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Ontario Court Denies Motion Regarding a Facebook Account, Citing Privacy Concerns

The plaintiff (Schuster) had sued her insurer (R&S Alliance) to recover compensation for an accident, claiming that her injuries compromised her ability to work and participate in social and recreational activities. R&S Alliance moved to prevent Schuster from deleting any content in the “private” area of her Facebook account accessible only to friends, planning to compel her to produce the content in the course of the litigation. R&S Alliance admitted that its intention was to find any evidence showing that the injuries had not affected Schuster to the extent she had claimed

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OBA CLE “Tech in Bloom”
March 8, 2010

Associate James Kosa will be co-chairing the upcoming OBA CLE session entitled “Tech in Bloom”. The session features a variety of speakers who will be discussing developments in IT contracting.

IPIC Webinar
February 5, 2010

Partner Michael Erdle spoke about IP Mediation at an IPIC webinar held in Ottawa.

OBA Lunchtime Seminar
January 26, 2010

Associate James Kosa spoke at the OBA Lunchtime Seminar entitled “What Keeps Counsel Up at Night”. James’ talk was about managing open source software as an in-house lawyer.

Janet N. Chong Publishes Article in Regulatory Focus Magazine
January, 2010

Articling Student Janet N. Chong was published in the January 2010 edition of Regulatory Focus magazine with her article entitled “The Canadian Special Access Program”. The article provides an overview of the regulatory mechanism and the procedures involved.

Nicholas J. Wong Welcomed to the Deeth Williams Wall Partnership
January, 2010

On January 1, 2010, Associate Nicholas J. Wong was made a partner in the firm.