Adam LaRoche

Adam LaRoche

Associate, Privacy and Data Management; Employment and Labour

Contact Information

alaroche@osler.com

tel: 403.355.7453 / 604.692.2714

Office

Calgary, Vancouver

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Areas of Expertise

Bar Admission

Alberta, 2016

British Columbia, 2019

Education

  • Dalhousie University, JD
  • University of Toronto, HBA (High Distinction)

Language(s)

English

Adam is an associate in the firm's Privacy and Data Management and Employment and Labour groups. Adam has extensive experience advising clients regarding provincial and federal privacy legislation and complaints made to privacy regulators, and has acted as lead counsel through federal and provincial inquiries and investigations.

Adam also assists clients in standing up privacy and data security programs, conducting tabletop training, and in responding to ransomware, cybersecurity and other privacy and data related incidents. He is a Certified Information and Privacy Professional with the International Association of Privacy Professionals. 

Adam has extensive experience in workplace privacy matters, and continues to advise clients on general employment and labour matters, including merger and acquisition related work. He has appeared as lead counsel before courts in employment matters, and as counsel on judicial review of labour arbitration decisions, and in various interlocutory matters, including injunctions.

Adam has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, all levels of court in Alberta, and the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Adam joined Osler in 2013 as a summer student, and completed his articles with the firm in 2016.

  • Moxxie Ventures and iNovia Capital

    Moxxie Ventures and iNovia Capital in connection with Spellbook’s US$10.9 million Series A financing round

  • Legault Group

    Legault Group closes strategic partnership with Homes Alive Pets

  • Recursion

    Recursion in its acquisition of Valence Discovery for US$47.5 million

  • Recursion

    Recursion in its acquisition of Cyclica for US$40 million

  • OneComply Inc.

    OneComply in its acquisition by GeoComply Inc.

  • CNH Industrial

    CNH Industrial in its agreement to acquire Hemisphere GNSS for $175 million

  • Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd

    Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co. in its US$ 100 million sale to Ellimist Singapore Pte. Ltd.

    • Select Reported Cases:

    • MoonPay in its acquisition of Nightshift
    • Canalyst in its acquisition by Tegus
    • Assembly Digital in its acquisition by St. Joseph Communications
    • Angus Systems in its acquisition by MRI Software
    • Vigil Health Solutions in its $12.55 million acquisition by ASSA ABLOY
    • Xero in its acquisition of TaxCycle
    • Anthos Capital in Gradient MSP’s US$10.25 million Series A financing round
    • A syndicate of investors in Spark RE Technologies' US$5 million Series A investment round
    • Outside Interactive in it acquisition of Pinkbike, CyclingTips and Trailforks
    • Perpetua in its US$52 million acquisition by Ascential
    • Beanworks in its $104 million acquisition by Quadient
    • ehsAI in its acquisition by Intelex Technologies
    • Mobify in its acquisition by Salesforce
    • 7Geese in its acquisition by Paycor
    • Cytapex Bioinformatics in its acquisition by Insightful Science
    • Tutela Technologies Ltd. in its acquisition by Comlinkdata
    • WealthBar with respect to CI Financial’s acquisition of a majority stake in WealthBar
    • Vendasta Technologies Inc. in its $40 million growth funding
    • Teck Resources, in multiple claims, applications and appeals brought by former employee in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the Federal Court, and the Federal Court of Appeal, as well as applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
    • Creditloans Canada Financing, in a dispute with a founder over severance, bonuses, and stock options at summary trial before the Supreme Court of British Columbia
    • NAL Resources Management in a privacy complaint and subsequent inquiry before the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta regarding the collection and use of telematics/GPS data
    • Servus Credit Union, in an inquiry before the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta regarding an alleged collection of personal information
    • A subsidiary of Nutrien. in relation to litigation in the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench concerning precision agriculture technology licensing
    • Kinder Morgan Canada, in successful injunction and contempt proceedings relating to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion at the Supreme Court of British Columbia
    • EnCana, in a $11 million claim brought in the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench by a landowner for alleged damages sustained due to “fracking” in oil and gas operations
    • Rogers Communications, before the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench in respect of claims and disputes related to cellphone tower leases

     

    Other Work:

    • Representing an employer in a wrongful dismissal claim regarding cause for termination of a long term employee
    • Representing an employer in an application for judicial review of a labour arbitration decision
    • Successfully obtained an interim injunction enjoining individuals from interfering with a right of access guaranteed by a lease
    • Successfully obtained an interim injunction for a midstream oil and gas company enjoining individuals from interfering in pipeline related construction work
    • Obtained a confidentiality and sealing order for a client in a judicial review of a privacy commissioner decision
    • Represented a major technology company in a claim regarding an unpaid financing debt

     

    Select Reported Decisions:

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  • Thomson Reuters: "Stand-out Lawyer"

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Executive Member, CBA Privacy & Access Law Section (South)
  • The Law Society of Alberta
  • The Law Society of British Columbia
  • Calgary Bar Association
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals

  • C. Feasby and A. LaRoche, “Competition Act Class Actions – Copycat Litigation, Economic Incentives and the Question of Reform” in T.L. Archibald, ed., Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2016 (Toronto: Carswell, 2016) 457-477.

Previous Speaking Engagements

  • Incident Preparedness and Ransomware, AB Privacy & Access Law Section - South Meeting, Canadian Bar Association – Alberta Branch
    Speaker, Calgary, September 23, 2019