In this issue of zoom-in brief, a lawsuit brought by two Ana de Armas fans over the trailer of Beatles-inspired film Yesterday has been dismissed by a judge in the US; a man who was interviewed by BBC News in a case of mistaken identity is set to sue the BBC for royalties after the incident became a viral sensation; the UK Government has indicated that it will establish an anti-SLAPP taskforce; whilst in the US, Open AI faces another lawsuit brought by a group of authors and playwrights over the alleged use of their material to teach the AI platform.

In this issue of zoom-in brief, legendary rock stars, The Rolling Stones attempt to strike out copyright infringement action in the US; two Dyson group companies head to the Court of Appeal in their defamation claim arising from allegations of exploitation raised in a news broadcast; actor Noel Clarke brings a £10million defamation claim against The Guardian newspaper; whilst generative AI is under further scrutiny in the US with Saturday Night Live writer Sarah Silverman bringing copyright proceedings...

In this issue of zoom-in brief, Vanessa Bryant’s privacy action against LA County ends in multi-million dollar settlement; Brexiteer businessman Arron Banks partially wins libel appeal against Carole Cadwalladr over TED Talk; billionaire Fox News owner, Rupert Murdoch, submits filings that Fox News stars endorsed Trump’s “stolen election” claims; whilst Trump ally, Devin Nunes, is unsuccessful in his Florida libel action against CNN news anchor Jake Tapper. ...

In this issue of zoom-in brief, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex could be called to give testimony in a US defamation case brought by the Duchess’ half-sister; Donald Trump sues a reporter over claims he released interview recordings without his consent; three UK newspapers agree to pay a surgeon substantial damages after publishing defamatory articles about his work; whilst a long-awaited pilot scheme for family court reporting begins in England and Wales....

In this issue of zoom-in brief, Gomorrah author Roberto Saviano’s defamation trial begins in Italy, Rachel Riley is awarded £50,000 in damages following her successful libel action against a political blogger; whilst earlier this month Virginia Giuffre and Alan Dershowitz dropped their lawsuits against each other....

In this issue of zoom-in brief, the copyright lawsuit against Mariah Carey over her hit Christmas song All I Want for Christmas is You has been dropped, the Guardian newspaper has settled a libel claim with two Irish fishermen; whilst Sir James Dyson’s libel proceedings against Channel 4 News have been dismissed....

In this issue of zoom-in brief, Jake Paul sued over match-fixing comments, teenage chess prodigy issues $100m libel claim over cheating allegations, and Cardi B cleared over use of tattoo image on mixtape cover. ...