The Rise and Fall of Do Kwon and Terraform Labs
- January 15, 2025
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Cryptocurrency magnate Do Kwon has landed in a New York court where he pleaded not guilty to allegations of a multi-billion dollar fraud stemming from the collapse of blockchain platform Terraform Labs. Mr. Kwon had been extradicted from Montenegro where…
Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable for Attacks on WhatsApp Users
- December 31, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The developer of the mercenary Pegasus spyware has been found liable by a California court for the infection of targeted devices belonging to 1,400 WhatsApp users. The ruling will have significant implications for an award of damages against the notorious…
Exigent Circumstances Justified Warrantless Search of Text Messages
- December 15, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
What is the result when the police seize a cellphone belonging to a known drug dealer and then impersonate him in text messages to lure a supplier into an arrest? This question was recently considered by the Supreme Court of…
Exclusion of Evidence and the Rule of Law
- November 30, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The police showed up around midnight with a warrant to search a residential property in Oshawa, Ontario. Roydel Ramsay-Morris was arrested in the backyard and detained for two hours before he was given the right to call a lawyer. A…
Gun and Cash Tossed by Ontario Court of Appeal
- November 15, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The police in Thunder Bay, Ontario, had grounds to obtain a search warrant for Rashawn Samuels’ apartment the day before he was arrested. But they chose to wait until after the arrest to apply for the warrant and denied his…