The media and entertainment group at McCarthy Tétrault leverages the firm’s premier technology and telecoms practices to specialize in advising major communications clients, including Facebook, CBC and the Canadian Retransmission Collective. Toronto-based IP and cyber law specialist Daniel Glover is a key contact and brings strong experience in copyright-related matters. Litigator Gillian Kerr is also noted for representing traditional media, social media and AI companies in defamation, copyright and privacy disputes.
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Key clients
- Warner Bros Entertainment
- Bell Canada
- Facebook Technologies / Oculus VR
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Canadian Retransmission Collective
- Mediakind
- Meta Platforms
- Sam Smith, Normani, Stargate and Their Record Label and Music Publishers
- Sirius XM Canada
Lawyers
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Practice head
Daniel Glover; Gillian Kerr
Other key lawyers
Barry Sookman