May 8, 2017
École musulmane de Montréal c Benhabib 2017 QCCA 775
The QCCA granted a motion to dismiss the appeal, on the basis that the appeal was devoid of any merit. This confirmed the Superior Court's ruling that the defendant did not commit a fault in criticizing a Muslim school, and that no defamation occurred as a result of these criticisms.

May 2, 2017
Teva Canada Limited v Janssen Inc et al 2017 FC 437
Teva was denied a confidentiality order, pursuant to Federal Courts Rule 151. Prothonotary Tabib cited the open court principle and admonished counsel for failure to uphold fundamental principles of justice including public interest in public and accessible court proceedings.

April 21, 2017
Weaver v Corcoran 2017 BCCA 160
The appellants submitted the judge erred in finding them jointly liable in defamation for four articles written by three different authors. The BCCA has allowed the appeal and a new trial has been ordered.

April 21, 2017
The Globe and Mail Inc v R 2017 ONSC 2407
The ONSC ordered the unsealing of a search warrant and ITO in the Vice Admiral Mark Norman investigation, with the exception of uncontested portions that had been redacted due to cabinet confidentiality, protection of personal information of third parties, and pricing information of Chantier Davie. The application for a publication ban was denied.

March 22, 2017
R v Vice Media Canada Inc 2017 ONCA 231
The ONCA upheld the lower court's decision and refused to quash a production order which directed Vice Media and one of its journalists to produce certain documents and data from the reporter's instant messenger chat logs.