Michael advises on a range of information, media and reputation management matters.
He advises both claimants and defendants on crisis and reputation management matters, often relating to defamation, privacy, confidentiality, malicious falsehood, contentious data protection, harassment, blackmail or intellectual property infringement.
Michael advises publishers and broadcasters on pre-publication clearance, and acts for companies and individuals to prevent or mitigate the publication of damaging, false or private/confidential information, including through urgent applications for preliminary injunctive relief. Post-publication, he advises on the removal or correction of defamatory or private/confidential content, and securing takedowns, apologies and damages.
Michael has a background in intellectual property disputes, advising clients on the protection, exploitation and enforcement of all intellectual property and related rights, including patents, trade marks, passing off, designs and copyright, including in relation to anti-counterfeiting, anti-piracy and domain name disputes. He also has experience in regulatory matters such online harms, intermediary liability and regulatory complaints (ASA, ICO, IPSO and Ofcom).
