Canada's top court confirms workplace privacy rights *

Canada - October 22 2012
The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed that employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy from state interference with information on their work computers, just as they do with their home computers, provided that personal use of the work computer is permitted or reasonably expected.

Co-authors: Sarah E. Whitmore , Wendy Matheson.

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CRTC clarifies express consent requirements of anti-spam legislation in Canada *

Canada - October 11 2012
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has released the first instalments in a series of information bulletins intended to clarify the requirements of Canada’s anti-spam legislation and associated regulations.

Co-authors: Molly Reynolds.

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Canada’s Supreme Court weighs privacy rights against open courts *

Canada - September 28 2012
Canada’s top court has again been called on to consider competing constitutional rights in a case that pits a litigant’s right to privacy against the openness of court proceedings.

Co-authors: Molly Reynolds.

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Ontario case on product liability shows the immense scope of a class action trial *

Canada - July 5 2012
In a highly anticipated decision released on June 26, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in favour of the defendants in Andersen v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., Ontario’s first medical product liability class action trial.

Co-authors: Patricia D. S. Jackson, James Gotowiec.

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Privacy protection in the digital workplace *

Canada - June 18 2012
Privacy has been described by the Supreme Court of Canada as “an essential component of what it means to be ‘free.’”

Co-authors: Sarah E. Whitmore .

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