TAGGED AS COURT
Bell appeal case against CRTC fibre access decision underway
telecom | 04/19/2024 10:43 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s appeal against the CRTC’s November decision to require the company to allow competitors wholesale aggregated access to its fibre network is underway in the Federal Court. The telecom’s official notice of appeal was filed April 8.
Bell claims that the...
Social media companies sued by school boards in Ontario
Internet and Governance | 03/28/2024 5:12 pm EDT
Four Ontario school boards have launched a lawsuit against three social media giants for disrupting learning and the education system. The action was announced Thursday morning.
The Toronto District School Board, the Peel District School Board, the Toronto Catholic...
Court authorizes class action lawsuit for phone unlocking fees
telecom | 03/05/2024 6:40 pm EST
The Superior Court of Quebec has authorized a class action lawsuit against...
Court rejects station’s request for Rogers to disclose subscriber info
Media | 03/04/2024 3:32 pm EST
The Superior Court of Quebec has dismissed a request from RNC Media Inc. to...
UPDATED: Competition Bureau expands probe into Google’s advertising practices in Canada
Internet and Governance | 02/29/2024 4:22 pm EST
The Competition Bureau announced...
Court denies stay in Bell vs CRTC case
telecom | 02/12/2024 4:40 pm EST
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed BCE Inc.’s motion for a stay against the CRTC’s decision to...
CBC to pay costs to Ontario after losing case before Supreme Court
Media | 02/02/2024 4:16 pm EST
CBC/Radio Canada has been ordered to pay costs after it lost a case over ministerial mandate letters in Ontario. Several groups, including APTN, the Canadian Association of...
Rogers sisters leave board of directors in private settlement
telecom | 01/17/2024 3:07 pm EST
Melinda Rogers-Hixon and Martha Rogers are retiring from the telecom...
CCTS says complaints on Bell prison call rates fall outside its scope; Telus advocates for CRTC jurisdiction in dispute
telecom | 01/16/2024 7:00 am EST
The Commission for Complaints for...
Supreme Court dismisses leaves to appeal in CBC, Samsung cases
Media | 01/11/2024 4:36 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada will not be permitted to appeal a lower court’s ruling...
Supreme Court to hear Telus’ appeal of CRTC access to public infrastructure decision
telecom | 12/07/2023 6:16 pm EST
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will hear Telus...
Pending class action from prisoners’ families against Bell lands on CRTC desk
telecom | 11/28/2023 1:36 pm EST
On a day in July, 2016, a man received eight long-distance collect calls...
Bell files leave to appeal over CRTC decision to renew its licence without hearing
Media | 10/16/2023 5:45 pm EDT
BCE Inc. filed an application with the Federal Court of Appeal for leave to...
Bell sends letter to appeal court backing Rogers; PKP not surprised
telecom | 09/07/2023 5:09 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is backing Rogers Communications Inc. in its appeal over a CRTC...
Rogers countersues ex-CEO Joe Natale
telecom | 09/05/2023 6:37 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is countersuing ex-CEO Joe Natale, arguing he should pay back the severance...
Class action suit against Facebook can proceed, SCC
Internet and Governance | 08/31/2023 5:03 pm EDT
A class action lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. over age discrimination can move forward, after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear its leave to appeal Thursday. The motion to file the suit was initially dismissed in July 2021 but the Court of Appeal of Quebec...
Quebec court denies Videotron’s appeal in Bell lawsuit
telecom | 08/23/2023 6:14 pm EDT
The Quebec Court of Appeal has denied an application for leave to appeal...
Rebel News case against Al Jazeera turned down by SCC
Media | 08/03/2023 5:07 pm EDT
The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear two appeals brought by Rebel News Network Ltd. against...
Rogers and TVA secure site-blocking order against illegal baseball live streams
telecom | 07/19/2023 4:26 pm EDT
The Federal Court has issued a site-blocking order against several alleged...
Bell files suit against copper thief who left 1,000 customers without service
telecom | 06/28/2023 5:54 pm EDT
Once again BCE Inc. has filed suit against a copper thief who vandalized...
Arguments begin in NHL site-blocking case before Federal Court
Media | 11/10/2022 4:24 pm EST
Arguments began Thursday in a Federal Court case that would see pirated signals of NHL hockey games blocked. Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne Gagné presided over the more than three hour proceeding, which repeatedly went in camera to protect confidential information.
The...
Supreme Court declines to hear three telecom appeals
telecom | 11/10/2022 4:17 pm EST
In a series of rulings issued on Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed appeals in three...
Court denies China Mobile request for stay of Gov. order to vacate
telecom | 12/08/2021 10:49 am EST
A telecommunications provider owned by the Chinese government has lost its...
Francophone music group loses CanCon case against CRTC
Media | 11/02/2021 4:12 pm EDT
A group representing Francophone and Acadian musicians outside Quebec has...
Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek larger damages from set-top box seller
Media | 10/27/2021 5:13 pm EDT
BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Quebecor Inc. have turned to...
Bell, Rogers, Quebecor apply for extended site-blocking in GoldTV
Media | 10/26/2021 9:30 am EDT
A trio of Canada's biggest broadcasters has asked the Federal Court for a...
Court orders Google to turn over documents to Competition Bureau
Media | 10/22/2021 6:06 pm EDT
The Federal Court has ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google to turn over a number...
Quebecor’s spectrum winnings an ‘unfair cost advantage,’ Telus tells Federal Court
Media | 10/19/2021 7:16 pm EDT
A Federal Court injunction stopping the Department...
Man fined $40,000 for selling set-top boxes
Media | 09/30/2021 4:49 pm EDT
A federal court judge has fined a pre-loaded set top box seller $40,000 for being in contempt of an...
Google seeks to appeal court decision on PIPEDA application
Media | 09/29/2021 4:47 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is appealing a July court decision that determined that federal privacy law did in fact apply to the company after the matter was brought forward in a reference case by the federal privacy watchdog.
In a Tuesday filing with the Federal Court of...
China Mobile fights back in court against Gov. order to shut down
telecom | 09/09/2021 6:23 pm EDT
China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. is going to court to fight an...
Federal Court orders content pirates to pay millions to Bell, Rogers, Videotron
Media | 08/11/2021 5:14 pm EDT
A Federal Court judge ordered three pirate TV services to pay more than $29...
Iristel fight against CRA’s wage subsidiary denial survives appeal
telecom | 08/03/2021 5:28 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. will continue to challenge the Canada Revenue Authority’s...
Court of appeal dismisses Quebecor challenge in TVA Sports fight with Bell
telecom | 07/30/2021 10:49 am EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an attempt by Quebecor Inc. to...
Federal Court of Appeal dismisses BDUs’ appeal of distant signal tariffs
telecom | 07/23/2021 6:34 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal ruled Friday partially in favour of a group that challenged a tariff increase by the Copyright Board of Canada for over-the-air distant signal...
Quebec judge approves Apple class action settlement
telecom | 05/18/2021 4:09 pm EDT
A Quebec judge has approved a settlement agreement in a class action between Apple Inc. and consumers who...
Bell suing Videotron over permanent roaming claims
telecom | 05/05/2021 6:37 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is suing Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, escalating their battle over wireless customers allegedly...
Alberta judge denies injunction in Super Channel piracy suit
Media | 05/03/2021 5:43 pm EDT
An Alberta judge shot down a request from Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc. for an injunction against Best Buy Canada Ltd., Staples Canada ULC, Canada Computers Inc., and London Drugs Limited as part of...
LinkedIn disputes privacy breach claims
Media | 04/29/2021 5:19 pm EDT
Professional networking platform LinkedIn will have its applications for a summary trial heard in the...