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Practical thoughts on disputes, reputation, business relationships, workplace issues, and other complex legal situations.
A false and damaging statement about you or your business has been posted online – a review, a social media post, a comment thread, or maybe in a group chat. Your first instinct may be to respond immediately and forcefully. That instinct is usually the wrong one.
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If you are involved in a legal dispute in Ontario, it helps to know roughly what's ahead. Civil litigation can move slowly, and it looks very different depending on the size and complexity of the claim, but the overall process is fairly consistent. Here is an outline of the major stages.
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The Ontario Court of Appeal reins in costs award to successful defendant in anti-SLAPP motion
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An anti-SLAPP motion allows a defendant to move early in a lawsuit for an order dismissing it outright, on the basis that the plaintiff's lawsuit targets expression on a matter of public interest. This article explains how judges decide these motions, what a successful motion achieves, when to bring an anti-SLAPP motion, and when not to bring one.
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A letter arrives. It's from a lawyer, or maybe just an angry business partner, and it says, something along the lines of: pay this, fix this, or we'll see you in court.
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