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Boston Pizza v Registrar, Alcohol and Gaming: Standard of review applicable to decision of the License Appeal Tribunal is reasonableness

The Divisional Court’s decision in  2193145 Ontario Inc. o/a Boston Pizza v Registrar, Alcohol and Gaming, 2016 ONSC 3552 clarifies that the...

Should medical assistance in dying be reported to the Coroner?

Provincial Ministers of Health are required to establish guidelines on the information to be included on death certificates of deceased persons who...

‘A New Day Has Arrived’: Continued Focus on Individual Wrongdoing

The “Yates Memo,” which instructs United States prosecutors to focus on individual wrongdoers when investigating or prosecuting alleged...

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.

Food’s up, are you ready? New Ontario menu labelling laws coming into force on January 1, 2017

The Healthy Menu Choices Act will require restaurant chains and other food service providers operating under the same name in Ontario to provide...

Protecting against bad faith claims when terminating franchisees

The Alberta case of Seto v Wendy’s reminds franchisors that the courts may scrutinize the purpose of significant decisions affecting franchisees’...

Bill 47 Protecting Rewards Points Act: Will rewards points become more rewarding for Ontario consumers?

On October 20, 2016, Mr. Arthur Potts, the Liberal MPP for Beaches – East York, introduced a Private Member’s Public Bill, Bill 47, Protecting...

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.

Who is a Consumer? Consumer Protection Claims Where Consumers Cannot be “Objectively” Identified

A developing line of British Columbia certification decisions provides a strong basis to resist certification of consumer protection claims where the...