Nos profs dans les médias

Publication: Globe and Mail
Craig Forcese, Common Law Section, is mentioned in this article pertaining to the Communications Security Establishment Canada.

Publication: Ottawa Citizen 
In this Op-Ed, Michel W. Drapeau, Faculty of Law, discusses the details of an assault by a military instructor which left a new recruit with many physical injuries.

Publication: Financial Post
Legal Post tax law columnist Vern Krishna, Common Law Section, has left Borden Ladner Gervais to join Toronto’s TaxChambers LLP as Counsel.

Publication: Ottawa Business Journal
The University of Ottawa has announced it will launch its Business Law Clinic in September, a program it says will benefit both the university and the business community.

Publication: Radio-Canada – Bernier et cie
Michael Marin, directeur scolaire de la clinique en droit des affaires, nous parle de cette nouvelle initiative. « C'est une initiative de nos étudiants. Ils ont constaté qu'il y avait une lacune dans la prestation des services d'aide juridique qui n'offre pas normalement des services dans les droits des affaires », donne-t-il comme contexte. 

Publication: Toronto Star
In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, informs us about national domain names and whether or not they are the property of the respective countries. "The legal states of a country-code domain is unclear. It is not property in the physical sense and within ICANN world it amounts to little more than an entry in a database," he writes.

Publication: CBC - Ottawa morning
Tamir Israel, lawyer at the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, discusses a case of a Chinese billionaire suing Google for defamation after seeing the search results associated to his name. Because it is an intermediary to information,  “(Google) is essentially an easy target to go after. And a tempting one.”, he states.

Publication: Toronto Star Online
Lynda Collins, Centre for Environmental Law & Global Sustainability, comments on the first case of global warming refugees in New Zealand. She calls it a "significant early decision" and believes that "ultimately, there will be many cases like this filed.”

Publication: Hill Times
In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, discusses how Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical company, plans to reverse a Supreme Court ruling of an invalidated patent. "In June 2013, the company served notice that it planned to file a complaint under the North American Free Trade Agreement claiming that in light of the decisions, Canada is not compliant with its patent law obligations under the treaty," he writes.

Publication: National Post
In this Op-Ed,Vern Krishna, Common Law Section, discusses the consequences of unformalized property transfers. "Canadian family members transfer property among themselves for a lot of reasons. Perhaps they're doing some estate planning or maybe dividing property because of a matrimonial separation. No matter what the reason, these types of deals may trigger some important tax consequences. You need to be aware of the rules because the law can be unforgiving," he writes.