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By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 6 Minutes Read February 22, 2022

The tort of internet harassment: A new tort with an extraordinary remedy

In a landmark decision in Caplan v. Atas, 2021 ONSC 670 (the “Decision”), the Superior Court of Justice recognized the common law tort of internet harassment—proclaiming itself the first common law court outside of the U.S. to recognize the tort.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Business, Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Information Technology, Privacy / cyber bullying, defamation, defamatory comments, harassment, mental suffering, online harassment, tort of internet harassment Leave a Comment

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read February 20, 2020

Substantial damages awarded for defamatory social media posts

The recent decision of Rook v. Halcrow, 2019 BCSC 2253 continues to underscore that social media posts are public domain and that serious censure can follow defamatory social media posts. It appears that courts are perhaps increasingly willing to award very serious damages for particularly malicious social media posts.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / defamation, defamatory comments, injury to reputation, social media, social media posts

By Maanit Zemel | 3 Minutes Read October 19, 2015

Yelp! – How do I deal with negative online reviews?

Every business knows that online reviews matter. They are today’s equivalent of “word of mouth”. It is to be expected that most businesses will, at some point, receive negative reviews online. After all, unhappy consumers tend to want to share their negative experience with the world. Those negative reviews may have a great impact on the business’ financial success or failure.

Article by Maanit Zemel / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / anonymous reviewer, business is a target of negative reviews, consumer complaints, consumers, defamation, defamatory comments, negative online reviews, Online reviews, PR, Public relations, Tripadvisor, website, websites liable for defamation, Yelp

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