One year after the decision in Walters v OpenAI (Case No. 23-A-04860-2) [pdf], the case remains one of the most significant judicial examinations of how traditional defamation principles apply to generative AI, albeit in a U.S. context.
While the claimant’s case failed on relatively conventional grounds, the judgment raises important questions about liability, publication,
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This month’s Mail Newspapers judgment in the case brought by Prince Harry and others was a comprehensive defeat for the claimants [2026] EWHC 1637 (KB). The judge found that, in relation to every one of the 57 pleaded articles, the claimants had failed to prove that Mail journalists had used unlawful information gathering (UIG).
Law and Media Round Up – 20 July 2026 [Updated]
On Wednesday 15 July 2026, the Court of Appeal (Vos MR, Warby LJ and Whipple LJ) handed down judgement in the appeal of Vince v ANL [2026] EWCA Civ 899. Eco entrepreneur, Dale Vince brought a defamation and subsequent data protection claim against Associated Newspapers in relation to the publication of an article which
Case Law: Vince v Associated Newspapers, Court of Appeal upholds claim for “unfair” data processing by newspaper –
On 15 July 2026, the Court of Appeal handed down an important judgment in Vince v Associated Newspapers ([2026] EWCA Civ 899). This decision establishes, for the first time, that a person can sue a newspaper under data protection law for an “unfair” article even if, under the law of defamation, there is
Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University: Newsletter, 16 July 2026
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field.
“The ruling reminds us of the
United States: Supreme Court rules cellphone location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment – Anne Toomey McKenna
Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history. Dubbed a “geofence search,” officers obtain a warrant that permits a multistep, give-and-take information sharing process between officers and tech employees that winnows down and identifies subjects.
On June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that whenever police obtain an individual’s
Law and Media Round Up – 13 July 2026
On 7 July 2026, Mr Justice Nicklin handed down judgment following the lengthy trial of the misuse of private information and breach of confidence claims brought by seven Claimants against Associated Newspapers Limited (“Associated”), the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline; Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon OBE & Ors v Associated Newspapers
Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University: Newsletter, 9 July 2026
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field.
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How the British press has undermined the ECHR over many years: new study – Ekaterina Balabanova and Gemma Horton
The UK’s immigration and asylum bill has proposed restricting how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is interpreted and applied in the UK to make it easier to deport migrants.
For years, critics have argued that the ECHR undermines the UK’s border security by prohibiting deportations on the basis of Article 8, the right
News: Lawrence and Others v Associated Newspapers, Judge dismisses all claims of all seven claimants
Mr Justice Nicklin today handed down judgment following the trial of misuse of private information and breach of confidence claims brought by seven Claimants against Associated Newspapers Limited (“Associated”), the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline. The 46-day trial of the action took place between 19 January and 31 March 2026.