By Antoine Aylwin, Karl Delwaide and Antoine Guilmain.
As of July 1, 2017, individuals and organizations will be entitled to institute a “private right of action” before the courts against those that contravene certain provisions of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law[1] (“CASL”). In the event of a contravention of the message rules in CASL, a monetary penalty up to a maximum of $1,000,000 per day may be imposed. This private right of action should be taken seriously right now. From this perspective and building on previous publications,[2] this bulletin discusses this new mechanism … (see PDF below to read the full article)