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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: Brand Protection & Advertising Law News - June 2023 - 3

The National Advertising Division (NAD) referred the website Smarter-Reviews.com (Smarter Reviews) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on suspicion of publishing advertising disguised as editorial content because it lacks...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Poursuites-bâillons : la CSC confirme l’intérêt public du contre-discours avançant les droits à l’égalité des jeunes transgenres

Le 19 mai 2023, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a publié sa décision dans l’affaire Hansman c. Neufeld (l’« arrêt Hansman »), soit la plus récente affaire hautement médiatisée portant sur les poursuites « anti-SLAPP »...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Canada’s Top Court Confirms Anti-SLAPP Motions Protect Speakers, Not Plaintiffs

The Supreme Court of Canada, in commenting on anti-SLAPP legislation for the third time in the span of three years, has confirmed that even potentially meritorious claims must be dismissed if the public interest in the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

SCC Affirms the Public Interest in Counter-Speech That Advances the Equality Rights of Transgender Youth in Anti-SLAPP Decision

On May 19, 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada (Court) released its decision in Hansman v. Neufeld (Hansman), the latest high-profile anti-SLAPP case in Canada. Hansman clarifies the circumstances in which courts will dismiss a...more

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Ontario, Canada Appeal Court Decides Findings of Workplace Investigation Were Not Defamatory

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In Safavi-Naini v. Rubin Thomlinson LLP, 2023 ONCA 86, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (OCA) upheld the dismissal of a defamation action under s. 137.1 of Ontario’s Courts of Justice Act (CJA). The decision provides guidance...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Anti-SLAPP Litigation: Ontario Court of Appeal Applies Recent SCC Decisions

Four months after the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled on the test for Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) has released two companion decisions overturning a motion judge’s pre-SCC rulings,...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

La CSC clarifie le test relatif à la loi ontarienne contre les poursuites-bâillons, mais est divisée

Le 10 septembre 2020, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a rendu ses décisions tant attendues dans les affaires connexes 1704604 Ontario Ltd. c. Pointes Protection Association (l’« arrêt Pointes ») et Bent c. Platnick...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Pointed Exchange: SCC Clarifies Ontario’s Anti-SLAPP Test, Splits Over its Application

On September 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released long-awaited decisions interpreting and applying Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation, in the companion cases of 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection...more

Bennett Jones LLP

SLAPPed Around—Defamation, Anti-SLAPP Legislation and the Defence of Qualified Privilege

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On September 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered judgment in Bent v Platnick, 2020 SCC 23, the first case interpreting the provisions under s. 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act (CJA)—Ontario's "anti-SLAPP"...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Judge Questions Whether Ontario’s “Anti-SLAPP” Law Strikes the Right Balance

In a recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision, Justice E.M. Morgan used Ontario’s new “anti-SLAPP” laws to dismiss a defamation action against The Globe and Mail (Globe). In doing so, however, Justice Morgan raised...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Everything You Need to Know About Ontario's New Anti-SLAPP Law

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On October 28, 2015, the government of Ontario passed the Protection of Public Participation Act, 2015 (PPA), designed to identify and eliminate strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs). The PPA is the result...more

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Anti-SLAPP Legislation Introduced in Ontario

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Anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) legislation has once again been introduced in Ontario. Now known as Bill 83, the draft Protection of Public Participation Act, 2013 received its first reading last...more

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