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Social media influencers and game streamers can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars per year and are paid in both cash and merchandise.

Working from home and using videoconferencing services means lawyers must be more vigilant than ever.

As one of the seminal decisions of 2014, USW and Tenaris Algoma Tubes Inc. raised the issues of off-duty conduct, sexual harassment / threats and social media.

In Beijing Jingdong 360 Du E-Commerce Ltd. v. Yue Zhang [2019 FC 1293] ("Beijing Jingdong"), the Federal Court, per Justice Brown, ordered the expungement of the registered mark JD Design,...

On January 21, 2026, the Federal Court set aside the Canadian government's order to shut down TikTok Technology Canada's operations, allowing the company to maintain its offices while the matter undergoes further review.

Social media use is proliferating at an unprecedented rate. What many people once thought was a silly fad has now become a ubiquitous part of our daily lives. It is widely reported that there are 50 million "tweets" on Twitter and over one million "check-ins" on FourSquare every day, over 24 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute and more than 700 status updates every second on Facebook.

Can employers use information from their employees’ "Facebook" pages in managing the employment relationship?

Employers in Ontario have a legal duty to investigate incidents of harassment that come to management's attention – even if the employee who was targeted doesn't cooperate and hasn't filed a formal complaint.

In the last month of 2020, Canadian courts decided two proceedings involving alleged copyright infringement and social media platforms.

Although it is battling for eyeballs with newer services like TikTok, YouTube is still a dominant player in the online video space.

In a decision released last week, Giustra v. Twitter, Inc., the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed an application by Twitter challenging the Court's jurisdiction to hear a defamation...

The past decade has seen incredible growth in social media as a primary means by which information and entertainment is consumed.

On February 26, 2024, the federal government tabled Bill C-63 (Bill), which would enact the Online Harms Act (Act) and establish Canada's first federal online content moderation regime.

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez introduced Bill C-11 titled the Online Streaming Act (the "Bill"), to amend the Broadcasting Act.

Information disseminated through social media platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn is of growing utility in litigation matters.

In Smith, the onus was on the defendant to establish that the plaintiff's social media accounts had relevant information.

Humans love to look at faces – our families, our friends, complete strangers. In some ways, our brains are optimized for facial identity recognition.

On June 10, 2026, the federal government introduced Bill C-34, also known as the Safe Social Media Act. The proposed legislation represents a sweeping effort to regulate social media platforms...