Professor Geist's Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) takes a look ahead at 2004 by focusing on three of the hottest issues – privacy, copyright, and Internet marketing. With new legislation in Canada, a potential constitutional challenge, the prospect of file sharing lawsuits, […]
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The Year in Canadian Technology Law
Professor Geist's regular Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) provides an A to Z look back at the year in technology law in Canada. The column focuses on leading cases, legislative developments in the spam and privacy world, and emerging copyright policy concerns.
A Virtual Canadian Law Library Becomes Reality
My latest Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) reflects on Knight v. Hutchinson, a recent British Columbia decision in which a registrar reviewed online legal research expenses claimed by one lawyer. The registrar noted that the lawyer needed to show the necessity and […]
Canadian Privacy Law Beset By Uncertainty
My latest Toronto Star Law Bytes column examines recent privacy law developments in Canada. It argues that the newprovincial legislation and federal court rulings have lent an air of uncertainty about who is ultimately responsible for enforcing and interpreting Canada’s privacy legislative framework. see: Toronto Star column
Quebec Firm’s Language Law Challenge Tests E-jurisdiction
Although a small minority may still view the Internet as a "wild west" where traditional law does not apply, most Canadians accept that laws such as the Criminal Code, consumer protection statutes and privacy protections apply equally offline and on-line.
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 266: Justin Safayeni on the Ontario Government’s Overnight Evisceration of Access to Information
