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Practice guidance on use of social media in court

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 28 2012

The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has published a Practice Guidance on the use of social media, including Twitter, during court proceedings which are open to the public and not subject to reporting restrictions

Digital media update

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 25 2012

Welcome to the January edition of our quarterly Digital Media Update

Spreadex: don't gamble with your T&Cs

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 27 2012

A High Court judge has refused the spread betting company Spreadex permission to recover £50,000 in losses accrued on a customer's account unless it could show that the trades were made by the customer himself or with his actual or ostensible authority, despite a contrary clause in the customer agreement

Linking to unlawful content could incur liability

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 22 2012

Could a website operator be liable for linking to another website which contains unlawful content?

Newsflash

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 27 2012

On 3 March 2011 the Crown Court upheld the conviction of Paul Chambers for sending by a public electronic communications network a message of a "menacing character" contrary to s.127(1)(a) and (3) of the Communications Act 2003

High Court grants Norwich Pharmacal order in Wikipedia case

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 22 2010

The High Court has granted an order requiring Wikimedia Foundation Inc (Wikimedia) to disclose the IP address of a registered user of Wikipedia

High Court provides guidance on online marketing issues

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 17 2011

In the case of Playup Interactive Entertainment (UK) Pty Ltd v Givemefootball Ltd 2011 EWHC 1980 (Comm), the owner of a football website entered into a contract to send marketing e-mails and SMS communications on behalf of a sponsor (the claimant) to recipients who had opted-in to the service

Order granted against ISPs in the pirate bay case

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 22 2012

We reported on the preliminary hearing of the High Court in the Pirate Bay proceedings here, when it was found that the operators and users of the Pirate Bay website were infringing copyright

Regulatory & public law group annual digest 2012

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 13 2012

2012 has been an eventful sporting year, and while it may be hyperbole to argue that the drama of the arbitration rooms of Lausanne matched London's