Jeffrey O’Brien is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. In the recent case R v The Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom decided that the police can never hold on to DNA evidence collected from suspects not subsequently convicted.
Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On May 17, 2011, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) Dr. Ann Cavoukian released her Annual Report on the state of privacy protection in Canada. The Report articulated a clear message to public and private institutions: “be proactive” in protecting personal information and online […]
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Stock in LinkedIn, the social networking website for professionals, went public recently, inspiring many to speculate about a coming wave of social networking IPOs. Concerns have been raised in all quarters about the website’s lofty valuation, but a quiet few have also wondered what […]
Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. New internet filtering rules set to commence in Turkey as of August 2011 have gathered international attention and raised the ire of many Turkish citizens recently. Turkey is set to introduce four new internet content filtering options: family, children, domestic, or standard as part […]
Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg stepped down in March 2011 from his position as German defence minister following revelations that he had plagiarized much of his 2006 doctoral thesis.
Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. When Parliament was dissolved on March 25, 2011, over a dozen criminal justice related bills died with it. During their subsequent election campaign, the Conservative party announced plans to bundle the unpassed bills into an omnibus crime bill, and pass it through Parliament within 100 days […]
Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Former Formula One president, Max Mosley, recently launched a complaint attempting to strengthen privacy protections for public figures. If the legal bid were successful, it would require news organizations to notify individuals who were the subject matter of a publication. The European Court of […]
Andrew Baker is a LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. A Chicago area teen has been arrested and charged with misdemeanour disorderly conduct after reportedly posting a ranking of his female classmates on Facebook.
Andrew Baker is a LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. A recent decision of a UK Labour Tribunal has upheld the dismissal of an employee for comments made on her Facebook page. The case demonstrates the increasing use of social media in the employer/employee relationship and the legal effects on speech.
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. As the volume of litigants and evidence stacks up against News of the World amid the ongoing British phone-hacking scandal, onlookers have increasingly begun to wonder how it had gotten so far without any serious repercussions. New investigations not only give concerning accounts of […]