An open issue in Canadian internet defamation law is whether courts should require that anonymous defendants be given notice of, and an opportunity to oppose, applications to compel the disclosure of their identities by third parties…
Just like Google’s Street View feature, which followed a Canadian launch after being tested in the American market, Google introduced this month traffic levels for major Canadian cities after almost three years of use in…
Simon Singh, a British journalist and a popularizer of science, is fighting a lawsuit. In his article for the Guardian, Singh wrote that the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) promoted bogus treatments. The BCA sued him…
Swine flu vaccine makers may get a special gift from the federal government: immunity from civil negligence suits. You may not have heard about it because other swine flu news recently got much more spotlight. First, Ottawa…
Father seeks compensation for son killed by pedophile Bastien was out on an extended pass from a detention centre where he was serving time for several unrelated offences. Three weeks after the slaying, then-public security…
The use of cell phones while driving has become increasingly controversial, with some studies suggesting that the practice costs thousands of lives by slowing the reaction time of drivers. As many Canadians have already heard,…
Catherine Boyle of the TimesOnline reports: Shell, one of the world’s biggest oil companies, will go on trial over allegations that it was complicit in the execution of a well-known Nigerian environmental activist and author……
So he claims, in a lawsuit against book publisher Penguin. Chuck Norris is suing the publisher for releasing a book called The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World’s Greatest Human. The book…
The scholars, captains of industry and champions of justice who compose Law is Cool‘s readership will have long since scoured their online social networks for photos or other items tending to compromise their integrity —…
According to Out-law, the English High Court has ruled that a man who did not delete an allegedly-defamatory post from his blog could not sue the poster in defamation. Christopher Carrie, the would-be litigant, established…
Elizabeth Shelton, the 21-year old daughter of a state district juvenile judge, was convicted last year of intoxication manslaughter for the death of her boyfriend. Shelton caused his death when she crashed a Lexus SUV…
We all remember the classic case of Liebeck v. McDonald’s. Well it seems other hot drink vendors didn’t learn this important lesson. A woman in Manhattan is suing Starbucks for $3 million for her hot…
