Complaints Commission as the new press regulator.

Just as the old case of New York Times Co. v Sullivan in 1964 indicated a change in the wind that was to lead years later to the House of Lords decision in Reynolds v Times Newspapers, perhaps the recent Canadian decision of Grant v Torstar Corps can provide a way through the problems in the UK with implementing principles of freedom of expression against the powerful rights of privacy and reputation.

The Article referred to statements Ms Riley had reportedly made in or via the national media about online abuse of which she had been the victim.

The European Court of First Instance has annulled the European Commission’s approval of the 2004 merger between Sony Music and BMG, which allowed the music industry to shrink from five major companies to four. The case, brought to court by IMPALA on behalf of European independent record labels, has been closely watched by Warner Music and EMI who must now wait and see how Europe's top antitrust authority will react to the court’s decision

The European Commission has accepted commitments from Amazon over 'parity clauses' in its distribution agreements with e-book publishers in Europe.

"They took that out of context. I didn’t really say that!" Or, "That’s not what the reporter called about!"

Many publishers of fictional books assume that the classic phrase ‘any similarities to actual persons, living or dead, or to any actual events, firms, institutions or other entities, is coincidental and unintentional’ will protect them if a claim of defamation is made against them.

In an important triple judgment, issued on 2 May 2007, the House of Lords has provided welcome clarification of the law relating to tort claims for economic loss caused by intentional acts - also taking the opportunity to extend the law on breach of confidence.

The decision clarifies that in assessing a publisher's reasonable belief for the public interest defence, the court will consider the publisher's general...

For a certain sort of lawyer, this week's House of Lord's judgement in Jameel and others v Wall Street Journal Europe was eagerly awaited. There was expectation that it would clarify the application of the much vaunted but rarely successful "Reynolds" defence, which had broadened the scope of qualified privilege to protect responsible journalism on matters of public concern from successful defamation claims.

In the search for a pithy, apposite book title it is sometimes appealing to reference or parody a well-known brand, phrase or name but will this cause a problem if that name is a registered trade mark?

A recent case, Crosstown v Rive Droite, upheld a reversion of copyright to songwriters – widely regarded as a bad move if you are a publisher.

On 28 October 2008, the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and Google announced that they had reached a potentially groundbreaking Settlement dealing with Google's much-publicised 'Library Project', which involved Google digitizing publications without permission from the rights holders.