Media, Advertising & Marketing

Whether our clients use traditional print, radio, and television media or online social media platforms, from airwaves to youtube, our lawyers provide pro-active, informed legal guidance on publishing, advertising and marketing.

Our work includes:

• Pre-publication review.
• Challenging confidentiality orders from courts and administrative tribunals.
• Assistance in seeking access to information under municipal, provincial and federal statutes.
• Preparing third party responses to access requests where confidential commercial or personal information is at stake.
• Privacy audits and advice regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information under federal and provincial legislation.
• Strategic guidance to respond to and mitigate harm to reputational harm from social media attacks, including assistance in unmasking anonymous posters and securing internet take-down orders.
• Review of advertising material for legal compliance;
• Reviewing contest rules and compliance with governing legislation.

Our clients include:

• Print and web-based media and broadcasting companies
• Technology companies
• Universities and large public institutions
• Small to medium sized businesses
• Large corporations