How not to sue Dragons’ Den
Every time I see the Dragons belittle a sweating contestant from their raised TV studio platform that reminds of Olympus I catch a breath. It’s not Jerry Springer but what if one of the scorned…
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Free Internet to Citizens of Oppressed Nations: Genuine Interest in Democracy or Attempts to Monopolize Information?
Uncle Sam has $30M to bypass Chinese, Iranian ‘Net filters By Nate Anderson Need to get around a Chinese government firewall? Burning to smuggle your samizdat writings past Iranian Internet censorship? Hoping to blog with…
Conrad Black and Libel Tourism
David Canton has a column in this week’s London Free Press, where he discusses the Conrad Black case: The case deals with Internet defamation and how to determine where to sue for it. As with…
World Institute for Research and Publication (WIRP) Presentations
I presented a couple papers this morning at the Annual Meeting of the World Institute for Research and Publication – Law. You can read more about the conference over at Slaw. The presentations, with audio…
Legal Domestic Dispute Is Brewing…
I have to admit that I called this one. Â As my wife and I were watching CBC’s Dragon’s Den an interesting segment began. Â Before I go into the relevant legal issues in this case, some…
Warman v. Fournier et al: Balancing Disclosure, Privacy, and Freedom of Expression Interests in Internet Defamation Cases
While the internet provides users with an environment in which socially valuable anonymous speech can flourish, it also provides users with an opportunity to defame others behind a shield of anonymity. If these users can…
Arnie Lemaire is Behind Blazing Cat Fur?
The issue of blogger anonymity is a contentious one that is being closely watched by members of the bar. Canada does have a more qualified understanding of the freedom of speech, and after the emergence…
Discussing Quan v. Cusson and Grant v. Torstar
The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Young Lawyers Division has an interesting article by Karen Perron of Merovitz Potechin LLP discussing an event they held with Wendy Wagner of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP and Ron Caza…
Wikileaks considered a “threat” by US Army
WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website that provides confidential and sensitive documents for free to the media, human rights groups and the public, has been deemed a threat by the US Army. WikiLeaks has been responsible in…
How Bigotry Became Respectful
Grant v. Torstar and the defence of responsible communication: implications for bloggers and users of other online media
In the recent decision of Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61 (“Grantâ€) and its companion case, Quan v. Cusson, 2009 SCC 62 (“Quanâ€), the Supreme Court of Canada sought to strike a more appropriate…
Not All Muslims are Terrorists, But All Terrorists are Not Muslim Either
It’s a common refrain in the media, that the threat of terrorism comes from Islamic extremism. Not true, according to a new study revealed by researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina…