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A Continuation Of The Super-Injunction Saga: Is There An End In Sight?

Andrew Baker is an LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. Recent developments in the UK, including the notorious case of a famous footballer and a report from Lord Neuberger, have once again called into question the use of the super-injunction as a method of protecting privacy prompting responses from MPs, the judiciary, and […]

Internet Filtering In Turkey: Censorship Gone Too Far?

Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. New internet filtering rules set to commence in Turkey as of August 2011 have gathered international attention and raised the ire of many Turkish citizens recently. Turkey is set to introduce four new internet content filtering options: family, children, domestic, or standard as part […]

Did Copyright Concerns Motivate The White House’s Bin Laden Photo Decision?

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Despite public calls driven by morbid curiosity and a yen for closure, the White House has decided not to release the post-mortem photos of Osama bin Laden. According to US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, the decision was motivated in part by concern that […]

EU Court Quashes F1 President’s Quest For Stronger Privacy Protection For Celebrities

Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Former Formula One president, Max Mosley, recently launched a complaint attempting to strengthen privacy protections for public figures. If the legal bid were successful, it would require news organizations to notify individuals who were the subject matter of a publication. The European Court of […]

How Private Information Became “News of the World”

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. As the volume of litigants and evidence stacks up against News of the World amid the ongoing British phone-hacking scandal, onlookers have increasingly begun to wonder how it had gotten so far without any serious repercussions. New investigations not only give concerning accounts of […]

Security Crack-Down Not Enough to Stop Syria’s Cyber Activists

Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. When a land is riddled with violence and government oppression, the more common reaction from its citizens is to counter the violence with guns and barbed wire. This is not the case in Syria where its citizens have turned to cyber activism and social […]

Elections, Media, and Breaking the Law

Jeffrey O’Brien is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. On election day many voters discussed results before the polls closed, but broadcasting such conversations to the public would violate s. 329 of the Canada Elections Act.

Tasini Takes on Huffington Post over Compensation for Blog Posts

Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. After the Huffington Post was sold to AOL for $315 million in February, former HuffPost blogger Jonathan Tasini filed a lawsuit against AOL/Huffington Post and co-founders, Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer, for “unjust enrichment and deceptive business practices.”

Super-Injunctions v. Freedom of Speech: An Ongoing Battle in the UK

Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Lord Neuberger, the Master of the Rolls, recently gave a speech to the Judicial Studies Board Annual Lecture entitled “Open Justice Unbound?” where he addressed current judicial developments in the UK dealing with open justice and freedom of speech, in particular, the rise in […]