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The ASA has issued its Annual Report on its work in 2024. And it's very slim. Not that it was bloated before (we don't want to be rude about previous Annual Reports). In fact, it reflects two buzzwords from 2024...

We've identified the top 100 UK media companies and examined their performance to provide a snapshot of the UK media market today.

Imagine a scenario in which you can talk to, dance with, and even marry your favourite celebrity. The difference here is that the celebrity isn't even a real person.

The film industry has a chequered experience of litigation. It took just three weeks to track down the man who stole The Hulk in the US. However, a four-year Nordic saga continues as the Norwegian Economic Crime Unit attempts to bring a teenage code-breaker to justice.

There is a common misconception carefully fostered by the media – especially the press – that there is nothing that you can do when it hits you with misleading and damaging material.

What do The Sword of Damocles, Morton Heilig's Sensorama, and the 18th century apparatus La Nature à Coup d'Œil all have in common?

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.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has convened the Creative Industries AI Summit in Manchester to bring together rightsholders, regulators, platforms and AI labs to align on a common approach to copyright-protected works in AI development. The Summit will unveil the 'Manchester Principles', a framework establishing minimum conditions for using human creative work to train generative AI models.

The well publicised controversy surrounding Call TV Quiz shows, where participants pay to enter, rarely connect to the studio and run up large telephone bills in the process, has led to increasing public concern and to the House of Commons and ICSTIS producing recommendations as to how such shows should be regulated.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is leading an international crackdown on illegal financial promotions by rogue "finfluencers"

In a decision to be welcomed by professionals and their insurers, the Court in the Football League Ltd v edge ellison took a narrow approach to the scope of duty, confirming that there is no such thing as a general retainer and that only in limited circumstances will a solicitor’s duties go beyond the express terms of his retainer. The decision also evidences a continued willingness seriously to curtail the circumstances in which a solicitor will bear responsibility for business decisions reache

My name is Josefina and I'm a second-year trainee at Withers LLP (‘Withers'), working out of the London office.

"We can all be winners from the Games coming to Britain" announced the Government on the successful London Olympic Bid.

As the Committee Stage in the House of Lords begins for the Online Safety Bill (the "Bill") tomorrow, Ofcom has published its planned approach to risk assessments under the Bill.

Could private bidders buy a chunk of the BBC and stop BBC Three from becoming an internet-only channel?