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Terms of service and deceased user’s account

  • Field Law LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • May 23 2013

When a user dies, who owns the contents of that user's account? In Ajemian v. Yahoo Inc. (May 7, 2013), a Massachusetts court considered this

Canadian online business take note: internet tax case

  • Field Law LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 25 2013

"The world has changed dramatically in the last two decades An entity may now have a profound impact upon a foreign jurisdiction solely

Growing concerns over online privacy lead to class action lawsuits against Instagram, Facebook and Google

  • Davis LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • March 7 2013

In addition to email, social networking websites (such as Facebook, MySpace, Google, Twitter, and LinkedIn) have become the established norm for

Social media & employees: when every little thing is searchable

  • Dentons
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • 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

Copyright round-up international developments

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • Canada, New Zealand, USA
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  • August 7 2012

The public profile of copyright has never been as high as it is now mainly as a result of high-profile public campaigns around the section 92A "three strikes" regime and opposing ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

My friends are your friends? U.S. court rules that an employer’s myspace “friends” list can be a trade secret

  • Dentons
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • June 22 2012

In a decision that may one day be cited by Canadian courts on the extent of an employer’s rights over its social media properties, the United States District Court for Colorado has ruled that an employer’s MySpace Profile and “Friends” list can qualify as trade secrets

Spoliation and social media

  • Dentons
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • May 17 2012

News media have paid significant attention to court orders requiring production of relevant documents from Facebook and social media sites in the course of litigation

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
  • -
  • 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

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