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Shibley Righton's Peter Murphy to speak at upcoming business law conference June 5, 2018 Toronto technology and business lawyer Peter Murphy will discuss data privacy at CPDOnline’s 3rd Annual Conference on Business Law & Legal Issues Facing Finance Professionals to be held in Toronto on June 11. Murphy, a partner with Shibley Righton LLP, is scheduled to speak at a session entitled “Unwrapping the security blanket — data privacy and security best practices.” This year’s even

Government suspends CASL private right of action, but fines can still be issued Posted by: Business Law , June 26, 2017 On June 7, the federal government announced that it is suspending the implementation of the private right of action under Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL). The move was in response to concerns raised by Canadian businesses, charities and the not-for-profit sector. The suspended provisions of CASL were scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2017 and wou

Government suspends CASL private right of action, but fines can still be issued December 31, 2007 Creditors must move quickly once they discover their secured property has moved to another province, Toronto corporate and commercial lawyer Marlin Horst tells AdvocateDaily.com. Horst, a partner with the Toronto office of Shibley Righton LLP, says secured parties generally get 60 days to register in a new jurisdiction when property is brought across borders within Canada. Howeve

Preparing Your Organization for CASL's Commercial Electronic Message Requirements December 31, 2007 Privacy and the Smart Grid: How Privacy Protections Were Designed into Ontario's Central Meter Data Repository – Canadian Privacy Law Review

Is your business ready for CASL’s private right of action? December 31, 2007 A $73 million settlement to be paid by CIBC for overcharging customers heralds progress of the Ontario Securities Commission’s (OSC) strategy, says Toronto corporate lawyer Marlin Horst. Horst, a partner with Shibley Righton LLP, says the payment was agreed to under the relatively new OSC “no-contest policy” in which an entity facing charges can agree to a penalty and avoid trial. The policy was anno