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August 26, 2026
The law relating to deposits in real estate transactions has always been critically crucial. It becomes a focal point when any real estate transaction collapses. When the deal falls apart, the tussle begins: who gets the deposit — buyer or seller?
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August 25, 2026
The Canadian Finance and Leasing Association (CFLA) has released its new report titled “Fraudulent Financing and Illegal Vehicle Exports,” which notes that while traditional auto thefts have decreased, organized crime has adapted by significantly increasing fraudulent financing and rapidly exporting vehicles.
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August 25, 2026
The Federal Court has allowed the owner of an expunged trademark to file new evidence on appeal despite failing to explain why the evidence was not provided to the Trademarks Opposition Board, finding that admitting it was in the overall interests of justice.
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August 25, 2026
MLT Aikins has added Melissa Creech, Allie da Silva and Jeffrey Williams as associates in its Vancouver office.
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August 25, 2026
Justice Frans Slatter has retired from the Alberta Court of Appeal after 25 years on the bench.
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August 25, 2026
Amanda Heale has joined Torys as a partner in its tax practice in Toronto.
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August 25, 2026
The rules created by independent schools in Alberta are not subject to judicial review under the application of Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26 (Highwood). One of the authors participated as legal counsel in the Highwood hearing at the Supreme Court of Canada.
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August 25, 2026
Businesses often assume that the non-binding provisions of a letter of intent (LOI) leave them free to walk away from a proposed transaction. A recent Ontario decision suggests the position may be less straightforward.
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August 25, 2026
Following the collapse last week of tariff-related talks with the United States, Ottawa unveiled a multipronged package of retaliatory tariffs, loans and employment supports aimed at protecting and supporting Canadian businesses and workers after the Trump administration imposed a 50 per cent U.S. tariff on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods.
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August 25, 2026
Appeal by Minister of Energy and Minerals (Alberta Energy) from an order staying Alberta Energy’s claims against lessees for royalty arrears owed by Blue Sky Resources Ltd. (Blue Sky) during Blue Sky’s restructuring proceedings. Blue Sky owed approximately $1.9 million in unpaid Crown royalties.
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August 25, 2026
A founder. A shareholder. A contractor. An employee. In Pringle v. Zenova Group PLC, 2026 ONCA 549, the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that these labels are not mutually exclusive and that worker classification turns on the substance of the service relationship, not how the parties choose to describe it, even when they execute the contract.
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August 25, 2026
Some criminal cases seem to cry out for punishment. Others force criminal law to ask a more fundamental question: can a person be held criminally responsible for conduct he did not consciously control?
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August 24, 2026
The Ontario government has announced that it is immediately broadening eligibility for its Protect Ontario Financing Program for workers and businesses in response to the newly enacted U.S. tariffs on a range of Canadian imports.
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August 24, 2026
A $28,000 lump sum salary boost recommended for Canada’s 1,200 judges last year would have cost Ottawa almost $321 million over six years had the government not rejected the advice from an independent judicial pay commission, the Carney government asserts in defending a novel lawsuit launched by the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA) and the Association of Federal Court Associate Judges.
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August 24, 2026
Canada will not accept being treated as a “subsidiary” in trade negotiations, Prime Minister Mark Carney said after talks with the United States that had appeared close to producing a deal collapsed.
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August 24, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the denial of a class action certification against shopping centre owner Cadillac Fairview for alleged collection of mallgoers’ biometric information without their consent.
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August 24, 2026
Roman Baber has joined Devry Smith Frank LLP as part-time counsel in Toronto.
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August 24, 2026
Kayla Míguez has rejoined MLT Aikins as a member of its competition/antitrust, investment and trade group in Ottawa. She previously articled with the firm in Vancouver.
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August 24, 2026
Lucas Novak has joined Shores Jardine LLP as an associate in Edmonton.
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August 24, 2026
Many employers and professionals assume that the L-1B classification is only for employees who have extremely rare or unique knowledge that very few people in their company possess.
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August 24, 2026
When we think about leadership development, we tend to picture executive education, MBA programs or leadership retreats. We imagine professionals preparing to lead organizations, governments or businesses. But what if one of Canada’s most important leadership development systems isn’t happening in boardrooms at all?
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August 24, 2026
I sometimes speak to young lawyers who are being burned on their accounts receivable. I gently explain to them that it is their own damn fault, and they should do better.
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August 24, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Wigdor v. Facebook Canada Ltd., [2026] O.J. No. 3529 is a significant ruling on termination clauses, employee equity compensation and the minimum standards imposed by the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) and a case that every executive employment lawyer should be following.
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August 21, 2026
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali has announced Canada’s joining of the Belém Declaration on Sustainable Public Procurement, a shared commitment with Brazil to leverage public procurement for sustainable development.
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August 21, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted an interlocutory injunction in a dispute over ownership of source code that a startup said it needed to continue operating, finding that the company would suffer irreparable harm from the loss of its business.