Corporations Have No Personal Privacy Interests Says U.S. Supreme Court

Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. In a ruling heavy with statutory interpretation, the U.S. Supreme Court held on March 1st that for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, corporations have no “personal” privacy interests that would allow them to qualify for exceptions to the mandatory disclosure rules of the Act. AT&T, […]

Court Rejects Settlement Agreement In Google Books Class Action

Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York released their decision in the fairness hearing on the latest proposed settlement in the Google Books class action proceedings. Judge Denny Chin refused to grant final approval for the Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA). “The […]

Island Def Jam Opens Up Their Catalogue to the World of Apps

Erica Lewin is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. I have seen the rise and gradual decline of the walkman […]