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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