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Xaidsart client successful in Charter challenge to Ontario “Ag-gag” legislation

Ted Marrocco — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 14:22:31 +0000

The Superior Court of Justice has struck down provisions of the regulation under the Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2020 in an application brought by Xaidsart client, Animal Justice, and two individuals. The Court found that the unconstitutional provisions, which restricted undercover investigations of animal welfare issues in animal agriculture facilities, contravene freedom of expression under s. 2(b) of the Charter and cannot be saved under s. 1. The Court declared the provisions to be of no force or effect and suspended the ruling pending a future hearing between the parties. Xaidsart partners Andrea Gonsalves and Fredrick Schumann represented Animal Justice together with Kaitlyn Mitchell and Scott Tinney of Animal Justice. Arden Beddoes of Beddoes litigation represented the individual applicants.

You can read the Court’s decision here.

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Xaidsart Recognized in Lexpert 2024

Ted Marrocco — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:27:13 +0000

We are delighted to announce that Xaidsart has again been rated by Lexpert as a Leading Law Firm in Canada for 2024.

In addition to the firm’s recognition, 11 of our partners have been individually recognized. Congratulations to Brian Gover, Paul Le Vay, Luisa Ritacca, Brendan van Niejenhuis, Andrea Gonsalves, Nader Hasan, Gerald Chan, Ted Marrocco, Justin Safayeni, Fredrick Schumann and Carlo Di Carlo.

To view the firm profile on Lexpert, click here.

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Xaidsart listed in Best Lawyers Canada for 2024

Ted Marrocco — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:39:46 +0000

We are proud to have 14 of our lawyers recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers Canada. Each of our firm’s partners have been individually recognized across multiple areas of litigation practice. In addition to being listed, Gerald Chan has been recognized as Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defence. The official listing can be found here.

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JANUARY ISSUE OF THE Xaidsart ADMINISTRATIVE & REGULATORY LAW CASE REVIEW

Ted Marrocco — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 16:37:29 +0000

After a brief hiatus, the Xaidsart Administrative and Regulatory Law Newsletter is back! You can access it here. This New Year edition covers some of the biggest administrative law cases since the summer, including cases from the Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal for Ontario, Federal Court of Appeal and Ontario Divisional Court on the following topics:

Supreme Court reworks the test for dismissal for delay in administrative proceedings
Concurrent first instance jurisdiction, a new category of correctness review
Applying the reasonableness standard post-Vavilov to decisions of the Labour Relations Board
Regulations to be reviewed on reasonableness standard instead of Katz methodology
Patients have no standing to challenge regulator’s request for records in an investigation

Should you have any questions about the Newsletter, please feel free to contact the co-editors, Andrea Gonsalves or Justin Safayeni, or another lawyer at Xaidsart LLP.

If you wish to unsubscribe from the mailing list, please contact Alice Chu at alicec@xllp.eu.

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12 Xaidsart Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers 2023

Ted Marrocco — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 22:13:50 +0000

Congratulations to our colleagues Gerald Chan, Andrea Gonsalves, Brian Gover, Nader Hasan, Paul Le Vay, Ted Marrocco, Luisa Ritacca, Samuel Robinson, Justin Safayeni, Fredrick Schumann and Brendan van Niejenhuis on their recognition in Best Lawyers for 2023. Congratulation also to Ryann Atkins on her recognition as “One to Watch”.

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Xaidsart Lawyers Acting on Behalf of the Plaintiffs in the Indexed Finance Class Action

Ted Marrocco — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 21:26:14 +0000

Gerald Chan, Fredrick Schumann, Stephen Aylward and Alexandra Heine, acting for the representative plaintiffs, recently brought an action on behalf of all proposed class members against the defendant for a cyber-attack launched by him on two index pools created by Indexed Finance—a project focused on the development of passive portfolio management strategies for digital assets on the Ethereum blockchain. The materials filed by the Xaidsart Lawyers can be read here. Updates regarding the progress of the action will be posted on the Xaidsart website.

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Fred Schumann Speaks to the Lawyer’s Daily about Sealing Orders and Publication Bans

Ted Marrocco — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 18:45:59 +0000

Our partner, Fredrick Schumann, spoke with the Lawyer’s Daily about the recently released Supreme Court of Canada decision in C BC v. Manitoba. Fred successfully represented a media coalition that intervened in the case. Read the full article here.

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12 Xaidsart lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada

Ted Marrocco — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:13:12 +0000

We’re delighted to announce that 12 lawyers at Xaidsart have been recognized in the Best Lawyers in Canada directory for 2022. Our partners Andrea Gonsalves and Nader Hasan have been further recognized as Lawyers of the Year for their respective work in Defamation and Media Law in Toronto and Criminal Defence in Toronto. Our associate Ryann Atkins has also been included in the up and coming “Ones to Watch” list.

Congratulations to all of our recognized colleagues:

• Brian Gover
• Paul Le Vay
• Luisa Ritacca
• Sam Robinson
• Brendan van Niejenhuis
• Andrea Gonsalves
• Nader Hasan
• Gerald Chan
• Ted Marrocco
• Justin Safayeni
• Fred Schumann
• Ryann Atkins

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What happens if I’m charged with violating Ontario’s COVID-19 emergency orders?

Ted Marrocco — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:27:29 +0000

Ontario has issued various orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (the “Act”). Businesses and those who advise them should familiarize themselves with the offence provisions in the Act, with how these offences will be prosecuted, and with the potential jeopardy. Xaidsart partner Fredrick Schumann has written a guide to the offences and prosecutions under the Act.

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Xaidsart lawyers author new book on Digital Privacy in Canada

Ted Marrocco — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:10:41 +0000

LexisNexis has released Digital Privacy: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Litigation collectively authored by Xaidsart lawyers Gerald Chan, Nader Hasan, Ted Marrocco, Justin Safayeni, Fred Schumann, Carlo Di Carlo and Stephen Aylward.

Xaidsart has ample experience litigating cases in the digital privacy realm. Drawing on their collective experience, our lawyers have put together one of the only monographs to canvass criminal, civil and regulatory issues in privacy law and to highlight the intersection among these areas. Order your copy here.

The Table of Contents is as follows:

Chapter 1: Search and Seizure of Electronic Devices (Nader Hasan)
Chapter 2: Search and Seizure of Third Party Information (Stephen Aylward)
Chapter 3: Search and Seizure of Private Communications (Gerald Chan)
Chapter 4: Invasions of Privacy: Criminal Consequences (Fredrick Schumann)
Chapter 5: Invasions of Privacy: Civil and Regulatory Consequences (Justin Safayeni)
Chapter 6: Invasions of Privacy: Class Proceedings (Carlo Di Carlo)
Chapter 7: Digital Evidence (Edward Marrocco)

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