Category Archives: Sectors – Media

Competition Bureau Launches Little Black Book of Scams

On March 21, 2012, the Competition Bureau announced that it had launched a new publication entitled: The Little Black Book of Scams. In making the announcement, as part of its March Fraud Prevention Month efforts, the Bureau said: “As part of Fraud Prevention Month, the … Read the rest of this entry »

Advertising Update: CRTC Finalizes Anti-spam Act Regulations

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Internet Law Update: CIRA President on Bodog.com, Domain Name Seizures and the Global Economy and the Internet

Byron Holland, CEO and President of Canada’s Internet domain name regulator the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), has written an interesting short note on domain name seizures and the importance of domains to the global economy (see: Domain name seizures and .CA). Topics he chats … Read the rest of this entry »

Litigation Update: Defamation: BC Court of Appeal decides Lawson v. Baines

On Friday March 9, 2012 the British Columbia Court of Appeal, in an unanimous judgment by Justices Hinkson, Finch and Hall, decided an interesting defamation case involving the publication of a newspaper column in the Vancouver Sun entitled “Ambitious claims to a trillion-dollar jackpot” written … Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s New Anti-spam Legislation: An Overview – Part 5

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Canada’s New Anti-spam Legislation: An Overview – Part 4

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Canada’s New Anti-spam Legislation: An Overview – Part 3

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Canada’s New Anti-spam Legislation (CASL): An Overview – Part 2

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