June 14, 2012
Baglow v. Smith
The Ontario Court of Appeal allows the appeal and directs that the action in which a blogger sued another for defamation proceed to trial. The Court finds that because there is no existing case law ...

April 18, 2012
Éditions Écosociété Inc. v. Banro Corp
The Court held (unanimously) that the appeal is dismissed and finds that a real and substantial connection exists between the action and the Ontario court's territory. The Court concludes that although the "claim has connections to more than one forum, given the strength of the connections between the plaintiff and Ontario, it is not at all clear that the plaintiff is engaged in libel tourism and that Quebec would be a clearly more appropriate forum".

April 18, 2012
Breeden v. Black
The Court held (unanimously) that the appeal is dismissed and concludes that an Illinois court does not emerge as a clearly more appropriate forum than an Ontario court for the trial of the libel actions brought by Lord Black.

October 19, 2011
Crookes v. Newton, SCC
The Court is unanimous in its dismissal of the appeal. The majority describes hyperlinks as "references", fundamentally different from publication.

March 4, 2011
A.B. v. Bragg Communications Inc., 2011 NSCA 26
A young person started a defamation claim using initials and simultaneously applied for a publication ban. CMLA members including Nancy Rubin and Al Parish, acting on behalf of media clients successfully intervened and the Nova Scotia court firmly rejects the proposition that a defamation plaintiff (even a young person) can start an action anonymously.