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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Copyright, media & digital content rights

Respond to a defamation or privacy claim

We've received a defamation or privacy claim from another country. What do we do?

WONE Global brings in media counsel in the country of the claim to assess it, respond and decide whether to correct, settle or defend.

Countries in the typical case Singapore · United Kingdom

The situation

What is happening

Published content has triggered a defamation or privacy complaint in another country.

What is at stake

Defamation and privacy laws differ sharply, and a quick wrong reply can make the claim worse.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Private clients and families
  • Sport and entertainment

A scenario

News publisherCorporation · from Singapore · in United Kingdom

It has received a claim in London over an article published online from Singapore.

Where it ends The claim answered correctly.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Defamation claim abroad”“Privacy complaint about published content”“A media company faces an online defamation claim”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global brings in media counsel in the country of the claim to assess it, respond and decide whether to correct, settle or defend.

Usually led by Disputes and arbitration, with Data protection and cyber and Contracts and commercial law.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1Media counsel assess.
  2. Week 2Response.
  3. Weeks 3-8Settlement or defence.
  4. ThenPolicy review.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Which courts have jurisdiction and which law applies
  2. 02Defences and remedies
  3. 03Whether to correct, settle or defend

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A risk assessment
  • Response or defence
  • Updated editorial procedures

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsDisputes and arbitration5 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedData protection and cyber2 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedContracts and commercial law12 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Disputes and arbitration, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Singaporein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  4. Kenya WONE Global Partner James Ngochi Ngugi · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
  6. Saudi Arabia WONE Global Partner Abdulrahim bin Saleh Al-Zahrani · Founding Partner & General Manager Brief this Partner →
  7. Zambia WONE Global Partner Reagan Blankfein Gates · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  8. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Dr. Silvia Patricia MaccariPalermo · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari

Lawyer · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Palermo

She is a lawyer, graduated from the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. She took his first steps in the nation's judiciary, in the National Labor Court, where he developed a rapid caree…

Andrzej ZacharzewskiKraków · Poland

WONE Global Capability Partner · Poland

Andrzej Zacharzewski

Complete profile

Partner · Zacharzewski & Partners Law Office · Kraków

Attorney at Law. Co-founder of the law firm. Provides litigation services to banks and advises corporate clients in international trade. Supervises the work of the Litigation Department and the International Desk. Chair…

Reagan Blankfein GatesLusaka · Zambia

WONE Global Capability Partner · Zambia

Reagan Blankfein Gates

Managing Partner · Reagan Blankfein Gates Legal Practitioners · Lusaka

Reagan started his career in practice at Mainza & Company where he had interned while pursuing a bar qualification at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) in 2008. Upon being called to the bar, Reaga…

Karin HorevTel Aviv · Israel

WONE Global Capability Partner · Israel

Karin Horev

Founding Partner · Horev & Co. Law Office · Tel Aviv

Adv. Karin Horev has been practicing corporate and commercial law for more than 20 years, with a focus on complex technology-related matters. Over the years, Karin has led a large number of complex and wide-ranging tran…

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UNIONE™ · Before You Arbitrate™

If this becomes a dispute, test it first.

Test the claim or the defence, the evidence, the exposure and the settlement options before committing to formal proceedings.

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UNIONE™ is the UNBOUNDED™ Global Ecosystem's institution for cross-border dispute prevention, resolution, arbitration and enforcement. Like WONE Global, it is part of the ecosystem, and the two work as one. Links open theunione.org. Visit UNIONE™ · Disputes with WONE Global and UNIONE™