In the recent decision of Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61 (“Grant”) and its companion case, Quan v. Cusson, 2009 SCC 62 (“Quan”), the Supreme Court of Canada sought to strike a more appropriate balance between freedom of expression and the protection of reputation by creating the new defence of ...

Peter Waldkirch is a second year LL.B. student at the University of Ottawa. Over the holidays the Supreme Court of Canada released two decisions – Grant v. Torstar Corp and Quan v. Cusson – that have attracted considerable attention in the media. This is natural, since the decisions both directly a ...

The Supreme Court today issued two rulings expanding the set of defenses available to journalists in libel suits gaianst them. The two suits, Quan v. Cusson, 2009 SCC 62 and Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61 both ordered new...

The Supreme Court of Canada released its reasons in Quan v. Cusson and Grant v. Torstar Corp today. These are key decisions in the area of defamation and libel, and a major victory for the media. The court recognized the new defence, of responsible communication on matters of public importance. A q ...

TRACY QUAN: Tiger Woods “broke the rules of adultery.”

November 12, 2009. Update from the Lexis Alert Service, 1. People v. Johnson, 9973, 1634/02, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 8052; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7904, November 10, 2009, Decided, November 10, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS ...

United States Attorney Michelle L. Jacobs announced today that two indictments were unsealed in federal court charging 41 defendants with various drug-trafficking offenses. The defendants, many of whom are alleged to be members of the Vice Lords and North Side Gangster Disciples street gangs, are ch ...

Much has been made about the importance of Jones v. Harris as a battle in the ongoing war between behavioral economics  and rational choice/neoclassical framework (see, e.g. the NYT).   If the case if to be about the appropriate economic methodology or model for assessing legal questions, it is defi ...

OPINIO ACCA SOBRE EL CULTIU DE TRANSGÈNICS A CATALUNYADes del respecte que ens mereixen tores les iniciatives que es facin sobre aquest o altres temes alimentaris que puguin interessar a la societat, no podem deixar d'expressar la nostra opinió sobre la Iniciativa Legislativa Popular per una Catalun ...

In Rincon, a city near Savannah, the husband and wife of a Chinese buffet were arrested for conspiring to harbor and employ illegal immigrants. The 36-year-old husband, Guo Hua Jiang, was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Thursday. The Savannah Morning News has the story. The indictment against ...