June 08, 2026
Procido LLP has welcomed Aun Syed as an associate in its Saskatoon office.
June 08, 2026
The Federal Court has blocked the removal of Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian refugee previously found to have operated a guest house for an associate of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, been part of the bin Laden network and assisted Islamist extremists in Canada.
June 08, 2026
In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) reaffirmed the single proceeding model in insolvency matters, driven by a desire to avoid the inefficiency and fragmentation associated with multiple separate proceedings.
June 08, 2026
Artificial intelligence is not a “magic toolbox” for conducting legal research.
June 08, 2026
A decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice a few years ago in Simone v. 1312733 Ontario Inc., 2019 ONSC 4420 (appeal dismissed by Divisional Court at 2020 ONSC 6546) set out some important principles to be applied when seeking an order for partition under the Partition Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.4. In particular, the court in Simone addressed the circumstances in which an order may be obtained for the partition of property instead of its sale and payment of sale proceeds to the co-owners (for a more detailed analysis of this case, see Partition orders are rare, for good reason).
June 05, 2026
Manitoba has passed Canada’s first nurse-to-patient ratio legislation to improve patient safety, support nurses and strengthen health care staffing across the province.
June 05, 2026
Yukon’s Supreme Court has issued a directive on the use of generative AI “in written and oral representations” in a bid to reinforce the “integrity and credibility of legal proceedings.”
June 05, 2026
Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne tabled his annual report in Parliament on June 4, noting efforts to promote privacy and provide leadership to individuals and businesses in light of rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
June 05, 2026
Clark Wilson has added Erin Valentine as an associate in its higher learning and business litigation groups in Vancouver.
June 05, 2026
The Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy is designed to ensure that companies awarded defence procurement contracts undertake business activities in Canada equal to the value of the contracts they have won. The policy aims to ensure that “significant investments in defence-related goods and services generate long-term and high-value economic benefit to Canadian industry and encourage the growth of industry in emerging technologies, established and globally competitive capabilities, and domestic capacity related to national security issues.”