La Regina Nuda and Italian Privacy Law – Athalie Matthews and Giacomo Parmigiani

So Kate and Wills have now jetted back from the South Pacific and are lying low after French Closer published topless pictures of the Duchess under the headline “OH MY GOD!” and other publications followed suit.

Review: Richard Peppiatt, One Rogue Reporter – Athalie Matthews

When Richard Peppiatt resigned from the Daily Star in March 2011 he decried its racist and prurient agenda in a brilliantly written resignation letter to Richard Desmond who was reliably informed of the “cascade of shit pirouetting from [his] penthouse office, caking each layer of management, splattering all in between”.

Book Review: “Privacy and Libel Law – The Clash with Press Freedom, by Paul Tweed” – Athalie Matthews

Scrolling down Bloomsbury Professional’s ‘recently published’ list shows a 2012 output of weighty manuals on unsexy subjects such as corporate insolvency, VAT Acts, land registration and tax tables. Little wonder then that this independent publisher, which took over Tottel in 2009, will have been keen to get its hands on something it could market as a contemporary panorama of the dramatic goings on in the media law landscape. Hence the cover photo of a ‘Papparazi’ and publicity trumpeting it as “extremely topical”.

Inforrm appoints a Reviews Editor

In order to improve our media and law coverage, Inforrm has decided to appoint a Reviews Editor to co-ordinate our coverage. We intend to carry reviews of new books and online publications in the media and law fields and to preview and review events which are of interest to our readers.