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Case Law, France: Julie Gayet v Closer, Privacy damages awarded against...

The tribunal de Nanterre ordered yesterday that Closer pay the French actress Julie Gayet €15,000 in damages for breach of privacy. The full judgment is available here in French. Background Ms Gayet’s...

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What if the French constitutional judges had read the Davis Judgement? Would...

The French Constitutional Court (Conseil Constitutionnel) issued its decision n°2015-713 DC on the recently adopted Law on intelligence on 23 July 2015. Reading its decision after having read the Davis...

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Case Law, France: Leonardo DiCaprio v Oops! Magazine, Damages and order for...

On 27 July 2015, the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris awarded damages of €8,000 to the actor Leonardo DiCaprio for interference with his private life and his image rights. Oops! magazine was...

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France: Julie Gayet wins further privacy damages, but would she succeed in...

Actress Julie Gayet has won damages against two French magazines for breach of privacy after the magazines published photos taken with a long-lens of her and partner Francois Hollande at a private...

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Case Law, France: X v Google France and Google Inc, Court orders “delisting”...

In the case of X v Google France and Google Inc (Judgment of 13 May 2016), the Tribunal de grand instance de Paris ordered Google Inc to remove a link to a URL of a blog accusing the applicant of being...

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Data Protection and Intermediary liability: how do the French do it? – Sophie...

While the scope of intermediary liability exemptions is being discussed in several places around Europe (and beyond), it is interesting to go back to the Overblog legal saga, which a few years ago had...

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The French Court Case That Threatens to Bring the “Right to be Forgotten”...

A court case in France might drastically change what information individuals can access online. The case is pending before the French Council of State—France’s highest court—and concerns a “right to be...

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Case Law, Strasbourg: Giesbert v France, Sanctions for publishing prosecution...

In the case of Giesbert v France ([2017] ECHR 504, 1 June 2017)(French only) the Fifth Section of the Court of Human Rights held that Court orders made against the magazine, Le Point, sanctioning the...

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The French Tribunal of Nanterre’s Enforcement of the Royal Family’s Right to...

On Tuesday 5 September 2017, the criminal Tribunal de Grande Instance in Nanterre, Paris, ruled that France’s Closer magazine, Laurence Pieau (its editorial director) and Ernesto Mauri (the chief...

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France: The legal fight against ‘fake news’ must not veer into censorship –...

France’s parliament is debating a law that would give the state the power to censor “fake news”. If the law is passed, the French state will have the powers to ban, through a court order, the...

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Monthly International Law and Media Round Up – Suneet Sharma

This is the first instalment in a regular new series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world.  It is intended to complement our United...

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Case Law, EU: RT France v. Council: General Court finds ban on Russia Today...

On 27 July 2022, in RT France v. Council, the General Court of the European Union found that the ban on RT France in the EU did not violate the right to freedom of expression and media freedom, under...

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Case Law, Strasbourg: Zemmour v France, Journalist’s conviction for inciting...

In Zemmour v France [2022] ECHR 1130 (in French only), the Fifth Section of the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that the Article 10 right of the applicant, a journalist and political...

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