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20 Sep

Court unmasks anonymous media site posters

NEWS – In what may be the first case of its kind involving comments posted to a Canadian media website, the Halifax weekly The Coast has been ordered to identify […]

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20 Sep

Ontario news website wins responsible journalism libel verdict

NewsThe new responsible journalism defence has helped an Ontario news website defeat a libel action launched by a man named in a police fraud alert. In one of the first […]

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14 Sep

Jury uses new defence, dismisses libel suit against news site, police

In one of the first uses of a new journalistic defence, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed a multimillion-dollar libel suit brought forward by a former accountant against […]

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18 Feb

‘A huge sea change’ in libel law

CBC journalist Harvey Cashore called December 22 “the most important day in the history of media law” at a Toronto event debating the Supreme Court decision that created a new […]

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26 Dec

Libel reform: Be careful what you wish for

The new defence of responsible communication is good news for the media, but Ryerson University’s Jeffrey A. Dvorkin doubts it will usher in a new wave investigative journalism. As layoffs […]

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23 Dec

The responsible communication defence: What’s in it for journalists?

What exactly does the pair of Supreme Court of Canada rulings handed down December 22 mean for journalists? An expanded definition of “public interest,” a list of the steps journalists […]

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22 Dec

SCC creates new libel defence of responsible communication

News The Supreme Court of Canada has created a new libel defence – the defence of responsible communication on matters of public interest. In ordering new trials in libel actions […]

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16 Dec

Coalition battles libel chill in top court

A coalition that includes the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) and Ad IDEM/Canadian Media Lawyers Association is intervening in a case before the Supreme Court […]

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6 Sep

The media march off to court

ByDean Jobb Originally published in the Winnipeg Free Press, September 1, 2009 A publication ban squelches media coverage of a terrorist plot and a sensational murder. Two newspapers must pay […]

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18 Feb

The right to be wrong: Supreme Court reserves judgment in libel case

NewsThe Supreme Court of Canada has reserved judgment on an appeal that could create a new libel defence of “responsible journalism.” Media lawyers argued Feb. 17 that journalists who pursue […]

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