6th November 2017
London
Protecting the Media
This conference, now in its 23rd year, serves as the ultimate review of key developments in the field of media law over the last 12 months.
ESSENTIAL UPDATES!
In just one day learn how to more effectively protect yourself and your clients by gaining invaluable insights into the caselaw and current legal issues surrounding the key topics of defamation, privacy, data protection and many more...
Data Protection
- The GDPR and the changing face of data protection
- Data protection and the EU e-privacy regulation
- What is the future of Section 32 and the ‘journalism exemption’ of the DPA?
- Regulating journalists
- Data protection and defamation: Scope for a two-pronged approach to libel
- Prince Moulay Hicham v Elaph Publishing Limited
Defamation
- An update on how the Defamation Act is working out in practice
- Defamation, privacy and harassment on WhatsApp: a new legal frontier?
- Assessing existing case law and pending cases over the past 12 months:
- Lachaux v Independent Print Media Ltd
- Sobrinho v Impresa Publishing
Privacy
The essential privacy update, taking a look at all of the latest case law that you need to be aware of
- Right to be forgotten and global delisting
- Addressing the landmark case over whether the ‘right to be forgotten’ can and should stretch beyond EU borders.
- Khuja (formerly known as PNM) v Times Newspapers
Meet our Media Law Experts
Including lawyers, barristers and in-house counsel
WHY ATTEND?
The latest regulatory developments:
- The GDPR and the changing face of data protection
- An update on how the Defamation Act is working out in practice
- Data protection and defamation: Scope for a two-pronged approach to libel
- Regulating online abuse- Are the introduction controversial laws across the Europe protecting users against harassment?
A must attend event for:
- Information Law Solicitors
- Data Protection Lawyers
- In-House Media Lawyers and In-House Counsel
Attend this event to gain insight into the three C’s:
- Contempt
- Copyright
- Caselaw