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Careless misuse of social networking site contributes to dismissal

William Fry
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Ireland
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May 1 2013

The Employment Appeals Tribunal recently found that a former Marks and Spencer employee, Ms Arlene Toland, was unfairly dismissed. However, the

Bringing down competitors' advertising in Ireland - an example case

Matheson
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Ireland
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August 31 2010

The plaintiff, Tesco Ireland Limited, sought to restrain by injunction a certain form of comparative advertising by the defendant, Dunnes Stores

German court rejects DPA’s appeal, finds Irish law applicable to Facebook in Germany

Hunton & Williams LLP
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Germany, Ireland
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April 24 2013

On April 22, 2013, the higher Administrative Court of Schleswig issued two decisions rejecting an appeal by the data protection authority of

Newspaper fined 40,000 for contempt of court after repeating libel

Matheson
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Ireland
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August 9 2011

Independent Star Ltd, publishers of the Star On Sunday newspaper which was found to have defamed convicted child porn user Barry Watters, has been fined 40,000 for contempt of court

Summary relief denied in defamation action

Matheson
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Ireland, USA
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August 9 2011

TD Michael Lowry failed to obtain summary judgement for defamation against journalist Sam Smyth. In one of the first applications pursuant to the Defamation Act 2009, Mr Lowry sought summary relief that Mr Smyth’s description of him as a liar, was defamatory

High Court quashes Data Protection Commissioner’s objection to graduated response system

Matheson
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Ireland
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July 17 2012

On 27 June 2012, Mr Justice Charleton gave his decision in the judicial review action taken by the Irish recording companies to prevent the graduated response system (GRS) agreed with eircom, the largest ISP in Ireland, being shut down as illegal

Google may be liable for defamatory content on blog

William Fry
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Ireland, United Kingdom
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April 2 2013

The UK Court of Appeal has held that in certain circumstances, Google may be considered a publisher of defamatory comments on Blogger.com, an

Disproportionate jury awards and defamation law

Matheson
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Ireland
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July 30 2009

The recent High Court libel action taken by communications consultant Monica Leech against Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Limited related to a series of eight newspaper articles published in the Evening Herald in 2004

A warning to disciplinary panels of regulatory bodies: the impact of “Bloodgate” goes beyond sport

A&L Goodbody
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Ireland, United Kingdom
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August 15 2011

Many people will remember the infamous fake blood incident that tarnished the sport of rugby union which became known as “Bloodgate”

Anti social networking: lessons from case law

LK Shields
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Ireland
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February 8 2012

"Will the highways on the internet become more few?"

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Careless misuse of social networking site contributes to dismissal

Bringing down competitors' advertising in Ireland - an example case

German court rejects DPA’s appeal, finds Irish law applicable to Facebook in Germany

Newspaper fined 40,000 for contempt of court after repeating libel

Summary relief denied in defamation action

High Court quashes Data Protection Commissioner’s objection to graduated response system

Google may be liable for defamatory content on blog

Disproportionate jury awards and defamation law

A warning to disciplinary panels of regulatory bodies: the impact of “Bloodgate” goes beyond sport

Anti social networking: lessons from case law

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