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US government crackdown targets Canadian online gaming company

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada, USA
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  • May 3 2012

On 28 February 2012, prosecutors in Maryland charged four Canadian founders of an online gaming website (the Company) with running an illegal sports gambling business and conspiring to commit money laundering

Privacy settings: the fact that defense counsel isn’t your Facebook friend won’t protect you

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 27 2012

Does an individual have a “right to privacy” to information on his non-public social media page?

Creating contracts by email - "written" doesn't always mean "in writing"

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • November 14 2011

Two recent court decisions (one Canadian, one American) serve as useful reminders that binding contracts and assignments of rights can be created via exchanges of emails almost as easily as they can be created by "written" documents

Complying with anti-spam legislation: a cross-jurisdictional view

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • May 20 2011

On December 15, 2010, Canada finally legislated against the problem of unsolicited electronic communication (i.e. "spam") by signing into law Bill C-28 ("FISA"

Quebec court enforces US court’s $873 million judgement against Facebook spammer

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • February 1 2011

In Facebook Inc. v. Guerbuez EYB 2010-179965 (Quebec Sup.Ct.), the Quebec Superior Court enforced a decision from the US District Court, Northern District of California rendered on November 21, 2008

Theft, pie and the public domain

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • November 11 2010

The power of social media was on full display this past week, as the unauthorized publication of a recipe for apple pie drew a quick and virulent online response

ASCAP, SOCAN, public performances and telecommunications

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • September 30 2010

The US Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision in US v ASCAP (sometimes referred to as ASCAP v RealNetworks) has generated a surprising amount of commentary - particularly from practitioners and academics outside of the United States

Legal considerations for internet advertising targeting U.S. customers

  • Lane Powell PC
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • September 1 2010

The Internet is connecting workers, markets, advertisers and contractors from all around the world

Court finds Fung and Isohunt liable for inducing copyright infringement

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • February 11 2010

A California District Court recently granted members of the Motion Pictures Association of America summary judgment in a copyright infringement action against Gary Fung and four websites operated by him, including Isohunt, one of Canada's largest BitTorrent sites

Could Canada follow recent U.S. decisions awarding millions in damages for P2P file sharing?

  • Bereskin & Parr LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • July 27 2009

On June 18, 2009, a U.S. jury awarded $1.92 million in damages for downloading and distributing 24 songs over Kazaa’s peer-to-peer file-sharing network (Capitol Records v. Jammie Thomas-Rasset