Merck Frosst Canada Ltd v Minister of Health – Part I
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” – Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, in “What Publicity Can Do,” Harper’s Weekly, 1913. In an environment that views...
Monthly Archive: February 2012
Mandatory Minimum Sentences, the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, and the SCC’s Decision in D.A.I.
Cruel and Unusual Punishment? An Ontario judge struck down the mandatory minimum sentence for possession of a loaded gun on Monday in The Crown v Smickle, 2012 ONSC 602. Justice...
Golan v Holder: Redrawing the Boundaries of the Public Domain
For many Internet users, the year started off inauspiciously. SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, was introduced in the United States House of Representatives. It swiftly put websites out of...
Nygard v CBC: Disposition Without Trial – The Bigger Picture
In their recent decision in Nygård International Partnership v Canadian Broadcasting Corporations (Nygard v CBC), 2012 MBCA 8, the Manitoba Court of Appeal dismissed the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) motion to...
