This team of IP and defamation experts acts for national newspaper, magazine and academic publishers.
Chambers & Partners, 2010
Farrer & Co is synonymous with advice to the newspaper industry and our clients include a wide variety of national and regional newspaper publishers.
We understand the mechanics of newspaper production and the 24-hour news agenda online as much as the commercial pressures faced by newspaper publishers. Our team works closely with in-house lawyers, news editors, HR directors and other executives to balance cutting-edge reporting against commercial and legal risk.
Our newspaper expertise includes:
- Pre-and post-publication advice on privacy, libel and contempt of Court.
- Defending litigation and complaints to the Press Complaints Commission and the Advertising Standards Agency.
- Resisting injunctions and seeking access to the Courts for journalists.
- Defending journalists and editors facing criminal prosecution for contempt or breach of reporting restrictions.
- Employment-related disputes and negotiations and trades union matters.
- Intellectual Property litigation and brand and typeface protection including claims for breach of copyright, trade mark infringement, passing-off and false endorsement.
- Contributor agreements.
- Digitisation projects.
- Commercial agreements for printing services, distribution agreements and supply and outsourcing deals.
More information
For more information contact one of our specialist advisers below or visit our Press office.