Associate to watch - Defamation/Reputation Management: Timothy Pinto is adept at advising companies and high net worth individuals on the full range of privacy and defamation matters. Sources say: "He has a great ability to remain calm. He is flexible in his approach and willing to consider a wide range of scenarios before deciding on final tactics. He has a wonderful approach to promoting consensus within a group through his manner and attitude."
Tim is senior counsel in our IP/IT group, specialising in trade marks, copyright, media and advertising matters. He has a particular expertise in advising on user generated content and reputation management matters. He advises media, technology, life sciences and financial services companies on preventing and resolving disputes. Tim is head of the firm’s UK Publishing group.
Associate to watch - Defamation/Reputation Management: Timothy Pinto is adept at advising companies and high net worth individuals on the full range of privacy and defamation matters. Sources say: "He has a great ability to remain calm. He is flexible in his approach and willing to consider a wide range of scenarios before deciding on final tactics. He has a wonderful approach to promoting consensus within a group through his manner and attitude."
Associate to watch - Defamation - Reputation Management: Timothy Pinto is an expert in defamation, privacy and data protection, with a particular specialisation in user-generated content and cases relating to anonymous publishers. Sources say: "He's an extremely attentive, exceptionally thoughtful lawyer who thinks things through from the commercial side as much as the legal side."
Clients describe him as “very academic: he will analyse the situation and be very specific in his response.“
Media companies, including publishers and broadcasters on defending defamation and privacy claims, including in relation to user generated content.
Online publishers and data owners on data aggregation ('scraping') projects and a successful emergency international arbitration to protect data.
High profile companies and individuals on protecting their reputations and privacy, including in the media and on social media, finding the identity of anonymous posters and obtaining an anonymous injunction.
Well-known electronics brands on parallel imports and copyright issues.
Financial services companies on trade mark oppositions and litigation.
Architecture and design companies on design and copyright protection and enforcement.
Arron Banks' partial win against Carol Cadwalladr – Court of Appeal overturns High Court on serious harm
Timothy Pinto looks at the impact of the Court of Appeal decision in Banks v Cadwalladr on the interpretation of the 'serious harm' test under s1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013.
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The risks of making environmental advertising claims
Timothy Pinto looks at recent ASA decisions on greenwashing in the context of the UK's regulatory framework.
by multiple authors
by multiple authors
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by Dr. Amir-Said Ghassabeh and Dr. David Klein, LL.M. (Univ. of Washington), CIPP/E
by Nicholas Vollers and Adrian Toutoungi
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by Louise Popple and Adeolu Faniran