November 26, 2025
A landmark case arguing the Ontario government was violating the constitutional rights of seven youth activists because of inadequate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets has been dealt a setback — but those involved in the fight are saying they have no intention of giving up.
November 25, 2025
The legal profession is going through seismic change as it grapples with things like artificial intelligence, but one issue that has been around for centuries still remains — stress. 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 — 85 per cent of associates say they are at least sometimes stressed by their finances, along with 77 per cent of those at small firms.
November 24, 2025
Ontario has announced plans to bring in legislation that would require individuals charged with crimes to provide cash security deposits when obtaining bail, but legal observers are saying the proposals will not likely pass constitutional muster.
November 21, 2025
Canada’s high court has ruled that federal inmates can use the tool of habeas corpus — a claim of unlawful detention — to challenge in court a denial of their request to be transferred to a lower-security setting.
November 21, 2025
TikTok is set to face a proposed class action over allegations that it collected and used users’ sensitive personal information, including data from children and minors, without their consent, to sell advertisements.
November 19, 2025
The Alberta government is once again invoking the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to shield controversial legislation from scrutiny by the courts, a move being called troubling by legal and medical observers, who say use of the clause should not become normalized for governments as a way of doing business.
November 18, 2025
Ontario’s top court has paved the way for the province to establish an online gaming and sports betting system where users are allowed to compete against people outside of Canada after it ruled such a scheme would not violate the Criminal Code.
November 14, 2025
The Ontario government is planning to scrap requirements to set greenhouse gas reduction targets and a legal scholar is saying that would bring a court challenge of those rules into a “legal grey area.”
November 13, 2025
The Superior Court of Quebec has authorized a class action against the provincial government and several health and social service institutions over alleged discrimination and abuse of Indigenous children placed in youth protection centres across Quebec since 1950.
November 13, 2025
Ontario’s top court has ruled that the provincial securities commission violated a cryptocurrency company’s rights against unreasonable search and seizure when it issued a request for documents that was described as “staggering in its breadth.”