Media

What do global companies need to know about the Online Safety Act 2023? Lucy Blake, Joanna Ludlam, Will Jones & Karam Jardaneh explain

High stakes litigation requires careful media management, writes James Lynch, partner, Maltin PR, in this week’s NLJ

James Lynch, a partner at Maltin PR, explains why the role of public relations experts is becoming increasingly critical in litigation

Model Katie Price, formerly known as Jordan, is reported to have become the first British celebrity to trademark her own artificial intelligence (AI) image

In this week’s NLJ, David Walbank KC, Red Lion Chambers, discusses the potential for retrial in the case of Lucy Letby. Letby is back in the news amid doubts over the evidence used to convict the former Countess of Chester Hospital nurse. But, given the storm of media analysis, and the ‘deluge of analysis, comment and speculation that continues to engulf social media’, could a reassessment be carried out fairly?

Can a retrial be fair when a conviction has been at the centre of a media storm? David Walbank KC considers the Lucy Letby case

Beverley Morris considers the issue of privacy in the operation of the family court, as well as the rise of non-court dispute resolution

As family justice becomes more open and transparent, more judgments are being published, writes Beverley Morris, partner and head of London family team, HCR Law. This raises concerns about privacy among those using the courts and is driving them to consider more out-of-court options, such as private financial dispute resolution (private FDR)

Law firm escapes sanction for breaching judgment embargo

The rise of deepfake videos, deepfake porn and unsolicited sexual images (cyberflashing) is an alarming and increasingly prevalent problem. In this week’s NLJ, Jenni Dempster KC and Maleeka Bokhari, Red Lion Chambers, look into this abuse, the harm it causes and the legal protections that exist, notably the Online Safety Act 2023.