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The date for the implementation of the law continued to be pushed back due to a number of issues that were raised by industry and others.

Even before COVID-19 forced us to interact with each other exclusively in front of screens, the world was already becoming a more digital place. Meetings were increasingly occurring over videoconference, ...

On January 29, 2020, an expert panel issued its long-awaited Final Report, entitled Canada's Communications Future: Time to Act, on how to modernize the regulation of Canada's communications sector.

In a shift from its largely hands-off approach to the regulation of wireless services, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced that it will develop a mandatory code to address the clarity and content of mobile wireless services contracts and related issues -- but will continue not to regulate the rates for such services.

We have noted that Canada's Anti-Spam legislation (CASL) is complex, onerous and ambiguous. In the face of the uncertainties created under the CASL regime, organizations seeking to comply with the law ...

On September 30, 2020, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced that Canadian student note-sharing platform OneClass paid $100,000...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ("CRTC") released its long-anticipated decision to require online undertakings to make financial contributions...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has taken another big step in implementing the recently passed Online News Act and its regulations. On June 27, 2024, the CRTC...

On December 7, 2007, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) – the entity formed this year through the merger of NASD Dispute Resolution and NYSE Member Regulation – issued Regulatory Notice 07-59 providing new guidance for the review and supervision of both internal and public electronic communications, as required by FINRA rules and U.S. federal securities laws for correspondence to and from registered representatives.

Federally regulated organizations with more than 100 employees must publish their first accessibility plan by June 1, 2023. Those with fewer than 100 employees have until 2024 to...

Canada's Anti-Spam Law came into force on July 1, 2014. Since then, all eyes have been on the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for decisions concerning CASL violations.

On October 23, 2023, the Ontario government introduced Bill 142, Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023, a bill that, if passed, would repeal the Consumer Protection...

Le rapport suit l'examen législatif exigé par la loi après les trois premières années d'application de la LCAP.

On December 8, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in two cases concerning individuals' reasonable expectation of privacy in text messages and other electronic communications.

On January 8, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas issued a ruling denying a preliminary injunction in a case involving the use radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags embedded in name badges to track students (A.H. ex rel. Hernandez v. Northside Independent School District, 2013 WL 85604 (W.D. Tex.).

Much attention has been focussed recently in Canada on the privacy issues arising out of the use of service providers for data processing services where the data is either stored in the U.S. by a U.S. organization or is stored in Canada by a Canadian organization where such organization has a U.S. affiliate (in each case, a U.S. linked service provider).

Nathalie Théberge has transitioned from Vice-Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Copyright Board to Vice-Chair (Broadcasting) of the CRTC, replacing former Vice-Chair, Alicia Barin...