{"id":67665,"date":"2017-02-28T06:25:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T04:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/?p=67665"},"modified":"2024-10-22T14:45:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:45:26","slug":"lhr-obtains-ban-before-the-duesseldorf-regional-court-well-known-weekly-magazine-may-no-longer-publish-suspected-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/magazine-en\/media-law-personal-rights\/lhr-obtains-ban-before-the-duesseldorf-regional-court-well-known-weekly-magazine-may-no-longer-publish-suspected-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"LHR obtains ban before the D\u00fcsseldorf Regional Court: Well-known weekly magazine may no longer publish &quot;suspected fraud&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27398\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27398 \" title=\"H\u00f6rt, H\u00f6rt!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Klatschpresse.jpg\" alt=\"Verdachtsberichterstattung Betrugsverdacht\" width=\"447\" height=\"340\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 megakunstfoto \u2013 Fotolia.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>At the request of Lampmann, Haberkamm &amp; Rosenbaum Rechtsanw\u00e4lte (LHR), the Regional Court of D\u00fcsseldorf (LG D\u00fcsseldorf, Beschluss v. 20.2.2017, Az. <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=12%20O%2011\/17\" title=\"LG D&uuml;sseldorf, 20.02.2017 - 12 O 11\/17: Bekannte w&ouml;chtentliche Illustrierte darf &quot;Betrugsverdac...\">12 O 11\/17<\/a>, nicht rechtskr\u00e4ftig) has prohibited a well-known magazine from disseminating a suspected fraud.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This prohibits the publication from making inaccurate claims about a company that those responsible have defrauded a well-known television personality or embezzled funds.<\/p>\n<p>In the event of non-compliance, a fine of up to \u20ac 250,000 or up to six months&#8217; imprisonment may be imposed. The publisher may contest the order by filing an objection or continue the dispute on the merits.<\/p>\n<p>The D\u00fcsseldorf Regional Court agreed with our client that the unfounded allegations of fraud interfered with our client&#8217;s right to privacy and its established and practiced business operations and therefore had to be refrained from.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the claim for injunctive relief, there are also claims for damages, which the affected parties will assert in separate proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Arno Lampmann from the law firm LHR:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe publication in question is not known for its serious journalism. That alone is not objectionable. Gossip is simply part of a complete media landscape. However, the case shows that the \u201cfun\u201d stops when the line is crossed into slander and defamation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the request of Lampmann, Haberkamm &amp; Rosenbaum Rechtsanw\u00e4lte (LHR), the Regional Court of D\u00fcsseldorf (LG D\u00fcsseldorf, Beschluss v. 20.2.2017, Az. 12 O 11\/17, nicht rechtskr\u00e4ftig) has prohibited a well-known magazine from disseminating a suspected fraud. This prohibits the publication from making inaccurate claims about a company that those responsible have defrauded a well-known television [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19453],"tags":[20315,20323,20324,20325],"class_list":["post-67665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-law-personal-rights","tag-suspicious-activity-reporting","tag-suspicion-of-fraud","tag-duesseldorf-regional-court","tag-lhr-case"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67667,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67665\/revisions\/67667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}