Despite weeks of public “victory” claims from both sides, the legal dispute between Amy Taylor and photographer Jamie Nelson is still far from resolved.
The legal dispute between Amyl and the Sniffers singer Amy Taylor and photographer Jamie Nelson is continuing into June after mediation between the parties failed to produce a settlement.
New court filings dated May 4 show the matter “apparently did not settle,” with the court now setting a June 1 deadline for Taylor’s team to file an amended complaint and a further status conference scheduled for June 4.
The update follows weeks of public sparring around the case, including claims from Amyl’s camp that the latest hearings represented a “near-complete victory” for Taylor.
Blunt previously covered how the March 30 court transcript appeared to contradict those claims, with the judge stating no final ruling had yet been issued and describing the case as uncertain.
The court’s earlier tentative ruling denied Nelson’s anti-SLAPP motion, but also granted judgment against Taylor’s federal Lanham Act claim, which alleged the photos falsely suggested her endorsement or commercial involvement. The court later allowed Taylor’s team an opportunity to amend that claim rather than dismissing it permanently.
Meanwhile, Nelson’s copyright infringement counterclaim remains active.
The March 30 hearing transcript also captured the judge repeatedly pushing both sides toward settlement, warning that “there’s no telling who is ultimately going to win” and comparing the case to “rolling the dice.”
At another point, the judge told the parties they were likely to spend “lots of time and money” if the matter continued.
The case centres on Nelson’s Champagne Problems photo series featuring Taylor, which was originally published in Vogue Portugal before later being sold as fine art prints.
For now, nobody appears to be backing down.
Photo series at the centre of the dispute. (c) JAMIE NELSON
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