Angela Swan's guest appearances

Angela Swan

The Law School Show

Stereo Decisis

Uncommons with Nate Erskine-Smith

Camille Labchuk

Craig Forcese

Marc Miller

Nathan Fox

Jane Goodall

Chris Graham

Shoshana Zuboff

Jon Allen

Joseph Stiglitz

David Steinberg

James Mirtle

David Taylor

Bruce Arthur

Danielle Allen

David Johnston

OwlTail

Nate speaks with friend and mentor Angela Swan about her lived experience as a trans-woman. Angela is a legal scholar having written a number of papers, reviews, books, case comments and annotations on topics such as contract law, civil litigation and conflict of laws. Her work has been cited with approval by a number of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. She is frequently retained by other law firms as an expert witness in connection with matters pertaining to the law in Ontario. Angela was also recently appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada. 

Nate speaks with friend and mentor Angela Swan about her lived experience as a trans-woman.  Angela is a legal scholar having written a number of papers, reviews, books, case comments and annotations on topics such as contract law, civil litigation and conflict of laws. Her work has been cited with approval by a number of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. She is frequently retained by other law firms as an expert witness in connection with matters pertaining to the law in Ontario. Angela was also recently appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Expect acceptance with Angela Swan

The advent of big-tech corporations and mass-produced “Terms of Service” agreements raises important, but disturbing, questions about the notion of meaningful consent in contractual relationships. It is a given that the overwhelming majority of consumers do not even read the contracts to which they must agree if they wish to use products or access services. To what, then, are they consenting? In today's episode, we are joined by Professor Angela Swan of Osgoode Hall Law School to explore this question. Prof. Swan speaks with host Ali Mesbahian about the Supreme Court's 2017 decision in Douez v Facebook, in which a British Columbian resident sued Facebook on the grounds that the company violated her privacy rights by extracting her information and selling it to advertisers. What happened next? Listen to the episode and find out! 

The advent of big-tech corporations and mass-produced “Terms of Service” agreements raises important, but disturbing, questions about the notion of meaningful consent in contractual relationships. It is a given that the overwhelming majority of consumers do not even read the contracts to which they must agree if they wish to use products or access services. To what, then, are they consenting? In today's episode, we are joined by Professor Angela Swan of Osgoode Hall Law School to explore this question. Prof. Swan speaks with host Ali Mesbahian about the Supreme Court's 2017 decision in Douez v Facebook, in which a British Columbian resident sued Facebook on the grounds that the company violated her privacy rights by extracting her information and selling it to advertisers. What happened next? Listen to the episode and find out!

143. Douez v Facebook: What Are We Consenting To? (with Prof. Angela Swan)

On this episode of Stereo Decisis, Oliver Pulleyblank, Hilary Young and Robert Danay are joined by Angela Swan, who was recently described as "nothing short of a venerated celebrity in both Canadian contract law and the Canadian legal community at large." Angela brings her decades of experience and expertise to discuss COVID-19 and contractual clauses such as force majeure and material adverse event/change. In so doing, she mentions Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG - No. 2018-0300-JTL, 2018 Del. Ch. LEXIS 325 (Ch. Oct. 1, 2018), which is one of the only cases in which a court actually found that a material adverse change clause was properly invoked by a party to a contract. In obiter dicta, Hilary recommends a podcast called My Dad Wrote a Porno, Oliver recommends the Raven DeBriefs podcast and Rob recommends a Netflix documentary called Circus of Books. If you enjoyed this podcast, please give us a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Find us on Twitter and Facebook!

On this episode of Stereo Decisis, <a href="https://www.pulleyblank.ca/about-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oliver Pulleyblank</a>, <a href="https://www.unb.ca/faculty-staff/directory/law/young-hilary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hilary Young</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-danay-335127127/?originalSubdomain=ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Danay </a>are joined by Angela Swan, who was recently described as "<a href="https://historyproject.allard.ubc.ca/law-history-project/profile/angela-swan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nothing short of a venerated celebrity in both Canadian contract law and the Canadian legal community at large.</a>" Angela brings her decades of experience and expertise to discuss COVID-19 and contractual clauses such as force majeure and material adverse event/change. In so doing, she mentions <a href="https://courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Download.aspx?id=279250" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG - No. 2018-0300-JTL, 2018 Del. Ch. LEXIS 325 (Ch. Oct. 1, 2018)</a>, which is one of the only cases in which a court actually found that a material adverse change clause was properly invoked by a party to a contract. In obiter dicta, Hilary recommends a podcast called <a href="https://www.mydadwroteaporno.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Dad Wrote a Porno</a>, Oliver recommends the <a href="https://raventrust.com/raven-briefings-a-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raven DeBriefs</a> podcast and Rob recommends a Netflix documentary called <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/circus_of_books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Circus of Books</a>. If you enjoyed this podcast, please give us a rating and a review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/stereo-decisis/id1413887381" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/robert-danay/stereo-decisis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Find us on <a href="https://twitter.com/stereodecisis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stereodecisis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>!

Angela Swan on COVID-19 and Force Majeure