Freedom of Expression, Media Law and Personality Rights

DÜNNWALD LEGAL focuses on advising and representing companies, institutions and individuals in matters of freedom of expression, media law and personality rights.

The firm confronts journalists and media who fail to meet their ethical and legal responsibilities because they paint a false picture of the persons concerned, violate their privacy or impair other personality interests of companies and individuals that warrant protection.

In this context, DÜNNWALD LEGAL also advises in the run-up to planned publications, for example on how to deal with journalists’ questionnaires. In addition, the law firm resolutely conducts court proceedings – and enforces claims for injunctive relief, counterstatement (right of reply), retraction (correction) as well as damages and compensation for pain and suffering against domestic and foreign journalists and media.

The firm’s special competences include:

• media law support in high-profile civil and criminal proceedings as well as in official investigations, for example by public authorities
• filing complaints to the German press council and to German broadcasting councils in the event of media violations of journalistic ethics and diligence
• the protection and enforcement of personality rights in the online sphere, especially in the social media

Personal data and the right to informational self-determination

In times of digitalisation, the right to informational self-determination is becoming increasingly important as a manifestation of the general right to privacy. This means the right of every individual to decide for himself or herself on the disclosure and use of his or her personal data.

DÜNNWALD LEGAL supports clients in cases of infringement of this right in the digital world, in particular when third parties post content on social media platforms.

Network: Leading-Edge

The law firm DÜNNWALD LEGAL focuses on specialization. However, where highly complex, multidisciplinary or transnational cases require additional competences from other fields of law and jurisdictions, the firm is happy to join forces and to put its clients in touch with first-class specialists from Germany and abroad, including those from the fields of PR and communications consulting.