Defamation
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Facebook defamation case awards significant damages
My partner David A. Crerar published a short piece on the recent case of Pritchard v. Van Nes. He explains how Facebook users who angrily vent to online friends may think that they live in a magic bubble free of liability for defamation but that intsead, given the ease and encouragement of sharing on Facebook […] Read more
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Defamation on social media during election campaign: Rankin decision
In Rankin c. Rankin, 2014 QCCQ 8981, which came out a few days ago, a plaintiff was awarded $10,000 in compensatory damages and $3,000 in punitive damages, after defamatory comments were made about him on Facebook and in public in the context of an election campaign. The plaintiff and the defendant are cousins and both members of the Algonquin community Abitibiwinni. Several […] Read more