Friday, April 17, 2009

Quebec judge bars media from reporting on settlement talks in 'adscam' case

Justice Jean-Francois de Grandpre issued the judgment in Montreal on Friday.

A lawyer representing Groupe Polygone sought the ruling shortly after Montreal's La Presse reported April 1 that negotiations between the company and the federal government were back on.

Lawyer Louis Belanger argued freedom of the press is limited by an individual or a corporation's right to privacy and that the right to privacy should reign in this case.

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