ZvK IN THE NEWS
As leading practitioners in their fields, our lawyers are regularly interviewed by media outlets and invited to speak and present on topics within their areas of expertise.
ZvK Partner Maanit Zemel discusses the perils of online defamation and uncovering the identities of anonymous defamers with the CBC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-doctors-seek-rare-court-order-want-google-to-name-sender-of-defamatory-emails-1.7105520
ZvK Partner Maanit Zemel is a Facilitator on the panel on International Law & Cross-Vetting at the American Bar Association’s Forum on Communications Law Annual Conference in Santa Barbara, California. Ms. Zemel focused her presentation on the status of Anti-SLAPP litigation in Canada
In Canada's largest defamation award ever, Tanvir Farid of Toronto was ordered to pay $4.7M to 53 plaintiffs after decade-long campaign of online harassment.
In Clancy v Farid (2023 ONSC 2750), ZvK Partner Maanit Zemel obtains the highest damages award ever made against a single defendant in Canada, totaling more than $4.7 million. The judgment arose out of a campaign of online defamation and harassment of our 53 clients.
Maanit Zemel was named by her peers as Best Lawyer in Toronto 2022 in Civil Litigation in Post Magazine’s November 2022 Issue.
Maanit Zemel was interviewed about hot topics in Internet and Social Media Law on Lawyered - The Podcast, a leading legal podcast.
Maanit Zemel obtains a monumental summary judgment against one of the world’s most prolific internet trolls, who was held responsible for waging a campaign of cyber harassment, cyber stalking and cyber defamation of 53 people residing in Canada, the United States and Europe for almost a decade in Clancy v. Farid, 2022 ONSC 947.
Maanit Zemel is quoted in a National Post article about a lawsuit against Facebook over alleged defamation and harassment of a New Brunswick Doctor.
Maanit Zemel is quoted in the Walrus Magazine’s article “The Dirty Work of Cleaning Online Reputations”.
Maanit Zemel is quoted in an article in Canadian Lawyer Magazine about proposed regulation of online harms in Canada.
ZvK Partner Maanit Zemel is quoted in an article in Canadian Lawyer Magazine about the status of the right to be forgotten in Canada.
Maanit Zemel is quoted in a New York Times article about the impact on online defamation and cyber-harassment on its victim.
Maanit Zemel is interviewed about online defamation cases on The Night Side with Barb DiGiulio radio show on Newstalk1010.
Maanit Zemel discusses the law of Internet defamation (cyberlibel) and online reviews on CBC Radio Ontario Morning with Wei Chen.
Maanit Zemel is a speaker at Osgoode Professional Development Seminar: Defamation Law 2019: Current Issues and Emerging Trends.
Maanit Zemel presents on Canadian Internet law at the Internet Law Leadership Summit (ILLS) in Las Vegas.
Maanit Zemel appears on the national CBC Radio talk show Cross Country Checkup discussing the regulation of online hate on social media.