- Personal Rights and Media Law -

We provide professional support for individuals in all matters related to the violation of personal rights, including defamation, image rights, and the right to privacy.

We also offer legal services to companies concerning the protection of their image in crisis situations, collaborating with several reputable PR and public affairs agencies, and developing media strategies for crisis management.

Our clients are mainly private companies, corporations, and media representatives, including press and television editorial offices, as well as well-known artists, businessmen, politicians, and celebrities.

We are one of the few law firms in Poland specializing in media law and personal rights. We possess extensive experience gained through hundreds of high-profile media-related lawsuits concerning the protection of personal rights, as well as lawsuits for the publication of rectifications.

Our expertise and skills are confirmed by numerous awards and recognitions in various international and national rankings and competitions, such as:

• Forbes – The Best Polish Law Firms
• Media Law International (MLI) – Tier 2
• Benchmark Litigation Europe
• The Lawyer – Ranking of Law Firms in Poland

We assist our clients with:

• Litigation in cases concerning violations of personal rights due to press publications;
• Matters relating to the protection of individuals’ and companies’ image rights;
  – Crisis management and image protection;
  – Combatting misinformation;
  – Combatting fake news;
  – Addressing false opinions about companies published on websites such as Google My Business or GoWork;
  – Combating online harassment, particularly on social media platforms;
  – Issuing cease-and-desist letters for the violation of personal rights and the publication of apologies;

• Preparing rectifications and responses to press publications;
  – Applications for interim relief in personal rights cases;
  – Analysis of the compliance of press, radio, television, and online materials with the Press Law and journalistic ethics;
  – Mediation, negotiations, and settlement discussions with media representatives;
  – Protection of the image of managers;

• Defamation and insult cases, both at the preparatory stage and during court proceedings;
  – Filing private prosecutions;
  – Reporting criminal offenses or infractions to the prosecutor’s office;
  – Cases related to “stalking”;
  – Employment law matters concerning the protection of the personal rights of employees and employers;

• Legal advisory for competitions and festivals;
• Drafting contracts related to promotion, sponsorship, advertising publications, media patronage, and press competitions;
• Legal advisory concerning advertising and data protection in the media;
• Representation of clients in election-related legal proceedings;
• Assisting journalists in obtaining public information, including preparing applications for public information access, appeals to the local government appellate body, and preparing complaints about administrative inaction before the Provincial Administrative Court in cases of denial of public information access.

We also collaborate with both private and public media on the review of press materials and during the production and post-production stages of audiovisual materials, addressing legal issues arising from the Press Law as well as copyright matters.