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US long-jump legend Bob Beaman was unimpressed to find his picture in a ‘London 2012′ promotional brochure. He complained to Lord Coe that it made him look as though he…

The Court of Appeal has recently dramatically overturned most of the first instance verdict in the long-running Douglas/Zeta Jones/Hello!/OK! wedding photograph dispute. Subject to the inevitable House of Lords appeal,…

Corbis, the world’s second largest photograph library, has acquired the Roger Richman Agency, probably the world’s largest specialist in the licensing for use in advertising of the images and names…

When picture agency First News licensed out to the nationals an aerial shot of Beckingham Palace, it reckoned without the Beckhams’ lawyers and the Human Rights Act. But did they…

The Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre, which pre-vets all TV advertising before broadcast, gave the green light to an in-ad reference to actress Jessie Wallace because it was ‘not derogatory.’ But…

For ad law watchers, the interesting features of this case were not in the ‘code breached’ decision by Ofcom, but in other aspects, such as the ‘making it up as…

Just over three years after a certain confidential wedding breakfast in the Plaza Hotel, New York, the litigation between Hello! and OK! magazines, as well as the happy couple, is…