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If anyone knows a good lawyer in Montreal, please let me know! nadim@nadim.cc

by magikarp 14y ago

dfc 14y ago
Get in touch with the EFF: https://www.eff.org/pages/legal-assistance https://www.eff.org/pages/legal-assistance
- ComputerGuru 14y ago
  Don't. They take forever as they have only so few lawyers and they're all backlogged for months. They're also not equipped for this kind of thing. Their lawyers focus more on civil suits, not criminal..
  - pringles 14y ago
    > EFF maintains a list of attorneys, called the Cooperating Attorneys list, who have told us that they are passionate about the same things we're passionate about, and who have indicated that they have some of the same areas of expertise. If we can't help you, but feel that your case is something our cooperating attorneys may be able to assist with, we'll offer to refer you to one of them.
    - benatkin 14y ago
      Take that with a grain of salt. They want to sound more helpful than they actually are on their website so people will donate.
      - neuralgraffiti 14y ago
        I am an attorney on the Cooperating Attorneys list. EFF regularly sends emails asking for people interested in assisting.
      - oxide 14y ago
        says you.
      - elbear 14y ago
        Do you have something to back your statements?
      - coldtea 14y ago
        Your claim is based on the knowledge of what actual facts? (That said, I can see another problem in cases such as this: what if some of the "volunteering lawyers" are set by the government?).
        mseebach 14y ago
        > (That said, I can see another problem in cases such as this: what if some of the "volunteering lawyers" are set by the government?). My IANAL guess is that they would still be bound by client/attorney privilege, and they'd be committing a crime if they violated that.
  - lambada 14y ago
    More to the point the EFF's lawyers are US lawyers. Canada is an entirely different beast from the US in terms of legal system. Their separate mailing list may have Canadian lawyers, but I'd suspect that the vast majority are US lawyers.
    - dfc 14y ago
      So what you are saying is that there is a chance they might be of assistance? My thoughts exactly
  - devin 14y ago
    Don't rely solely on EFF, but also don't avoid contacting them. I have a friend of a friend who contacted the EFF and was given immense help on short notice. Their lawyers do work they find interesting. Explain your situation and see what comes of it.
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dmix 14y ago
I would also contact someone familiar with forensic analysis of malware, so you have lots of data about the monitoring that was conducted.
xutopia 14y ago
I'm not a lawyer nor do I know any who can deal with this kind of thing. However I do know that in Canada CSIS will not spy on citizens unless they have a warrant for it. So getting a lawyer is a great idea at this point. If the government is spying on you they have reasons to believe you are tied to someone who might pull you indadvertedly into something illegal.

If anyone knows a good lawyer in Montreal, please let me know! nadim@nadim.cc

dfc 14y ago

Get in touch with the EFF: https://www.eff.org/pages/legal-assistance https://www.eff.org/pages/legal-assistance

ComputerGuru 14y ago
Don't. They take forever as they have only so few lawyers and they're all backlogged for months. They're also not equipped for this kind of thing. Their lawyers focus more on civil suits, not criminal..
- pringles 14y ago
  > EFF maintains a list of attorneys, called the Cooperating Attorneys list, who have told us that they are passionate about the same things we're passionate about, and who have indicated that they have some of the same areas of expertise. If we can't help you, but feel that your case is something our cooperating attorneys may be able to assist with, we'll offer to refer you to one of them.
  - benatkin 14y ago
    Take that with a grain of salt. They want to sound more helpful than they actually are on their website so people will donate.
    - neuralgraffiti 14y ago
      I am an attorney on the Cooperating Attorneys list. EFF regularly sends emails asking for people interested in assisting.
    - oxide 14y ago
      says you.
    - elbear 14y ago
      Do you have something to back your statements?
    - coldtea 14y ago
      Your claim is based on the knowledge of what actual facts? (That said, I can see another problem in cases such as this: what if some of the "volunteering lawyers" are set by the government?).
      - mseebach 14y ago
        > (That said, I can see another problem in cases such as this: what if some of the "volunteering lawyers" are set by the government?). My IANAL guess is that they would still be bound by client/attorney privilege, and they'd be committing a crime if they violated that.
- lambada 14y ago
  More to the point the EFF's lawyers are US lawyers. Canada is an entirely different beast from the US in terms of legal system. Their separate mailing list may have Canadian lawyers, but I'd suspect that the vast majority are US lawyers.
  - dfc 14y ago
    So what you are saying is that there is a chance they might be of assistance? My thoughts exactly
- devin 14y ago
  Don't rely solely on EFF, but also don't avoid contacting them. I have a friend of a friend who contacted the EFF and was given immense help on short notice. Their lawyers do work they find interesting. Explain your situation and see what comes of it.
- deleted 14y ago
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dmix 14y ago

I would also contact someone familiar with forensic analysis of malware, so you have lots of data about the monitoring that was conducted.

xutopia 14y ago

I'm not a lawyer nor do I know any who can deal with this kind of thing. However I do know that in Canada CSIS will not spy on citizens unless they have a warrant for it. So getting a lawyer is a great idea at this point. If the government is spying on you they have reasons to believe you are tied to someone who might pull you indadvertedly into something illegal.