Peter Ruby Partner
	pruby@goodmans.ca Toronto Tel: 416.597.4184 Fax: 416.979.1234 Download v-card

Peter Ruby is a partner at Goodmans. His practice focuses on litigation and arbitration in the information technology, entertainment and electricity industries, and reviewing the actions and decisions of governments and government agencies.  Peter also advises on and litigates privacy law and data protection matters.

Peter leads Goodmans’ IT practice group and is recognized as a leading IT litigator in Chambers Global World’s Leading Lawyers for Business.  He represents all sectors of the IT industry, including hardware, software and service creators and providers, rights holders, internet service providers, telecom companies, broadcasters, entertainment and video game companies, owners of IT businesses, IT distributors, IT professionals and others.  Peter is actively involved in advising clients on a multitude of emerging legal issues, including internet downloading, internet jurisdiction, online contracting, digital copyright and trade-marks, domain name disputes, online defamation, and the regulation of internet facilities.

Peter also acts as counsel for the Canadian Electricity Association and has represented electricity utilities across Canada, as well as new entrants into the electricity business and non-utility stakeholders.  He has appeared at the Ontario Energy Board with respect to generation, transmission and distribution issues and in front of other provincial energy regulators.

Peter regularly assists businesses to challenge and shape government actions and decisions. He has appeared before a wide variety of federal, provincial and municipal government agencies and tribunals, and is actively involved in assisting clients on infrastructure issues and challenging municipal action.

With respect to privacy, Peter has successfully litigated business-related privacy cases that have been brought before the courts. For example, he defeated an attempt by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to limit the access of businesses to the courts when they disagreed with a finding of the Commissioner. Peter has considerable experience assisting clients in dealing with privacy breach incidents. He also assists organizations to draft privacy and data retention policies, deal with privacy inquiries and investigations by privacy commissioners, and negotiate privacy-related agreements.

Peter acted as a law clerk to the Federal Court of Canada, taught at Osgoode Hall Law School and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto teaching Telecommunications and Internet Law.

Recent activities:

• Counsel to Oracle Corp. in Ontario litigation and mediation proceedings

• Representing SAP Canada in arbitration proceedings

• Counsel to Google, Inc. in certain internet law matters (including with respect to copyright, new media and network neutrality)

• Counsel to Software AG in disputes with Canadian companies and governments

• Representing software developer Navantis Inc. with respect to joint venture/shareholder litigation and disputes with customers

• Counsel to the Open Internet Coalition (with members such as eBay and Skype) with respect to Canadian traffic management regulation

• Counsel to Universal Studios in copyright litigation with respect to the film Charlie Wilson’s War

• Retained by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority to review the dot-ca Dispute Resolution Process and make recommendations with respect to its improvement

• Counsel to Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. in litigation, arbitration and CRTC matters (including a successful proceeding yielding Primus benefits of nearly a half billion dollars)

• Provides outside counsel to the Ontario Energy Board with respect to cutting edge issues

• Acts as counsel to the Canadian Electricity Association (the trade association for major power utilities)

• Represented 19 power companies in a landmark matter before Canada’s telecommunications regulator and successfully on appeal in the Supreme Court of Canada

• With respect to novel matters in each of their provinces, advised and/or represented in hearings many power companies including Hydro Quebec, B.C. Hydro, New Brunswick Power, ENMAX Corporation, Manitoba Hydro and Greater Sudbury Hydro

• Representing in litigation proceedings the largest Asian language TV and film producer in the world

• Representing in litigation Canada’s television channel for blind and low vision Canadians

• Successfully represented before the Ontario Court of Appeal a major theatrical company, with respect to a dispute concerning Toronto's Canon Theatre

• Represented the Canadian Recording Industry Association with respect to its internet music downloading appeal

• Represented Sun Media Corp. in litigation against the City of Toronto

• Represented CBS Television in internet identity theft litigation

• Represented in shareholder litigation one of the owners of a television network and two of the owners of a Toronto radio station

• Represented the major shareholders of a radio station in injunction proceedings

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