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Appeal quashed from “without prejudice” dismissal of motion for non-party production

In Quenneville v. Robert Bosch GMBH, 2019 ONCA 235, the Court of Appeal for Ontario recently weighed back into the final-interlocutory debate in the...

IIROC moving forward with new enforcement tools

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, Canada’s national investment dealer self-regulatory organization, has announced it...

When it comes to what you can patent, patent offices don’t always know best

In its decision in Cleveland Clinic, the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated an issued patent directed to a medical diagnostic method,...

Canadian prosecutors secure two more convictions in foreign corruption case

Two convictions recently handed down by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice account for two of only three convictions secured by prosecutors in...

BC Court of Appeal sets aside certification of common issues in environmental class action

In Kirk v Executive Flight Centre Fuel Services Ltd., the B.C. Supreme Court certified a class action by local residents who were impacted by a truck...

Update on implementation of the Multilateral Instrument in Canada

Canada is in the process of ratifying the Multilateral Instrument into Canadian law through Bill C-82, which is currently at third reading in the...

Target benefit plans – From New Brunswick to Ontario to the UK

In the most recent provincial budget, the Ontario government has signaled its willingness to expand its proposed target benefit framework outside the...

Canada proposes changes to withholding tax on dividend equivalent payments

The Canadian federal budget tabled on March 19, 2019, contains important tax changes relevant to participants in the stock lending market.

Ontario amends Bill 74, The People’s Health Care Act, 2019

On April 10, 2019, Bill 74, The People’s Health Care Act, 2019 was reported by the Standing Committee on Social Policy with amendments.

A new day for the Atlantic Accord

On April 1, 2019, the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador executed a new agreement with the Government of Canada. The renewed Atlantic Accord...