Defamation and Media
EmploymentCases
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Counsel for the Defendants in a defamation action.
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Successful counsel to a defendant/moving party in a motion to strike a statement of claim, which sought $2,000,000 in damages for defamation. Despite being an opposed motion in-writing, the Superior Court of Justice granted the motion and awarded costs.
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Counsel to the defendants (plaintiffs by counterclaim) in an action alleging conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duties by former employees of a company. The counterclaim alleges that the plaintiffs have engaged in constructive dismissal and promulgated defamatory comments.
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Counsel to the former Chief Financial Officer of the corporate defendant in a case alleging the breach of an employment contract and seeking damages for libel.
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Counsel to the respondent on an appeal in a seminal internet defamation case. The Court of Appeal for Ontario clarified the law of concerted action liability and upheld a very large damages awards for what it characterized as a prolonged, persistent and vicious internet campaign.
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Counsel to Google in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada from decisions of the Supreme Court of British Columbia and British Columbia Court of Appeal in a novel case regarding the limits to be placed on injunctions granted against non-parties.
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Counsel to Subway in a $210 million defamation action against the CBC and Trent University relating to a Marketplace episode.
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Counsel to an intervener in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the novel question of whether an internet hyperlink to a defamatory statement constitutes republication of the defamation.
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Counsel to the appellant in the Supreme Court of Canada in an interjurisdictional defamation matter. The Court’s decision in this case is one of its leading precedents in the application of public law to defamation.
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Counsel to an equity research firm in an action arising from alleged defamatory statements in investment research reports.
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