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Terms of service and deceased user’s account

  • Field Law LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • 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

Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube and personal email accounts.how far can an employer go when it comes to using their contents as evidence against an employee?

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 7 2013

With the proliferation of social media, employers are more and more tempted to resort to their employees' personal accounts so as to obtain valuable

Status update: social media and the service of documents

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 7 2013

State Representative Jeff Leach of Texas recently proposed a bill that has generated significant discussion about the utility of social media in

Canadian online business take note: internet tax case

  • Field Law LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • 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

Venting your frustrations on Facebook? Think twice

  • Robinson Sheppard Shapiro
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 10 2013

In April 2012, the Superior Court of Québec rendered a decision (9080-5128 Québec Inc. v. Morin-Ogilvy, 2012 QCCS 1464) that has a direct impact on

Gatekeepers and online defamation

  • Dentons
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 4 2013

The scourge of online defamation poses enforcement challenges for victims. So much so that there may be a temptation to begin looking for gatekeepers

Social media in the changing landscape of litigation in Canada

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 21 2013

Information disseminated through social media platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn is of growing utility in litigation matters. Evidence obtained

Cloud computing provider faces potential seizure order in Ontario

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 7 2013

An interesting case is unfolding in Ontario where Megaupload Ltd. (a cloud storage provider) and Equinix Inc. are facing potential seizure orders for

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

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • March 7 2013

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

Website user comments: to monitor or not?

  • Robinson Sheppard Shapiro
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 5 2013

In January 2012, the Québec Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal from a Superior Court decision awarding damages against a website owner for