RDJ LLP‘s team assists a diverse client roster of broadcasting and digital media companies with defamation, IP infringement, privacy law and data protection matters. Experienced litigator Darryl Broderick, who regularly appears before the Irish courts in reputation management and other media cases, leads the media disputes team. On the non-contentious side, the media team is led by Diarmaid Gavin, who specialises in handling content acquisition and licensing agreements for both traditional and digital media clients.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Good team to work with. Keep media clients very up to date on legal developments and often provide lengthy articles on the same for clarification.’
- ‘I mostly deal with Darryl Broderick - he is fast, very sensible in his decisions, and primarily gives us confidence when he advises on the consequences of publication. A joy to deal with, and always comes back ASAP as he is very cognisant of our fast-moving environment.’
- 'Darryl Broderick is available to us at all times. He understands our deadline pressures and remains focused, no matter the urgency. His knowledge and experience is wide-ranging and he is an excellent communicator.'
- 'Darryl Broderick is a top litigator, always with an eye on the best commercial outcome.'
Key clients
- Wissam Al Mana
- Irish Examiner
- Sirwan Saber Mustafa
- The Journal
- Hiscox
- Southern Star
- Waterford News & Star
Work highlights
- Acted for Mr Al Mana, a high-profile Qatari businessman, in High Court proceedings against Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in respect of a series of fake advertisements on the Facebook social media platform for cryptocurrency featuring his image and purported endorsement.
- Represented the Irish Examiner newspaper in High Court defamation proceedings relating to the way that headlines and images from court reports are published by the Google search engine.
- Represented Sirwan Saber Mustafa in High Court proceedings, seeking an order of the court to compel Twitter to provide information to the client to assist in establishing the identity of person(s) behind a Twitter account that appears to have been set up with the sole purpose of targeting the client.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Darryl Broderick, Diarmaid Gavin