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
Post Magazine’s “Toronto's Top Lawyers 2023” name Maanit Zemel in the Civil Litigation category and Dimitri van Kampen in the Technology Virtual category
ZvK’s case of Clancy v Farid and its implications are featured in a posting on SLAW blog entitled “Massive Payout to Defamation Victims”
The article discusses the decision of Clancy v Farid, in which Maanit Zemel was successful in obtaining the highest damages award ever made against a single defendant in a defamation action in Canada on behalf of ZvK’s 53 clients, most of whom were US residents.
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 is successful before the Ontario Court of Appeal, upholding a trial judge’s award in favour of ZvK clients, totaling more than $300,000 in damages, interest, and costs.
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 by The Law Times in an article about her success at the Ontario Court of Appeal representing a secured debtor whose assets were unlawfully seized.
ZvK partner Maanit Zemel wins an appeal at the Ontario Court of Appeal confirming the rights of secured debtors to reasonable notice of seizure of the secured assets in 1758704 Ontario Inc. v. Priest, 2021 ONCA 588. Ms. Zemel also obtained for her clients an award of over $20,000 in legal costs.
Maanit Zemel presents to the Ontario Bar Association on recognizing and mitigating cybersecurity risks.
ZvK partners Maanit Zemel and Dimitri van Kampen present on Canadian Internet law at the Internet Law Leadership Summit (ILLS) in Las Vegas.