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Social media update: are your employees doing “The Harlem Shake”?

  • Rubin Thomlinson LLP
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  • Australia, Canada, USA
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  • March 4 2013

Employers will no doubt concede that social media is ubiquitous, and is beginning to permeate the boundary between personal life and professional

“Idea theft” lawsuits gain new life in United States

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • June 29 2012

In a case with several important echoes to Canadian appellate law, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has revived the actor’s Hayden Christensen’s “idea theft” lawsuit against the USA Network this week in the Forest Park Pictures v. Universal Television Network Inc. decision

Forget about Georgia - Ray Charles' children have copyright royalties on their mind

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • November 2 2012

When Ray Charles passed away in 2004, his twelve children had accepted a $500,000 irrevocable trust and agreed that they would not seek anything further from his estate following his death

The global employer: the social media issue

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • September 25 2012

Social media is changing the way that we communicate, work and do business, wherever we are in the world

Peer to peer (P2P) legislation

  • Abril Abogados
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  • Canada, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 13 2012

Since 2006, when the first European Regulation against illegal downloading was enacted by Finland, most of EU Member States have followed the example

SEC issues guidance on company use of social media: implications for Canadian reporting issuers

  • Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 8 2013

On April 2, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a report of investigation (the Report), which clarifies that companies may use

Depicting trade-marks in artistic works: University of Alabama vs New Life Art

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • July 3 2012

Although a decision from the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has limited precedential value in Canadian courts, the decision in University of Alabama vs New Life Art, Inc. (filed June 11, 2012) (hat tip: Hollywood, Esq.) is useful for Canadian entertainment lawyers because it indicates the analytical framework which courts use in assessing whether infringement has occurred when a trade-mark is incorporated into an artistic work

Social media, disclosure and securities regulation

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • February 25 2013

On July 3, 2012, the Chief Executive Officer of Netflix Inc. did what many of us frequently do; updated his Facebook account. However, he updated his

Global action taken against global Microsoft Imposter telemarketing scam

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, Canada, Global, USA
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  • September 28 2012

Joint action between the ACMA, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has led to court orders being obtained against US-based and India-based parties involved in the global 'Microsoft Imposter' phone scam

Social media & employees: when every little thing is searchable

  • Dentons
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  • Canada, USA
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  • December 9 2012

The scope of an employer’s right to discipline and terminate an employee for indiscreet or inappropriate remarks in social media is far from settled