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Tudor Carsten
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Biography

Tudor Carsten is an associate in our Toronto office where he practices primarily civil litigation, with a focus on fraud recovery. He also advises clients on issues relating to cyberlaw and is an active member of the firm's Video Games & Interactive Entertainment Law Practice Group.

Current and recent matters in which Mr. Carsten has been involved include:

Fraud Recovery

• Representing a national communications company on a range of matters involving corporate and employee fraud
• Acting for a consortium of European-based credit card issuers in bringing court proceedings in Canada to secure and ultimately recover the proceeds of a significant credit card fraud
• Representing multiple plaintiffs in a multi-million dollar claim relating to mortgage fraud

Cyberlaw

• Representing a range of both individual and corporate clients on matters involving online defamation ("cyber-libel")
• Acting for a national company on an application to compel an Internet service provider to disclose the identity of individuals associated with cyber-attacks
• Advising a Las Vegas corporation in its dispute arising from the sale of Internet advertising

Civil Litigation

• Representing a video game developer in a contractual dispute with a video game publisher
• Representing former members and directors of a purchasing cooperative in an action brought by the cooperative's former manager
• Defending a municipality against a civil claim relating to the environmental impact of an old landfill
• Representing a manufacturer of innovative construction materials in its claim against a group of former suppliers and distributors concerning trade-mark infringement and passing-off
• Advising a video game association on dealing with ex-members
• Representing a Taiwanese company on a contractual dispute arising from the sale in Canada of satellite technology
• Acting on behalf of numerous employers on employment-related disputes

Directorships, Memberships & Professional Activities

• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
• Member, Advocates Society

Publications & Seminars

• Mr. Carsten is a frequent contributor to the firm's Video Game Law Blog
• You Can't Say That on the Internet: What Every Franchisor Should Know About Online Defamation and Other Cyber Perils, Franchise and Distribution, Volume XV, No. 3, 2009
• Appeared as a presenter at the Canadian Institute Social Media Conference in 2009, on the topic of: The Facebook "Problem": Developing Guidelines and Procedures for Dealing with Social Networking Sites in the Context of Employment Law.
• In January, 2009, was a guest lecturer at the Osgoode Hall LL.M class "Current Issues in Real Estate Transactions" on the topic of virtual property
• Appeared as a panelist at the Canadian Institute Social Media Conference in 2008, participating in a panel discussing the risks to employers of social media.
• Appeared as a panelist at the TIP 2008 conference, participating in a panel discussing virtual property.
• Appeared as a panelist at the 2007 Futureplay conference, participating in a panel discussing censorship in video games.

Media Commentary

• Quoted in "Canadian HR Reporter", Workers Pose Risks Online: Survey, October 3, 2009
• Quoted in INFOExecutive.com, Blogger Battles: Does It Make Sense to Fight?, September 9, 2009
• Quoted in "Law Times", Deaths Spark Debate on Game Liability, April 27, 2009
• Quoted in Tech Media Reports, Social Media Will Land Some Canadian Companies in Court, on December 12, 2008
• Quoted in Canada.com, Virtual World Disputes Landing in Real World Courts, May 12, 2008
• Appeared on CBC News: Business and CBC News: The National on April 11, 2008 discussing a trade complaint launched against Canada by the U.K. government.
• Quoted in "The Tennessean", Gibson Sues Retailers in 'Guitar Hero' Dispute, March 21, 2008
• Quoted in "The Tennessean", Gibson Wants More for 'Guitar Hero' Role, March 13, 2008
• Appeared on CBC News: Today on June 20, 2007 to comment on the UK ban of Manhunt 2 and on efforts by legislators to regulate violent video games
• Appeared on CBC News: Today on June 11, 2007 to provide legal perspective on a dispute between the Sony Corporation and the Church of England relating to the video game Resistance: Fall of Man

Education

• LL.B., Queen's University, 2002
• B.Sc., Psychology, (Honours), University of Toronto, 1997

Place and Year of Call

• Ontario, 2003

Languages Spoken

• English
• Romanian

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