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Media Law

Matters concerning print, broadcast and digital media, online platforms and content.

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Legal strategy for content, rights and reputation — before and after publication.

The way content is created, published and distributed is constantly changing. From the press, television and radio to today's digital media, media businesses have to operate in an environment where freedom of expression and information coexists with heightened regulatory requirements and responsibility for content.

We support publishers, broadcasters, digital media, journalists, producers and content creators across the full range of their activity. We provide advice before publication or broadcast, assessing issues of content, intellectual property, personality rights, privacy and defamation, as well as immediate legal support when content leads to a complaint, claim or court dispute.

We combine knowledge of the specific regulatory framework of the media with a real understanding of how content is produced and circulated, providing practical and strategic legal support that protects the content, the rights and the standing of our clients.

Our expertise

  • Legal review before publication or broadcast: assessment of journalistic, editorial and audiovisual content and of the legal risks relating to defamation, private life, personality rights and intellectual property
  • Media regulation: regulatory compliance, licensing issues for print, broadcast and digital media and for the distribution of content through online platforms.
  • Defamation, privacy and personality rights: advice and representation on infringements of personality, reputation, private life and image.
  • Intellectual property and content rights: protection, acquisition, licensing and exploitation of rights in journalistic, editorial and audiovisual content.
  • Content and rights-exploitation agreements: drafting and negotiating agreements for publishing, production, licensing, distribution and exploitation of content.
  • Broadcasting oversight and the National Council for Radio and Television (ESR): advice and representation before the National Council for Radio and Television and other competent regulatory or administrative authorities.
  • Claims and disputes arising from publications and broadcasts: handling of out-of-court claims and representation in court disputes concerning content, rights, personality and reputation, in cooperation with the Data Protection team on deletion or removal of data
  • Artificial intelligence and media content: legal issues arising from the use of artificial intelligence in the production and distribution of content, intellectual property and transparency towards the public.