Articles 2020

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A Message from the Chair: 2020/2021

  • 29 septembre 2020
  • Rachel Sachs, Chair, OBA Women Lawyers Forum

Rachel Sachs, Chair of the 2020/2021 OBA Women Lawyers Forum, welcomes the OBA WLF community.

Forum des avocates, Student Forum

Court of Appeal Summaries (September 21 – September 25, 2020)

  • 29 septembre 2020
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Please find our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 21, 2020. There were only three substantive decisions. One of them involved Blaney McMurtry's very own Ryan Kniznik, who was substantially successful in representing our client in Levin v. Levin, a family law appeal.

Litige civil, Student Forum
Meet the 2020/2021 WLF Executive: Richa Sandill, Daniela Pacheco, Barbara De Dios

Meet the 2020/2021 WLF Executive: Richa Sandill, Daniela Pacheco, Barbara De Dios

  • 25 septembre 2020
  • Barbara De Dios, Corporate Counsel, Canadian Dental Services Corporation

Over the next several months, we’ll introduce you to the members of our 2020/2021 OBA Women Lawyers Forum Section Executive. We look forward to connecting and building relationships with OBA WLF members, and looking forward to introducing ourselves to you. Here are the profiles of our first three WLF executive members.

Forum des avocates, Student Forum
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Reflections on the Life and Death of RBG

  • 25 septembre 2020
  • Nandi A. O. Deterville, Vice-Chair, OBA Women Lawyers Forum

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been dubbed a trailblazer, a feminist icon, a beloved lawyer, justice, and leader, among many other superlatives, as reactions and reflections about her death have been published since the announcement of her death on Friday, September 18, 2020. Our very own OBA Women Lawyers Forum Vice-Chair has shared her reflections following these events, and includes some thoughts from follow executives.

Forum des avocates, Student Forum

Message from the Chair

  • 24 septembre 2020
  • Jennifer Davidson

A message from the Chair of the OBA's Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law Section for the 2020-2021 term.

Student Forum, Technologies de l'information et le droit de la propriété intellectuelle

Copyright Holders Intervene to Support Canadian Pirate Site Blocks in Court

  • 22 septembre 2020
  • Yonida Koukio

Representatives from the music, publishing, and sports industries intervene in TekSavvy's appeal from the decision of the Federal Court of Canada, which ordered certain ISPs in Canada to block access to pirate subscription streaming sites. This was the first decision in which Canadian courts ordered sites to be blocked for copyright infringement.

Student Forum, Technologies de l'information et le droit de la propriété intellectuelle

The Battle over TikTok

  • 22 septembre 2020
  • Adil Abdulla

In August, President Donald Trump issued two executive orders targeting ByteDance Ltd, the parent company of TikTok Inc. This article discusses the events following the executive orders.

Student Forum, Technologies de l'information et le droit de la propriété intellectuelle