Court orders removal of Facebook posts under cyber-bullying law
Friday, January 6, 2023Stephen A. ThieleLitigationRemedies, Cyber-bullying, Removal of online posts
The use of social media to threaten, intimidate or harass someone is an obvious cause of concern in our society. Young people are particularly vulnerable to social media harassment or what has...
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Council Resolution Restricting Communications of Councillor Unreasonable and Punitive
Friday, December 2, 2022Stephen A. ThieleLitigationPolitical Law, Remedies, Integrity Commissioner, Judicial Review
Municipal governments are said to have the most influence on the day-to-day lives of residents. Accordingly, city staff and elected representatives, who in Ontario run as independent...
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Understanding the Ambassador Bridge injunction against the Freedom Convoy protestors
Tuesday, February 15, 2022Stephen A. ThieleLitigationInjunction, Remedies
As Canada enters the second year of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, government restrictions imposed by the federal and provincial governments have led to growing resistance among segments of...
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Defamer gets 18 month jail sentence for contempt of court
Thursday, October 21, 2021Stephen A. ThieleLitigationTorts, Remedies, Contempt of Court
In the law of defamation, we only tend to think about the damages that are awarded for a person’s loss of reputation or the intellectual analysis conducted by...
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Nova Scotia court prevents anti-masking protest from happening
Thursday, May 20, 2021Stephen A. ThieleLitigation, InjunctionsCOVID-19, Remedies
This past weekend, despite Ontario’s stay-at-home order, there were two major public protests in Toronto. On late Saturday afternoon (May 15th) an estimated crowd of...
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