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Feb 25, 2022

WeirFoulds recognized in the 2022 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that 30 of our lawyers have been recognized in 19 different practice areas in the 2022 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Each lawyer was…

Nov 25, 2021

Peter Jacobsen discusses the unwarranted inclusion of journalists in civil injunctions in The Globe and Mail

Peter Jacobsen, WeirFoulds Partner and expert litigator in our Media & Defamation Practice Group, authored an opinion piece in the November 24, 2021 issue of The Globe…

Sep 8, 2020

WeirFoulds welcomes four new media and aviation lawyers

WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that Peter Jacobsen, Carlos Martins, Andrew MacDonald and Emma Romano have joined the firm effective September 1, 2020. They bring a wealth…

Jun 19, 2018

Libel Tourism and Forum Shopping: The Supreme Court of Canada Applies the Van Breda Test to an Internet Defamation Claim

In Haaretz.com v. Goldhar,[1] a decision released on June 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada confronted the array of thorny analytical and practical issues raised by…

Nov 16, 2011

Case Law Update: Crookes v Newton

Libel and Slander Hyperlinks Publication Innocent Dissemination

May 6, 2011

Not Why I Ran for Office – The Perils of a Councillor Facing Allegations of Improper Conduct

Two principal matters of concern to councillors in terms of potential for allegations of misconduct are the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act and their council’s own code of conduct.

Dec 20, 2010

Case Law Update: Liberty Mutual et al v. Donatelli et al.

Security for Costs Libel and Slander Act Civil Procedure

Aug 2, 2004

The Power of the Internet: Beware of What You Write

In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal has described the Internet as one of the most powerful tools of communication ever invented, with the potential to be a medium of virtually limitless international defamation.

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WeirFoulds recognized in the 2022 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Case Law Update: Crookes v Newton

Not Why I Ran for Office – The Perils of a Councillor Facing Allegations of Improper Conduct

Case Law Update: Liberty Mutual et al v. Donatelli et al.

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