Date & time
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
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Surviving the Mean Tweets of Montreal: Defamation in the Internet Age
Explore how online comments can cross the line into defamation and what legal protections exist in the digital world.
Speaker(s)
Allen Mendelsohn
Cost
This event is free.
Contact
Where
Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex
1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.
Norman D. Hébert, LLD Meeting Room
Room EV 2.260
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Jurist-in-Residence at Concordia University Morton S. Minc invites you to an in-person conversation with Allen Mendelsohn, a lawyer specializing in internet law.
The session looks at how defamation works when the comments live online, how reputations can be harmed in an instant and what the law considers fair comment or crossing the line.
Open to:
All students are welcome from any faculty and degree. Knowing your rights as you navigate the net is of interest to everyone.
To participating lawyers:
Since Concordia University is an organization distinct from the Bar of Quebec, you must declare your hours of training in your personal file. A certificate of attendance representing 1.5 hours of continuing education will be issued to lawyers who attend this conference.
Law Meets Engineering Lecture Series
Concordia Jurist-in-Residence Morton Minc hosts a series of law-related lectures by prominent speakers, designed for students at the Gina Cody School. The series explores the intersection of law, technology, and leadership—skills that are essential for today’s professionals.
Guest speaker
With a specialization in internet and technology law, Me Allen Mendelsohn provides legal services including specialized internet, privacy, and corporate law to a variety of clients in the technological sector and online space. He teaches Internet Law at the Faculty of Law at McGill University.