The Complete Brief
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November 27, 2025
Feds table regulations on administrative monetary penalties under Official Languages Act
The federal government has tabled draft regulations for “administrative monetary penalties, as outlined in the new version of the Official Languages Act.” A statement from Canadian Heritage noted that the country’s two official languages are “at the heart of the Canadian identity.”
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November 27, 2025
Auger Hollingsworth adds Chris Karpacz as personal injury associate
Auger Hollingsworth Accident & Injury Lawyers has announced the addition of associate Chris Karpacz to its team of personal-injury litigators.
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November 27, 2025
Christina Kim joins Robins Appleby LLP’s wills and estates team
Robins Appleby LLP has announced that Christina Kim has been added as an associate to its wills and estates group.
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November 27, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: AI sparks debate on legal industry's future
Canadian lawyers are somewhat split on the impact artificial intelligence will have on their industry, a new Law360 Canada survey shows. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — nearly half of respondents agreed that both the pros and cons of AI are sizable.
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November 27, 2025
Judge deplores ‘abusive & vexatious’ litigation, squandering of court resources: ‘Enough is enough’
In a judgment which stands as a warning against wasting finite court resources, a Federal Court judge has terminated a self-represented plaintiff's third repetitive motion for reconsideration, stating “enough is enough — this type of recurring behaviour must be stopped for good, and with this order and reasons the bell tolls” for the plaintiff's failed efforts to challenge the validity of court orders featuring electronic typed judicial signatures, rather than the judge’s own handwritten signatures.
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November 27, 2025
The open and shut case
Lawyers who think they have a slam-dunk case usually come to grief. With their clients, with the courts, with their peers, and ultimately with themselves. And those lawyers who know better themselves but let their clients think they have a cakewalk are no wiser.
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November 27, 2025
Federal government and band council ordered to disclose financial records to band member
Upon discovering an alleged decline in a First Nation community trust fund from around $100 million to less than $9 million between 2013 and 2024, a band member formally requested financial disclosure from both the band council and the federal government to uncover the truth behind this significant issue.
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November 27, 2025
Electricity supply for cryptocurrency mining
Another province has restricted cryptocurrency miners’ access to the electricity supply: Blockchain Labrador Corporation v. Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities, 2025 NLCA 35.
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November 27, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Class or representative actions - Certification - Members of class or sub-class - Representative plaintiff
Appeal by appellants from decision of the Federal Court dismissing their certification motion. The appellants sought certification of a class proceeding, as representative plaintiffs, on behalf of a class of current and former regular members of the RCMP with an operational stress injury. The appellants claimed that the RCMP was systemically negligent and discriminate in delivering Mental Health Services to members of the proposed Class.
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November 26, 2025
Mathews Dinsdale announces the addition of Megan Jenkinson
Megan Jenkinson is now an associate in the Toronto office of boutique labour and employment law firm of Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP, the firm has announced. She both summered and articled with Mathews Dinsdale.