Today, the Supreme Court of Canada granted CIPPIC leave to intervene in Crookes v. Newton. The case, on appeal from the B.C. Court of Appeal, has raised the issue of whether and under what circumstances posting a hyperlink to online content that contains defamatory statements can amount to publication of that content. The plaintiff, Crookes, argues that posting…
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Indiana AG Zoeller files lawsuit to stop nuisance robo-calls
By placing prerecorded robo-calls to Hoosier consumers who had joined the Do Not Call list, an Indianapolis telephone solicitor violated multiple telephone privacy laws, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said. Zoeller on Friday filed suit against the telephone solicitor, Otis Thomas of 3011 North Gladstone Avenue, Indianapolis, seeking a permanent injunction and thousands of dollars…
Disgruntled Lawyer Drops Libel Claim, Sues Website Over Privacy
Daniel Fisher writes: Florida attorney Larry Joe Davis didn’t like his listing on Avvo.com, a website that purports to rate lawyers according to a proprietary scale. He rates 3.7 out of 10 and has a “caution” warning because he wasdisciplined by the Florida Bar in 2007 over a matter involving failure to pay child support. First Davis…
Phone Numbers, E-Mail Addresses, and Metaphor Wars
Julian Sanchez writes: The law normally advances by small and cautious steps—by the gradual extension of established precedents and rules to novel problems and fact patterns. Little wonder, then, that tricky questions of law often amount to conflicts between competing metaphors. Is a hard drive like a closed briefcase whose contents are all fair game for…