Harnessing social media: Syngenta’s high-profile use in Monsanto bid
In our two recent articles, available here and here, we outlined how social media can influence proxy contests and identified some potential legal
View ArticleThe Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: what’s in it for telecommunications,...
On October 5, 2015, Canada and the following 11 Pacific Rim countries: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand
View ArticleAstroturfing: what's real online
Many things found on the internet may not be exactly what they seem. Last week the Canadian Competition Bureau reminded us that this truism has legal
View ArticleBill 168 continues to change the legal landscape in Ontario
Bill 168 has changed the legal landscape of Ontario workplaces, particularly with respect to how employers must view incidents of violence and
View ArticleThe power of balance: in an age of information sharing, data security doesn't...
It's almost impossible to overstate how rapidly technological advances are transforming the way we work and communicate. For example, organizations
View ArticleAre you pre-clearing your employees’ social media activity?
One of your employees has just tweeted: “I love ‘ABC Co.’ and I think it will double in value over the next two years!” Have you ever set out (in
View ArticleCyber-risk management data incident notification obligations
Effective cyber-risk management requires that an organization have a comprehensive incident response plan, so that the organization can rapidly
View ArticleWishing you happy holidays, if Canada’s Anti-Spam Law permits
The holiday season is an important season to focus on good will and the profound messages that the holidays celebrate. Many organizations use the
View ArticleIs e-discovery dead?
That was the question Maura Grossman, Of Counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, rhetorically posed in her keynote at the Ontario
View ArticleWhen public perception and the law differ: man fired for heckling TV reporter...
Just because members of the public call for the firing of an employee for yelling sexual taunts at a TV reporter at a sports match, does not mean that
View ArticleThere's an AMP for that: Competition Bureau reaches resolution with Bell...
On October 14, 2015, the Canadian Competition Bureau announced that it had reached a Consent Agreement with Bell Canada to resolve the Bureau's
View ArticleThe power of balance: understand that security and functionality go hand in hand
Security concerns shouldn’t make it more difficult for employees to interact internally or with their clients and their professional network. Forcing
View ArticleThe power of balance: develop, communicate and monitor information management...
Employers need clear information management policies that state expectations around the type of data that will be protected and how it should flow
View ArticleThe dangers of keyword searching
E-discovery Master Craig Ball recently provided lawyers with a good reminder of the risks associated with using keyword search to locate relevant
View ArticleWill that be cash, credit or bitcoin? The pros and cons of digital currency
Whether buying or selling, cryptocurrencies may change the way monetary transactions are conducted. Also known as digital or virtual currencies
View ArticleComprehensive crowdfunding rules published in final form
On November 5, 2015 securities regulatory authorities in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (Participating Jurisdictions
View ArticleHands-off digital currencies! Canada’s Senate calls for a light regulatory...
Formerly considered a gimmick for geeks and gamers, digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, have since grown into a worldwide phenomenon that now garner
View ArticleGlobal privacy & cybersecurity update Issue 8 - November 2015
In July, President Obama appointed Dr. Raymond Cook to the position of Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community, Office of the
View ArticleCAN-SPAM: an in-house guide
Since its enactment, the CAN-SPAM Act has attempted to curb the number of unwanted emails and impose some rules on a largely unregulated frontier
View ArticleSafe Harbor no more EU-US data transfer deal invalidated by court
Recently the European Court of Justice (the ECJ) rendered a decision invalidating the Safe Harbor Framework between the European Union (the EU) and
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