2010 April 19

Mosher v. Coast Publishing Ltd., 2010 NSSC 153

The Nova Scotia Supreme Court granted an order compelling Google to provide the plaintiff with the name, account status, secondary email, account services, account creation date and the Canadian I.P. address of anonymous internet posters who allegedly made defamatory comments. The Court held that the Nova Scotia Rules of Court were flexible enough to make such an order at the pre-commencement stage of the lawsuit. The Court also made an order compelling Coast Publishing to provide all information in its possession regarding the identity of the posters.