Media & Defamation

We have one of the pre-eminent media and defamation practices in Canada. We act or have acted for all major Canadian legacy media companies as well as for prominent foreign media organizations. We also act for “new media” companies whose presence is primarily online as well publishers of books and periodicals. Our lawyers have acted in many of the leading media law cases over the past decades and bring deep knowledge and expertise in the areas of freedom of expression, defamation, privacy, access to information, and copyright law.
We also regularly represent corporations and individuals who are victims of online attack and have deep experience litigating disputes arising from online defamation and harassment.
Since the advent of anti-SLAPP legislation in Canada (Ontario 2015 and BC 2019), our lawyers have developed significant expertise bringing and resisting anti-SLAPP motions.