Bio:
John P. Beardwood is a partner with the law firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, practising in the Toronto office. John is engaged in a corporate/commercial practice, with an emphasis on information technology and privacy law related matters. LEXPERT has ranked John as a leading practitioner in the technology law field. John is Vice-Director of the Technology and Intellectual Property Group (Toronto) and Vice-Chair of the Privacy and Information Protection Practice Group (Toronto). John works closely with clients in preparing and negotiating various technology-related transactions, including outsourcing, licensing, implementation, distribution, technology transfer, strategic alliance and e-commerce related transactions. He is a frequent national and international speaker and publisher on various IT and privacy lawrelated topics and has been interviewed for CBC Metro Morning, The Globe and Mail, ITBusiness.ca, Computing Canada, CBC Marketplace, Canadian Business Magazine, 1010 CFRB, and was featured on the cover of CBA National Magazine. John is the founder and ex-Chair of Canadian Bar Association National Privacy and Access Law Section; Co-founder of the Ontario Bar Association, Privacy Law Section; Member of the Board of Directors and Program Chair, ITechLaw (formerly Computer Law Association); Co-founder, ex-Director and ex-Treasurer, Canadian IT Law Association; Canadian editor for Computer und Recht International (CRI); and Member of the Committee on International Privacy Law - International Law and Practice Section of the New York State Bar Association. Co-editor and contributing author, “Outsourcing Transactions: A Practical Guide”, Canada Law Book, February 2006. (Upcoming) Co-editor and contributing author of the ITTechLaw, “International Privacy Laws: A Comparative Guide”, (2007)