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Hail, hail the blockchain kings! – Canadian Lawyer

In an article in Canadian Lawyer, Jim Middlemiss – a regular blogger about the legal profession – describes the increasing popularity of...

Have your say: Are new sick day entitlements a concern for employers? – Benefits Canada

Provinces across Canada are amending their employment laws to enhance sick leave entitlement, with Québec the latest jurisdiction to jump on the...

Alberta holding public consultation on new workplace health and safety rules – The Lawyer’s Daily

On June 1, 2018, Alberta’s updated Occupational Health and Safety Act will come into effect and before it does, the government is seeking the...

Judge stays $400-million class action against Uber – Legal Feeds

An Ontario judge recently stayed a proposed class action suit brought by Uber drivers against the company in favour of arbitration in the Netherlands.

Aurora-CanniMed decision raises poison pill concerns – Financial Post

On March 15, 2018, securities regulators issued the reasons for their decision in the Aurora Cannabis Inc./CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. merger, the...

Implementation of national securities regulator questioned as summer deadline nears – The Globe and Mail

According to a recent article in the The Globe and Mail by reporter Alexandra Posadzki, the plan to establish a co-operative Canadian national...

Fate of controversial CASL section unknown – Law Times

Osler partner Michael Fekete tells Law Times that the private right of action (suspended last June) in Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL)...

Feds may not recoup $19M: lawyers – Winnipeg Free Press

In November 2017, the Canadian federal government sued Omnitrax and related parties for the return of approximately $19 million in funding received...

Feds ‘retreat’ on passive investment taxation changes for Canadian-controlled private corporations – Legal Feeds

The February 2018 federal budget contained a number of tax-related provisions, two of which writer and editor Jennifer Brown examines in an article...

Bill C-69 aims to expand and speed federal reviews but lawyers doubt process will be faster or cheaper – The Lawyer’s Daily

On February 8, 2018, federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna introduced Bill C-69, the proposed Impact Assessment Act...