I gave my annual presentation yesterday to the Toronto computer Lawyers’ Group on “The year in review in Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law”. It covers the period from June 2018 to June 2019. The developments include cases from Canada, the U.S. the U.K., EU, Australia, South Africa, India and other countries.
The developments are organized into the broad topics of:
- Privacy / Big Data / AI
- Employee / HR
- E-commerce / Online Agreements
- Online Remedies / Governance / Jurisdiction
- Copyright
The cases and other documents referred to are below.
Privacy / Big Data / AI
- PIPEDA Report of Findings #2019-001 (Equifax)
- OPC Consultation on transborder dataflows and supplementary discussion document
- Proposals to modernize the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
- PIPEDA Report of Findings #2019-002 (Facebook)
- Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW e.V. Case C‑40/17 (Advocate General Opinion)
- Reference re subsection 18.3(1) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-7, 2019 FC 261 (Google right to be forgotten)
- Broutzas v. Rouge Valley Health System, 2018 ONSC 6315
- Kaplan v. Casino Rama, 2019 ONSC 2025
- Tocco v. Bell Mobility Inc., 2019 ONSC
- Broutzas v. Rouge Valley Health System
- Kaplan v. Casino Rama
- Tocco v. Bell Mobility Inc
- British Columbia v. Philip Morris International, Inc., [2018] 2 SCR 595
- Jane Doe 72511 v. Morgan, 2018 ONSC 6607
- R. v. Jarvis, 2019 SCC 10
- R v Trinchi 2019 ONCA 356
- R. v. Mills, 2019 SCC 22
- OSFI Technology and Cyber Security Incident Reporting.
- Canada’s Digital Charter
- California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
- Canada Directive on Automated Decision-Making (effective April 1, 2019)
- Singapore A proposed Model Artificial Intelligence Governance Framework, January 201
- EU Commission High Level Expert Group on AI, Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI (April 2019)
- Artificial Intelligence: Australia’s Ethics Framework (April 2019)
- OECD Council Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence (May 2019)
- ITECHLAW: Responsible AI: A Global Policy Framework (May 2019)
- Kahn v. Upper Grand District School Board, 2019 HRTO 863
Employee/HR
- Sprint Electric Ltd v Buyer’s Dream Ltd [2018] EWHC 1924 (Ch) (30 July 2018)
- M.W. v Samsom Industries Ltd., 2019 CanLII 48076 (MB LB)
- Menard v. The Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2019 ONSC 858
e-Commerce & Online Agreements
- TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman, 2019 SCC 19
- Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., 2019 ONCA 1, leave to Supreme Court granted, Case 38534
- WCL Capital Group Inc. v. Google LLC, 2019 ONSC 947
- IN RE Randall HOLL, 2019 WL 2293441 (9th.Cir.May 30, 2019)
- Ryanair dac v SC Vola.ro srl [2019] IEHC 239 (14 January 2019)
- Alan Ross Machinery Corporation v. Machinio Corporation 2018 WL 3344364, (N.Ill. July 9, 2018)
- Schuppener v Pioneer Steel Manufacturers Limited, 2019 BCSC 425
- Hurst Real Estate Service Inc. v. Great Lands Corporation, 2018 ONSC 4824
- Polygon Metalworks Int’l Inc. v Ellisdon Corporation, 2018 BCSC 1448
- Montrose Hammond & Co. v. CIBC World Markets Inc., 2019 ONSC 2870
- Grisafi v. Sony Electronics Inc. 2019 WL 1930756 (D.N.J. April 30, 2019)
Online Remedies / Governance / Jurisdiction
- College of Optometrists of Ontario v. Essilor Group Inc., 2019 ONCA 265, Supreme Court Docket 38669
- Canada Directive on Automated Decision-Making (effective April 1, 2019)
- South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., 138 S. Ct. 2080
- Paramount Fine Foods and Fakih v Johnston, 2019 ONSC 2910
- Manuel v Economic Freedom Fighters, [2019] ZAGPJHC 157 (30 May 2019)
- Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook Ireland Limited CJEU Case C‑18/18 (Opinion Advocate General)
- UTV Software Communications Ltd v 1337X.TO High Court Delhi, 10 April, 2019, CS(Comm) 724/2017
- Television Broadcasts Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited [2018] FCA 1434
- Roadshow Films Pty LTD v Telstra Corporation Limited Aust. F.C. 20 December, 2018
- Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited [2019] FCA 751 (stream ripping sites)
- S.A.S Elsevier et al v S.A. Orange Tribunal De Grande Instance de Paris 29 Nov., 2018 (Sci-Hub)
- UTV Software Communications Ltd v 1337X.TO High Court Delhi, 10 April, 2019, CS(Comm) 724/2017 (multiple “rogue” sites including BitTorrent sites)
- FairPlay Coalition – Application to disable online access to piracy websites, Telecom Decision CRTC 2018-384
- Statutory Review of the Copyright Act, Report of the INDU Committee
Copyright
- Collett v. Northland Art Company Canada Inc., 2018 FC 269
- Toronto Real Estate Board v Mongohouse.com, Federal Court Order, April 15, 2019, File T-1653-18
- Thomson v. Afterlife Network Inc., 2019 FC 545
- Rogers Communications Inc. v. Voltage Pictures, LLC, [2018] 2 SCR 643
- ME2 Productions, Inc. v. Doe, 2019 FC 214
- Keatley Surveying Ltd. v. Teranet Inc., Supreme Court Docket 37863
- P.S. Knight Co. Ltd. v. Canadian Standards Association, 2018 FCA 222
My “Year in review” presentations to the Toronto Computer Lawyers Group for prior years are available at this site. My slides from the 2017-2018 talk can be found here. My 2016-2017 year in review talk can be found here. My slides from 2015-2016 can be found here.
My slides from earlier today can be accessed below.
Sookman_TCLG_Year_in_Review_2018_to_2019