Business
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October 16, 2025
Court grants orders to advance investigation of food testing business acquisition
The Competition Bureau has obtained court orders for the purpose of gathering information to advance its investigation into the acquisition of Bureau Veritas’ food testing business by Mérieux NutriSciences.
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October 16, 2025
Appeals: Can parties ‘consent’ to them?
When it comes to reviewing the orders of lower courts in Canada, appellate courts have broad jurisdiction. Far from a rubber-stamping process, all appeals involve the assessment of the lower court’s reasoning through the application of standards of review.
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October 16, 2025
Miller Thomson partner Nora Osbaldeston new Americas Regional chair at Multilaw
Nora Osbaldeston, a partner at Miller Thomson, has been elected Americas Regional Chair of Multilaw. She has been on the board since 2016.
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October 16, 2025
Swapna Prakash new associate at Gilbert’s LLP
Swapna Prakash is a new associate at Gilbert’s LLP, where she will support the litigation team.
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October 16, 2025
Ontario introducing legislation to expand ‘as of right’ provisions for health care workers
In a push to attract more healthcare professionals to the province, Ontario will introduce legislation next week to “support greater worker mobility across Canada.”
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October 15, 2025
Doug Ford shouldn’t boast about his parking lot shenanigans
Members of the public were taken aback earlier this week to hear Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford loudly boasting about threatening to give a stranger “a beating like he’s never got before.” Criminal lawyers were even more shocked by the premier’s telling of the tale, which he summed up with “that’s what you have to do.” According to comments attributed to him in a Toronto Star piece on Oct. 14, Ford was outraged, indeed filled with rage during the incident, when he also threatened to “kick [the person’s] ass all over the parking lot.”
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October 15, 2025
Export firm fined $125K for ignoring environmental protection compliance order
A Quebec court has imposed a $125,000 fine on an export company after it failed to comply with an environmental protection compliance order, according to a release.
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October 15, 2025
Court finds RCMP conduct adjudicator lacked jurisdiction to hear case
The Federal Court has allowed a judicial review of a decision where a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) argued that an adjudicator did not have jurisdiction on an appeal relating to conduct.
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October 15, 2025
Federal Court overturns TMOB ruling for narrowing confusion test to past use
The Federal Court has set aside the Trademarks Opposition Board’s (TMOB) dismissal of a trademark opposition, ruling that the board erred by limiting its confusion analysis to the opponent’s actual use of its mark rather than the full scope of its registration.
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October 15, 2025
Debi Sutin joins Sotos as partner in commercial and corporate group
Debi Sutin has joined Sotos as a partner and brings to the role decades of extensive experience advising Canadian and international clients on franchising, licensing, and distribution matters, corporate and commercial law, and mergers &acquisitions. According to a statement from the firm, Sutin has served as co-chair of the Ontario Bar Association Annual Franchise Law Conference, actively contributes to the Canadian Franchise Association, the International Franchise Association, and the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising.