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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...

Fisheries Act sea change aims for conservation, clarity but Bill C-68 includes plenty of work for regulatory lawyers – The Lawyer’s Daily

Osler partner Martin Ignasiak tells The Lawyer’s Daily that the most important change from Bill C-68 – which includes significant amendments to...

U.S. tax reform to bring double taxation to some Canadians – Financial Post

Osler partner Paul Seraganian tells Financial Post that the “behaviour of U.S. capital” is one consequence of U.S. tax reform that has not...