Practice Expertise

  • Government affairs and public law litigation
  • Information, Privacy and Defamation
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Areas of Practice

  • Government affairs and public law litigation
  • Information, Privacy and Defamation
  • Corporate and Business Integrity
  • Criminal Law and Penal
  • Cybersecurity
  • Education Law
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Profile

Partner

Guillaume Laberge is a member of the Administrative law group. His practice focuses primarily on administrative and constitutional law. In recent years, Mr. Laberge has acquired significant experience in several specialized areas, such as access to information, privacy, professional law and disciplinary law.

He regularly represents and advises public and private companies, including professional orders and public bodies, on matters relating to administrative law litigation, constitutional law, judicial reviews and injunctions.

In this capacity, Mr. Laberge has been called upon to work on cases involving the confidential nature of documents, professional secrecy, professional ethics, protection of reputation and the legal challenge of government decisions in proceedings before various judicial bodies, including the Commission d'accès à l'information, professional disciplinary councils, superior and appellate courts, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.

Education

  • LL.L., University of Ottawa, 2011 (summa cum laude)

Areas of Practice

  • Government affairs and public law litigation
  • Information, Privacy and Defamation
  • Corporate and Business Integrity
  • Criminal Law and Penal
  • Cybersecurity
  • Education Law

Professional Career

Professional Associations
Young Bar Association of Montreal
Golden Key International Honour Society


Professional Activities and Experience
Accolades
  • Best Lawyers 2022
  • Best Lawyers 2024


Articles

Additional Articles
  • Legal newsletter for business entrepreneurs and executives, Number 16
  • The Supreme Court invalidates Alberta’s personal information protection act : What impact will this have elsewhere in Canada?
  • New Anti-Spam Law: Better Act Quickly
  • From “Safe Harbor” to “Privacy Shield”: laying the groundwork for a new agreement on transatlantic data transfer with the United States
  • The Supreme Court of Canada reinforces the protection of litigation privilege by elevating it to class privilege status
  • Privacy Breach Reporting: Supplying the Stick for Your Own Beating?
  • Constant supervision: how does the recent court decision impact CPEs, daycare centres and home childcare providers?
  • Artificial intelligence soon to be regulated in Canada?
  • Loss of personal information: The Superior Court dismisses a class action
  • Amendments to Privacy Laws: What Businesses Need to Know
  • Adoption of Bill 64: what do public bodies need to know?
  • Bill C-18 (Online News Act): Canada looking to create a level playing field for news media
  • The Supreme Court examines the notion of abuse of process in the case of inordinate delay in administrative and disciplinary proceedings

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