Today’s Slaw post: I would like to thank my colleagues at Harrison Pensa for being Firm Guest Bloggers on Slaw this week. Their articles focus on emerging issues both in substantive law, and the practice of law itself. I’d like … Continue reading
That’s the title of my Slaw post for today. It reads as follows: I gave a presentation this morning on social media issues at a TechAlliance breakfast club event. Thought I would share this one slide. If someone posts something … Continue reading
That’s the title of my Slaw post for today. It reads as follows. We’ve all heard the saying “there is no such thing as bad publicity” – but of course we don’t take that literally. Apparently, though, research has shown … Continue reading
Fanshawe College is putting on an eMarketing conference March1st entitled “Turning Clicks into Customers“. The keynote speaker is Mitch Joel, author of Six Pixels of Separation”. I’m speaking at a breakout session on “Legal Issues for a Digital World” . I’ll be … Continue reading
Presentation to the Middlesex Law Association. The “Streisand effect” is what happens when someone tries to suppress something and the opposite occurs. The act of suppressing it raises the profile, making it much more well known than it otherwise … Continue reading
I just noticed that the Wikipedia entry on the Streisand Effect links to a London Free Press article I wrote on the subject as the first footnote. So does this advance the notion that Wikipedia is unreliable because it uses … Continue reading
For the London Free Press – July 28, 2008 Read this on Canoe A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision concerning a libel suit against a radio host referred to the changing attitudes surrounding public comment and defamation in today’s … Continue reading
Slaw has a post that has a quote from a just released Supreme Court of Canada case where the decision refers to blogging. The context is a libel case where the judge talks about the “astounding quantity and variety of … Continue reading