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Court authorizes class action lawsuit for phone unlocking fees

telecom | 03/05/2024 6:40 pm EST

The Superior Court of Quebec has authorized a class action lawsuit against several major telecom companies for allegedly abusive fees charged to customers to unlock their mobile phones. Consumers living in Quebec who paid an unlocking fee between Aug. 14, 2014 and Dec. 1,...

Court rejects station’s request for Rogers to disclose subscriber info

Media | 03/04/2024 3:32 pm EST

The Superior Court of Quebec has dismissed a request from RNC Media Inc. to order Rogers Communications Inc. to share the identities of some of its subscribers, also known as...

Court denies stay in Bell vs CRTC case

telecom | 02/12/2024 4:40 pm EST

The front entrance of the Bell Canada building on Albert Street in Ottawa on Nov. 2, 2021 (photo by Andrew Meade)The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed BCE Inc.’s motion for a stay against the CRTC’s decision to...

CBC to pay costs to Ontario after losing case before Supreme Court

Media | 02/02/2024 4:16 pm EST

CBC/Radio Canada has been ordered to pay costs after it lost a case over...

Rogers sisters leave board of directors in private settlement

telecom | 01/17/2024 3:07 pm EST

Melinda and Edward Rogers (photos via Rogers).Melinda Rogers-Hixon and Martha Rogers are retiring from the telecom...

CCTS says complaints on Bell prison call rates fall outside its scope; Telus advocates for CRTC jurisdiction in dispute

telecom | 01/16/2024 7:00 am EST

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) is arguing to the CRTC that complaints regarding long-distance collect call rates from Ontario...

Supreme Court dismisses leaves to appeal in CBC, Samsung cases

Media | 01/11/2024 4:36 pm EST

CBC/Radio-Canada will not be permitted to appeal a lower court’s ruling...

Supreme Court to hear Telus’ appeal of CRTC access to public infrastructure decision

telecom | 12/07/2023 6:16 pm EST

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will hear Telus...

Pending class action from prisoners’ families against Bell lands on CRTC desk

telecom | 11/28/2023 1:36 pm EST

On a day in July, 2016, a man received eight long-distance collect calls...

Bell files leave to appeal over CRTC decision to renew its licence without hearing

Media | 10/16/2023 5:45 pm EDT

The front entrance of the Bell Canada building on Albert Street in Ottawa on Nov. 2, 2021 (photo by Andrew Meade)BCE Inc. filed an application with the Federal Court of Appeal for leave to...

Bell sends letter to appeal court backing Rogers; PKP not surprised

telecom | 09/07/2023 5:09 pm EDT

BCE Inc. is backing Rogers Communications Inc. in its appeal over a CRTC...

Rogers countersues ex-CEO Joe Natale

telecom | 09/05/2023 6:37 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. is countersuing ex-CEO Joe Natale, arguing he should pay back the severance...

Class action suit against Facebook can proceed, SCC

Internet and Governance | 08/31/2023 5:03 pm EDT

A class action lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. over age discrimination can move forward, after the...

Quebec court denies Videotron’s appeal in Bell lawsuit

telecom | 08/23/2023 6:14 pm EDT

The Quebec Court of Appeal has denied an application for leave to appeal...

Rebel News case against Al Jazeera turned down by SCC

Media | 08/03/2023 5:07 pm EDT

The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear two appeals brought by Rebel News Network Ltd. against journalists it said defamed it. Rebel, run by conservative pundit Ezra Levant, had sued Al Jazeera Media Network over an internet article and a YouTube video. It also...

Rogers and TVA secure site-blocking order against illegal baseball live streams

telecom | 07/19/2023 4:26 pm EDT

The Federal Court has issued a site-blocking order against several alleged...

Bell files suit against copper thief who left 1,000 customers without service

telecom | 06/28/2023 5:54 pm EDT

Once again BCE Inc. has filed suit against a copper thief who vandalized...

Arguments begin in NHL site-blocking case before Federal Court

Media | 11/10/2022 4:24 pm EST

Arguments began Thursday in a Federal Court case that would see pirated...

Supreme Court declines to hear three telecom appeals

telecom | 11/10/2022 4:17 pm EST

In a series of rulings issued on Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed appeals in three...

Court denies China Mobile request for stay of Gov. order to vacate

telecom | 12/08/2021 10:49 am EST

A telecommunications provider owned by the Chinese government has lost its appeal against an order from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to pack up shop and vacate...

Francophone music group loses CanCon case against CRTC

Media | 11/02/2021 4:12 pm EDT

A group representing Francophone and Acadian musicians outside Quebec has...

Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek larger damages from set-top box seller

Media | 10/27/2021 5:13 pm EDT

BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Quebecor Inc.  have turned to...

Bell, Rogers, Quebecor apply for extended site-blocking in GoldTV

Media | 10/26/2021 9:30 am EDT

A trio of Canada's biggest broadcasters has asked the Federal Court for a...

Court orders Google to turn over documents to Competition Bureau

Media | 10/22/2021 6:06 pm EDT

The Federal Court has ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google to turn over a number...

Quebecor’s spectrum winnings an ‘unfair cost advantage,’ Telus tells Federal Court

Media | 10/19/2021 7:16 pm EDT

A Federal Court injunction stopping the Department...

Man fined $40,000 for selling set-top boxes

Media | 09/30/2021 4:49 pm EDT

A federal court judge has fined a pre-loaded set top box seller $40,000 for being in contempt of an...

Google seeks to appeal court decision on PIPEDA application 

Media | 09/29/2021 4:47 pm EDT

Alphabet Inc.'s Google is appealing a July court decision that determined...

China Mobile fights back in court against Gov. order to shut down

telecom | 09/09/2021 6:23 pm EDT

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. is going to court to fight an...

Federal Court orders content pirates to pay millions to Bell, Rogers, Videotron

Media | 08/11/2021 5:14 pm EDT

A Federal Court judge ordered three pirate TV services to pay more than $29 million in damages to major broadcasters which claimed the sellers were cutting into their business...

Iristel fight against CRA’s wage subsidiary denial survives appeal

telecom | 08/03/2021 5:28 pm EDT

Iristel Inc. will continue to challenge the Canada Revenue Authority’s...

Court of appeal dismisses Quebecor challenge in TVA Sports fight with Bell

telecom | 07/30/2021 10:49 am EDT

The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an attempt by Quebecor Inc. to...

Federal Court of Appeal dismisses BDUs’ appeal of distant signal tariffs

telecom | 07/23/2021 6:34 pm EDT

The Federal Court of Appeal ruled Friday partially in favour of a group...

Quebec judge approves Apple class action settlement

telecom | 05/18/2021 4:09 pm EDT

A Quebec judge has approved a settlement agreement in a class action between Apple Inc. and consumers who...

Bell suing Videotron over permanent roaming claims

telecom | 05/05/2021 6:37 pm EDT

BCE Inc. is suing Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, escalating their battle over wireless customers allegedly being allowed to roam on Bell’s network without authorization.  Referring to a decision from last year, Bell’s vice chair for Quebec, Karine Moses, said in a...

Alberta judge denies injunction in Super Channel piracy suit

Media | 05/03/2021 5:43 pm EDT

An Alberta judge shot down a request from Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc. for an injunction against Best Buy Canada Ltd., Staples Canada ULC, Canada Computers Inc., and London Drugs Limited as part of...

LinkedIn disputes privacy breach claims

Media | 04/29/2021 5:19 pm EDT

Professional networking platform LinkedIn will have its applications for a summary trial heard in the...