ZvK Partner Maanit Zemel is interviewed by Canadian Lawyer Magazine about the Canadian Government’s proposed Digital Safety Act (Bill C-34) and a social media ban for children under the age of 16
Maanit Zemel is interviewed by CBC News on the proposed Safe Social Media Act
Maanit Zemel takes part in the Law Commission of Ontario's expert roundtable on Intimate Images & Deepfakes
ZvK Partner Maanit Zemel has been asked to take part in the Law Commission of Ontario’s expert roundtable to address its project on Intimate Images & Deepfakes. The event will take place on June 9, 2026
Maanit Zemel is quoted in National Post article
Maanit Zemel is quoted in the CBA National magazine about liability of social media companies
ZvK Partner Maanit Zemel is interviewed by the Canadian Bar Association’s National magazine on the impact of recent court decision in the U.S. finding social media platforms liable to their underage users - “Social media’s standard of care”
Maanit Zemel is interviewed on Mornings with Simi about the Liability of Social Media Companies
On March 27, 2026, ZvK Partner Maanit Zemel was interviewed on the radio morning show “Mornings With Simi” on Vancouver’s Global News 730 CKNW about the implications of an award of damages by a US jury against social media giants Meta and Google for harms to children and youth online. Listen to the interview on the podcast, beginning at minute 21
Maanit Zemel appears on CTV News the National
Maanit Zemel is quoted in The Wire Report article on Bill C-16
Maanit Zemel is interviewed by CityTV News about Canadian Privacy Laws
Maanit Zemel in quoted in a CBC article about the legality of viral TikTok videos
Maanit Zemel is quoted by the CBC about the legal issues surrounding viral TikTok videos of women being secretly filmed in malls - “18-year-old says she was secretly filmed in Ontario mall for viral TikTok video deemed as anti-woman”
ZvK is Successful at the Ontario Court of Appeal
Maanit Zemel is quoted in a CBC article on Online Defamation & Anonymous Defamers
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
Maanit Zemel presents at the American Bar Association's Forum on Communications Law
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
ZvK Lawyers named Toronto's Top Lawyers 2023 in Post Magazine
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 Recent Success at the Ontario Superior Court discussed in the SLAW post
ZvK’s case of Clancy v Farid and its implications are featured in a posting on SLAW blog entitled “Massive Payout to Defamation Victims”
Maanit Zemel is mentioned in an article in the Los Angeles Business Journal
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.
Maanit Zemel is featured in a Law Times Magazine article
Maanit Zemel’s record-breaking success at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice is featured in the National Post
ZvK obtains highest damages award in a defamation action in Canadian history (National Post)
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.
ZvK obtains highest damages award in a defamation action in Canadian history
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.