Firm news Firm news Firm news A case of Blurred Lines between style and substance? March 26, 2015 Read more
Film & TV Film & TV Film & TV Budget 2015 – Boost for film, TV and other creative industries March 20, 2015 Read more
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Firm news Firm news Firm news Shared parental leave and pay: The due date has arrived January 22, 2015 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news BestWater practice for linking or framing content January 14, 2015 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Want to use another’s copyright material, but can’t find the copyright owner? How to get a licence to use orphan works January 12, 2015 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Heartbroken by performer’s rights damages inquiry January 6, 2015 Read more
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Firm news Firm news Firm news Simkins’ Reputation lawyers recognised by Spear’s Wealth and Super Lawyers December 18, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Chancellor’s Autumn Statement 2014 – Support for the creative sector December 3, 2014 Read more
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Firm news Firm news Firm news Simkins recommended once again in the UK Legal Directories November 4, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news A trustee, and you don’t know your FATCA obligations? You should! October 27, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Winners of the Blackstone Chambers 2014 Media Quiz October 15, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news The parody exception – having the last laugh September 28, 2014 Read more
Film & TV Film & TV Media regulatory Film & TV Media regulatory Ofcom fines Discovery for pre-watershed graphic material August 18, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Facebook’s Community Standards: Severed heads are okay, but nipples are bad (unless accompanied by a baby) August 4, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Copyright exceptions on parody, quotation & private copying approved by Parliament – changes in effect 1 October 2014 July 31, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Opinion: An Australian Court issues a “gagging order” which is being called an “abuse of process”. Fair assessment or not? July 30, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Playboy Club wins damages claim against Italian bank for negligent customer reference July 30, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Reporting, the courts and young people: time to reconsider? July 21, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Music and Taxation: The State of Art, Verbier, 18 July 2014 July 17, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news New Guidance: Relief from sanction, Mitchell Clarified July 15, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Ownership of Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry” determined July 14, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news The parody exception – seeing the funny side of it July 9, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Bloomberg: ” ‘Google It’ Becomes ‘Hide It’ After Right to Be Forgotten “ July 9, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Google’s “Transparency Report” is an interesting read July 7, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news The Prince of Wales’ letters case – information access ban unlawful July 6, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Opinion: The Right to Be Forgotten: A Good Thing? May 15, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Opinion: A future with social media: Wild West or Utopia? You have a stake in the outcome May 13, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Digitisation after Google Books – is fair use fair dealing? May 12, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news ‘Revenge porn’: whether you are a film star; girl next door; or daughter of an executive, greater legal protection is needed for victims May 6, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Collective Rights Management: multi-territorial licensing and self-regulation April 1, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Communicating copyright works – when you can and can’t link to websites March 25, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news High Profile Litigation in the Media Spotlight March 25, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Can copyright subsist in a music compilation or playlist? March 21, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Victory for landlords as Court of Appeal hands down decision in the Game Station case March 13, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news New privacy and jurisdiction headache for Google March 6, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news The business of digital music in 2014 – reasons to be cheerful? March 4, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news The business of digital music in 2014 – reasons to be cheerful? March 3, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news PR and Marketing Seminar: Making Music Work February 28, 2014 Read more
Film & TV Film & TV Digital & tech Film & TV Digital & tech High Court grants further blocking injunction against film and TV streaming websites February 18, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Copyright Tribunal rules on licence fee to be paid by BBC to Welsh collecting society February 18, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Assignments of future copyright extend to rights that writers “may” own February 18, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Should investors be concerned about defamation claims brought against a company in the English courts? February 11, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Michael Simkins LLP is nominated as Best EIS Legal Advisor January 27, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Simkins’ Gideon Benaim comments on social media abuse on Sky News January 22, 2014 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Online Contempt of Court: Gideon Benaim appears on Sky News HD December 4, 2013 Read more
Music Music Disputes Music Disputes Straw v. Jennings – US record label wins in distribution profits dispute December 2, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news The end of fair comment: ‘Honest Opinion’ and the Defamation Act 2013 November 25, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news “Serious Harm”: a new requirement in the Defamation Act 2013 November 15, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news A catch for TVCatchup – limits of the cable defence November 14, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Corporate reputational risk – a lawyer’s perspective October 15, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Paddy Gardiner comments on plagiarism in the music industry September 8, 2013 Read more
Hospitality, retail & leisure Hospitality, retail & leisure Hospitality, retail & leisure Rihanna v Topshop: t-shirt held to be false endorsement September 4, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Site operator defence for defamatory user posts – is it workable? August 3, 2013 Read more
Media regulatory Media regulatory Reputation Film & TV Media regulatory Reputation Film & TV Sky handed paddle by Ofcom in Canoe Man privacy decision August 2, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Michael Simkins LLP advises Captify on its first round of investment July 28, 2013 Read more
Hospitality, retail & leisure Hospitality, retail & leisure Reputation Hospitality, retail & leisure Reputation A star rating or a slating – dealing with online reviews July 11, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news The online secondary ticket market and the Met’s report May 13, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Reputation protection lawyer Gideon Benaim’s thoughts in PR Week on the post-Leveson world. April 28, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Heartbroken by infringement of performer’s rights April 28, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Finding “nemo” – a sub-licence capable of surviving the head licence April 25, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Leveson, “secret arrests” and the rights of suspects: a question of balance – Hugh Tomlinson QC April 10, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Whose line is it anyway? – new exceptions for parody and private copying March 25, 2013 Read more
Firm news Firm news Firm news Michael Simkins LLP advises BMG on the acquisition of Sanctuary March 18, 2013 Read more
Film & TV Film & TV Digital & tech Film & TV Digital & tech The Finance Bill 2013 – new tax credit for the creative sector February 8, 2013 Read more