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Media - Music

Herald Avocats

Paris, France
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France Televisions

Further to the broadcast of the program “Complement d’enquête: Vincent Bolloré, un ami qui vous veut du bien?”, Bolloré subsidiary in Cameroon, Socapalm, filed a law suit in defamation against France Télévisions, Delphine Ernotte and two journalists in Cameroon.

Defamation is punishable by imprisonment.

  • 118 hearings
  • In September 2022, the Douala Court ruled against France Télévisions and the journalist. We have appealed against this decision.

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Team Services

Within our Media team, two partners are particularly solicited for expertise concerning television.

Jean Castelain has been working for France Télévision, the national programming company which manages the activities of public television in France, from production to broadcasting, for almost 30 years.

He was joined a few years ago by Juliette Félix, who became a partner of the firm in September 2021, and is now mainly in charge of this client.

They are both experts in the field and their reputation is well established, we have the honour of intervening on issues with important issues that are often covered by the media. Our most important client, France Télévisions, calls on us for litigation but also more and more regularly for advice.

 More generally, our media team has a wide range of activities.

Our lawyers can assist their clients in all matters relating to intellectual property, media, press, music and entertainment law, culture, art and innovation.

Our firm advises and represents various clients (public and private companies, from start-ups to multinationals, foundations and museums, SPRDs), mainly in the cultural industry sector.

We advise our clients in the establishment of their legal strategy, the drafting of their contracts and assist them before all courts (civil, commercial and criminal) in first instance and on appeal. We also have a strong reputation in mediation and arbitration.

– Protection of intellectual property; for industrial property: filing of patents, designs, trademarks and domain names;

– Advice and development for all advertising and communication activities;

– Securing the use of social networks and communication tools, protection of e-reputation (risk prevention and litigation support in the field of denigration and defamation);

– Definition and implementation of a crisis communication strategy in conjunction with specialised agencies;

– Advice and representation in the context of defamation actions,

– Advice and representation in infringement actions,

– Support for audiovisual production and distribution projects,

– Support for literary and music publishing projects.

 

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Awards and Recognition

Audiovisual law - 2022

Highly recommended