LSM annual report a ‘comprehensive’ look at fiscal year, road ahead: president
Law Society of Manitoba (LSM) president Kyle Dear called the report a ‘comprehensive’ look into the state of the province’s legal profession — and the law society’s handling of it.
Tuesday, September 02, 2025 @ 3:21 PM
As Manitoba’s law society takes stock of its most recent fiscal year, the regulator’s new president aims to continue the work of minding lawyers’ well-being as part of a new strategic plan. Law Society of Manitoba (LSM) president Kyle Dear recently sat down with Law360 Canada to discuss the recent release of the law society’s 2025 annual report — a 31-page snapshot of the regulator’s latest fiscal year, which ran from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025. ... [read more]
Court upholds securities class action certification, rejects narrow definition of ‘public corrections’
Wednesday, September 03, 2025 @ 5:09 PM
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the certification of a securities class action against a health care company, ruling that disclosures can qualify as “public corrections” under the Securities Act (SA) even if they are general in nature or are not followed by a decline in share price. ... [read more]
Ontario introduces ‘first-in-Canada labour mobility changes’
Wednesday, September 03, 2025 @ 5:07 PM
On Sept. 1, the Government of Ontario filed regulations that will “support the removal of interprovincial barriers for Canadian workers coming to Ontario.” According to a government release, this “historic change” will assist “in-demand professions such as architects, engineers, geoscientists, land surveyors, electricians and more.” ... [read more]
Legal experts & advocates push PM Carney for urgent action to secure Canada’s ‘digital sovereignty’
Wednesday, September 03, 2025 @ 5:05 PM
Legal experts, advocacy organizations and prominent Canadians are asking Ottawa to urgently legislate and implement measures to counter the digital risks to Canada’s autonomy and democracy posed by artificial intelligence (AI), foreign interference and U.S. tech giants’ dominance of domestic digital infrastructure. ... [read more]
Dal law school thrown into uncertainty due to labour dispute: professor
Wednesday, September 03, 2025 @ 3:48 PM
Dalhousie University’s law school has been thrown into start-of-the-year chaos due to an ongoing labour dispute at the East Coast postsecondary institution. The dispute, which pits unionized faculty against the Nova Scotia university in a fight over various labour issues, hit a major bump when the university locked out members of the Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) last month. ... [read more]
