New
Call for Nominations
The National Media and Communications Law Section is looking for interested, committed lawyers to join the Section's National Executive. A Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, and three Executive Members are needed for the term September 1, 2009, to August 31, 2010.
Priorities next year are expected to include legislation and law reform work, outreach to entertainment law practitioners, a review of the Section mandate and other initiatives to renew interest and increase participation by members.
For further details, see the complete Call for Nominations.
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Legislation and Law Reform
Along with other CBA Sections, responded to the national consultation launched by the Canadian Judicial Council on issues that arise from electronic access to court records.
Mandate
The Media and Communications Law Section concentrates on five areas of law:
- Advertising - the law affecting advertisers in Canada, including Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission regulation, provisions of the Competition Act, and legislation intended to protect consumer privacy rights;
- Broadcasting - regulatory and other legal issues affecting broadcasters and broadcast distributors, including the mandate and policies of the CRTC and copyright issues;
- Entertainment - the concerns of the entertainment bar include freedom of expression, regulatory, copyright and privacy issues, as well as the rights and responsibilities of artists and their employers;
- Media and Freedom of Expression - the legal issues facing electronic and print media in Canada, including libel, slander and defamation issues and freedom of expression concerns;
- Telecommunications - legal and regulatory developments affecting providers and users of telecommunications in Canada, including content/carriage issues, CRTC mandate and regulatory policies, and electronic commerce.
The Section often works with other National Sections to bring the specific concerns of these areas of the Bar to the attention of policy-makers.
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