The Mark

Sign in | Sign up

Mr. Tarantino is an entertainment lawyer and freelance writer based in Toronto. He is currently reading for a BCL at the University of Oxford. He received an LL.B. and an LL.M. (focusing on intellectual property law) from Osgoode Hall Law School.

After practicing corporate law with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City, he joined Heenan Blaikie LL.P in 2001 and became a member of the firm's Entertainment Law Group. He is also a former Vice-Chair of the Ontario Bar Association's Entertainment, Media & Communications Law Section.

Tarantino's freelance work has appeared in the National Post, This Magazine, the Ottawa Citizen and Associates Magazine, and he has placed legal academic articles in journals in Canada and the United States. He also has a blog. His first book, Under Arrest - Canadian Laws You Won't Believe, was published in 2007 by Dundurn Press.

Published Works

By This Author

For the Court to Decide

Convicted murderers should serve out the sentences handed down by a court of law, not duck out part way through....
A Punishment to Fit the Crime

The faint hope clause puts some of our most violent criminals back on the street. The Conservative government is right to eliminate it....
Face It: Judging is political

Americans understand what Canadians don't: The entire practice of judging is an inherently, inescapably political undertaking....
"Corrections" Sections in the Digital Age

Internet technology allows news media to quickly correct their mistakes. By failing to do just that, sources undermine our trust in them....
Intellectual Failings

The public intellectual as politician: Will Michael Ignatieff's tenure in politics undermine the credibility of his academic work?...

The Mark

Bob Tarantino

Published Works

By This Author

For the Court to Decide

Convicted murderers should serve out the sentences handed down by a court of law, not duck out part way through....

A Punishment to Fit the Crime

The faint hope clause puts some of our most violent criminals back on the street. The Conservative government is right to eliminate it....

Face It: Judging is political

Americans understand what Canadians don't: The entire practice of judging is an inherently, inescapably political undertaking....

"Corrections" Sections in the Digital Age

Internet technology allows news media to quickly correct their mistakes. By failing to do just that, sources undermine our trust in them....

Intellectual Failings

The public intellectual as politician: Will Michael Ignatieff's tenure in politics undermine the credibility of his academic work?...