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Tony Wong - "Dropping the Gloves: Moore, Parents Seek $19.5 Million from Bertuzzi -- Legal Experts Say Suit Didn't Need to be Filed Now", Toronto Star, February 17, 2006.
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Tony is a litigation Partner in the Toronto office.He has both a specialized practice in media law (libel, defamation and freedom of the press) and significant experience litigating a broad range of other matters including the following:
Corporate commercial law (enforcing non-competition covenants through injunction applications, government procurement, enforcing foreign judgments, asserting and defending claims for breach of contract and commercial tort) Privacy and freedom of information (advising clients as to obligations under private sector Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act; assisting clients in accessing information in the possession of the government through freedom of information requests and appeals) Defence of criminal and quasi-criminal charges (defending a substantial commercial fraud charge, defending charges under provincial regulatory legislation) Constitutional law (challenges to constitutionality of legislation) Tony's media law practice includes acting for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; and Sing Tao Daily, Canada's leading Chinese language newspaper.On a daily basis, Tony advises these clients on all legal issues arising from publication (such as libel, contempt and copyright).He also frequently attends court to oppose publication bans and orders excluding the media from the courtroom.Tony has extensive experience defending libel claims against media clients.During his time at Blakes, Tony has defended approximately 30 separate libel claims from the drafting of pleadings, arguing pre-trial motions, and acting as counsel at trials and appeals.
Tony has appeared as lead counsel at every level of court in Ontario from the Ontario Court of Justice to the Ontario Court of Appeal.His courtroom experience includes acting as counsel on significant appeals, trials, applications, administrative hearings and judicial reviews.
A selection of the reported cases on which Tony has appeared as counsel is set out below:
OmegaNutrel Inc. v. Food Systems Innovation Inc., [2005] F.C.J.No. 1675 (Federal Court) [opposing application for interlocutory injunction]
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No. 665 (Gen. Div.) [Struck out tort claims against officer and director of corporation arising out of actions taken in course of duties as officer and director] Tony is an adjunct professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto where he has taught the contract remedies course for the past three years.He has also guest lectured on media law at Ryerson University's School of Journalism and has spoken on the "The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act" at the Lorman Education Services, Seminar on Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy in Ontario (October 25, 2002).
In addition, Tony has prepared and/or presented several papers at the annual National Media Law Conference including his 2004 paper entitled "Draft Newspaper Articles and Solicitor-Client Privilege."Other papers prepared by Tony for past conferences include: "Section 486(4.1) of the Criminal Code: Codification of the Dagenais Principles" (2000), "Justification of Allegations: Have you Heard the Latest" (2001), and "R. v. Mentuck: Extension of the Dagenais Principles" (2003).
Before joining Blakes in 1998, Tony graduated as the bronze medallist at Osgoode Hall Law School, with prizes in contract law and civil procedure.After graduating from Osgoode, Tony clerked at the Ontario Court of Appeal, where he worked for Chief Justice McMurtry, and then joined Blakes.
Tony speaks Cantonese and French.
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