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Ontario considering overtime and hours of work rules for “IT professionals”

The Government of Ontario is looking at dropping a wide range of overtime and hours of work exemptions, including the exemption that now ...

Major U.S. court decisions change patent landscape for Canadian companies

A pair of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in patent cases have the potential to alter the risk landscape for cross-border commercialization.

Supreme Court of Canada upholds global search engine de-indexing decision: Five implications for internet intermediaries

On June 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld an injunction that requires Google to remove an entire website from its global search index, in...

Supreme Court of Canada lends an enforcement hand to intellectual property right owners

In Google Inc v Equustek Solutions Inc, 2017 SCC 34 (June 28, 2017) (Equustek), the Supreme Court held that Canadian courts have discretion to issue...

Canadian government suspends CASL private right of action

The Canadian federal government has announced that it has suspended the coming into force of the private right of action under Canada’s anti-spam...

Court of Appeal for Ontario clarifies appropriate date for assessment of damages for breach of contract

The Court of Appeal for Ontario clarified that the appropriate date to assess damages for breach of contract is as at the date of breach. Learn more.

Top 9 technology issues in the workplace

Employers need to be cognizant of the following nine possible issues so they can put in place the best preventative measures to avoid future problems.

Lessons from privacy breach class action settlement in Canada

The case suggests that class members must be prepared to demonstrate actual harm suffered arising from a privacy breach in order to receive...

CASL’s first compliance and enforcement decision: lessons learned

Find out what your business can learn from the CRTC’s first CASL enforcement decision.