Jérémie Leroy-Ringuet assists you both in advisory and litigation matters, on the merits and in summary judgement proceedings, before civil and criminal jurisdictions, for “press offences” made online (liability of hosting providers, “LCEN” take-down notices), in broadcasting media (radio, television, platforms, movies, etc.) or on physical media: newspapers, books, DVDs, etc.
Advised judicial actions take into account potential communication strategies and stakes relating to cyber-reputation of individuals and companies and to “Streisand effect”.
The consultancy phase may include a review of the considered publications to make recommendations for modifications or an assessment of the risks involved.
Slander, defamation and insult
- Public or private
- General scheme or specific provisions relating to persons protected by special texts (public servants, judges, soldiers, deceased persons, affiliation or absence of affiliation to a religion, a nation, a people, a sex, a sexual orientation, etc.)
Infringement to presumption of innocence
- Verbal incrimination of persons that were not condemned by a final court decision
- Images of which publication is forbidden because they present as guilty an accused person
Infringements to privacy
- Recording and releasing the image or the voice of the concerned individuals, without their consent
- “Revenge porn”
- Identity theft
- Infringement to personal data
Right of reply to comments made online, in broadcasting or in physical media
Incitement and apology of crimes
- Incitement to discrimination and to racial hatred
- Apology of war crimes
- Apology and denial of crimes against humanity (Holocaust denial and revisionism)
- Apology of acts of terrorism
Fake news
Products and services denigrating