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August 19, 2026
Dropouts can teach lawyers a good deal about personal and professional success.
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August 19, 2026
In this case, the principal issue seems to have become whether the defendant’s operation of the Temu platform amounted to copyright infringement or was protected by the hosting defence. On a more practical level, title to the copyrights in issue was a key factor.
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August 18, 2026
Climate policy organizations are warning that Ottawa’s proposal to repeal a standard requiring electric vehicles to account for an increasing share of new light-duty vehicle sales puts the government’s goal of reaching 75 per cent EV sales by 2035 at risk.
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August 18, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has refused an attempt by debtors to redeem a property after a receiver had already completed a court-approved sale process, warning that allowing the bid would undermine the integrity of receivership proceedings.
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August 18, 2026
Rafal Szymanski has joined Alexander Holburn as a partner in its Toronto office, practising with the firm’s insurance, professional liability and police law groups.
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August 18, 2026
There is a moment in COVID-benefit judicial review that recurs so often it has become diagnostic. Counsel for the Attorney General is asked, from the bench, to point to the place in the decision where the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) officer engaged with the applicant’s central submission. And counsel cannot point to it because it is not there — so counsel explains instead why the officer did not need to.
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August 18, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a three-month compensation award for an unjustly dismissed Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer trainee who spent nearly eight years out of the job, ruling that the labour board failed to explain why it limited her compensation.
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August 18, 2026
The real money in executive compensation isn’t in base salary — it’s in equity. Every executive employment lawyer knows this. So, when the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered GoEasy Ltd. to pay a dismissed executive for his short-term bonuses and unvested stock units — including prorated equity extending beyond his reasonable notice period — it dealt a major blow to these forfeiture strategies.
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August 18, 2026
On July 3, 2026, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court released a significant decision in Halifax (Regional Municipality) v. Rank Inc., 2026 NSSC 217 that clarified certain limits of municipal taxing authority over real estate transactions in the province. The ruling addresses a sometimes-asked question: whether transferring corporate control or partnership interests in entities that hold real property triggers municipal deed transfer tax payable pursuant to the Municipal Government Act (MGA) and, by extension, the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.
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August 17, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced an agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and the Innu Nation, as well as Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec, guaranteeing $10 billion in financing for “largest clean energy investment in North American history.”
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August 17, 2026
The Alberta Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal, ruling that the investigative receiver PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. overstepped its neutral role in litigation by seeking to bind parties to its legal opinion in a dispute relating to more than 100 allegedly fraudulently transferred vehicles.
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August 17, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court has set aside a $573,820 default judgment, finding that the order removing the defendants’ former counsel failed to inform them of the consequences of not appointing new counsel and noting that the award far exceeded the amount claimed.
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August 17, 2026
Mathews Dinsdale has added Madison Kelly as an associate in its Toronto office.
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August 17, 2026
Stewart Elgie and Geneviève Morin have been named co-chairs of the federal Expert Taskforce on Natural Capital Accounting and Nature Financing following its first meeting on Aug. 14.
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August 17, 2026
In May 2026, Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (MSG Sports) (NYSE: MSGS) filed a confidential initial Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its proposed separation of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers businesses into two distinct publicly traded companies by way of a spin-off transaction. The filing follows MSG Sports’ announcement that its board had approved a plan to pursue a potential spin-off and represents a significant step toward implementing that transaction.
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August 17, 2026
The Law Society Tribunal’s six-month suspension in Law Society of Ontario v. Lee, 2026 ONLSTH 136 turned in part on a factum containing four defective authorities. Three of them did not exist.
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August 14, 2026
The Ontario government’s fiscal outlook is largely unchanged in its first update since the 2026 budget, even though the province’s real GDP declined by 0.1 per cent in the first quarter of the calendar year.
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August 14, 2026
Canada has imposed dealings prohibitions and immigration bans on five Iranians for “their direct or indirect participation in activities that undermine international peace, security or stability.”
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August 14, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has set aside a ruling that third-party claims against an architect arising from a restaurant fire were not barred by the 15-year ultimate limitation period, holding that the issue could not be determined without first characterizing the claims for contribution and indemnity.
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August 14, 2026
Ontario has unveiled the framework for a “playbook” on attracting and building data centres in the province and wants to get public input on its recommendations.
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August 14, 2026
Emily Elder is a new bilingual (French/English) workplace lawyer and investigator at SpringLaw employment lawyers.
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August 14, 2026
A certificate of pending litigation (CPL) is issued under the Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. c.43 (CJA) by the court in which an interest in land is in question (s. 103(1) of the CJA).
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August 13, 2026
Ontario social assistance programs rules have now changed to ensure that “only people who are living in Canada legally” can receive financial assistance from Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), the province announced.
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August 13, 2026
Ontario’s top court has issued a decision it says will help to properly interpret termination provisions in employment contracts, but legal observers are saying it creates an environment more favourable for employers than it does for workers.
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August 13, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that the registration of a second certificate of pending litigation (CPL) to thwart a property owner’s pending application to cancel the original CPL for a year of litigation inactivity was an abuse of process, despite the bona fide protective purpose of a potentially duplicative second action.