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Social Media Law (Part 3: Defamation)

The use of social means to engage in defamation is nothing new. Indeed, defamation requires the very social element of publication. Social media - Facebook pages or posts, tweets, blogs and online comments - merely make...more

Re-Publishing a Third-Party’s Unbiased Endorsement Can be Perilous

It should come as no surprise that making a false statement about a competitor’s product or service is actionable. Similarly, albeit slightly less obvious, repeating a false statement that someone else makes about a...more

Supreme Court Grants Enhanced Access to Justice for Victims of Cyberbullies

On September 27, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in AB v Bragg Communications Inc., an important constitutional case at the intersection of defamation law and children’s rights. A.B., the...more

How to Identify the Anonymous Online Defamer

After reading part one of this series on whether legal action is the right move to respond to negative online comments as discussed in part one, you have decided you need for defamation. So, how do you figure out who to sue...more

Data Protection and Privacy in China - March 2012

China does not currently have a comprehensive legal framework to regulate the use and disclosure of personal data or a national level law that delineates how a company can legally collect, process and retain personal data....more

Peeping Landlord Attempts to Withhold Hidden Camera Evidence

Earlier this year, two women students were eager to leave Bulgaria for the summer and visit the U.S. They went through an agency to find employment and obtain the proper work visas. Meanwhile, a cafe operator in Tampa, Fla....more

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson, et al.

Plaintiff's "proposed" interim protective order

Three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were ordered by a federal court judge to cancel their scheduled presentation at DEFCON about vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system, violating...more

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson, et al.

Plaintiff's Opposition to Cross Motion for Reconsideration of Defendants Anderson, Ryan, and Chiesa

Three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were ordered by a federal court judge to cancel their scheduled presentation at DEFCON about vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system, violating...more

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson, et al.

Plaintiff's Motion for Interim Protective Order

Three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were ordered by a federal court judge to cancel their scheduled presentation at DEFCON about vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system, violating...more

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson, et al.

Defendants Anderson, Ryan and Chiesa's Response to Plaintiff's "Motion to Modify Terms But Not Duration of Temporary Restraining...

Three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were ordered by a federal court judge to cancel their scheduled presentation at DEFCON about vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system, violating...more

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Zack Anderson, et al.

Temporary Restraining Order

Three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were ordered by a federal court judge to cancel their scheduled presentation at DEFCON about vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system, violating...more

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson, et al.

Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

Three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were ordered by a federal court judge to cancel their scheduled presentation at DEFCON about vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system, violating...more

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson, et al.

Complaint

Three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were ordered by a federal court judge to cancel their scheduled presentation at DEFCON about vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system, violating...more

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson, et al.

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

Three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were ordered by a federal court judge to cancel their scheduled presentation at DEFCON about vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system, violating...more