Goyette, Marie-Laurence | Langlois Lawyers

Key practice areas

Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Personal Information and Data Protection, Public and Administrative Law, Internal and Regulatory Investigations, Compliance and White Collar Defence, Civil and Commercial Litigation

Québec Bar 2020

Montréal

+1 438 844 7842

marie-laurence.goyette@langlois.ca

Marie-Laurence Goyette is a lawyer in the Litigation group. She focuses her practice on various aspects of commercial and civil law, particularly commercial litigation, privacy and the protection of personal information, white-collar crime, administrative law and construction law.

She represents and advises public and private corporations before various civil courts and tribunals, including in connection with extraordinary remedies. Marie-Laurence is also called upon to provide strategic advice in matters involving compliance and governance in the areas of technology and data protection. She practises law in French and English.

During her studies, she worked at McGill University’s Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law, participated in the Warren K. Winkler Class Actions Moot and completed an internship at the Civil Division of the Court of Québec.

Le Book Humanitaire (non-profit organization), Volunteer, since 2015
Marie-Vincent Foundation, Member of the Young Leaders Circle, 2021-2023
Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre Montreal, Volunteer for the Afterschool Program, 2018-2019
Legal Clinic Just Solutions, Legal Intern, 2017-2018
Pro Bono Québec, Legal Intern, 2015-2016

Co-author: “Un pas vers le droit à l’oubli… Une histoire à suivre | L’avis de professionnels sur une notion de plus en plus évoquée : le droit à l’oubli…” [A step towards the right to be forgotten: a developing story], Droit-inc, August 19, 2021.
Co-author: “A step towards the right to be forgotten: a developing story”, July 22, 2021.
Co-author: “Privacy rights at the frontier of the burden of proof of injury”, June 15, 2021.

Co-speaker: Loi 25 : chemin parcouru, leçons apprises et modifications à venir [Bill 25: Achievements, lessons learned and future changes], Langlois Knowledge, webinar, March 26, 2024.

Mentioned: “Rejet d’une action collective contre Loblaws, Maxi et Provigo : le demandeur réclamait des dommages pour des écarts entre les prix affichés et les prix demandés en caisse” [Class-action suit against Loblaws, Maxi and Provigo dismissed: plaintiff claimed damages for discrepancies between posted and cash register prices], Droit-inc, article by Didier Bert, January 19, 2022.

B.C.L./LL.B., Common Law and Civil Law, 2019

BA, with Honours, Political Science, Concordia University, 2015

Featured Articles

Publications

July 22nd, 2021

A step towards the right to be forgotten: a developing story

While several bills contemplate the introduction of a right to de-indexation/removal into applicable privacy legislation at both the federal and provincial levels, the Federal Court, in a recent reference (2021 FC 723 – July 8, 2021) regarding the application of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (the “PIPEDA”), appears to be opening the […]

Firm news

July 21st, 2021

Langlois hires three articling students as new lawyers

We are pleased to announce that three newly called lawyers are joining the firm: Catherine Duguay-Blackburn, Marie-Laurence Goyette and Catherine MacLean. After successfully completing their six-month internship, these three talented lawyers have chosen to pursue their careers at Langlois.

Publications

June 15th, 2021

Privacy rights at the frontier of the burden of proof of injury

Background On March 26, 2021, the Superior Court ruled on Lamoureux c. Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), 2021 QCCS 1093,1 a landmark loss of personal information decision in which the Court dismissed the class action brought by plaintiff Danny Lamoureux. This decision is the first judgment in Canada on the merits of a class […]