August 12, 2026
Kaley Pulfer has joined Lawson Lundell as a new partner in its Kelowna office.
August 12, 2026
The Federal Court has rejected the Crown’s bid to summarily dismiss an action brought by a retired three-star general of the Canadian Armed Forces, finding that the record did not establish that his veterans’ benefits compensated him for the same injuries and losses claimed in the lawsuit.
August 11, 2026
The current debate over Israel and Palestine provides a particularly difficult test of whether we can maintain those distinctions when political passions run high.
August 11, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has reduced by $125,640 the damages awarded to a former towing-company employee, finding that he was not entitled to compensation for losing the use of a company tow truck and cellphone that were work tools and not personal benefits.
August 11, 2026
On Aug. 6, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2026 ONCA 568, which provides much-needed clarity to the enforceability of employment agreement termination provisions in Ontario. The court dealt with the appeal of Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2025 ONSC 952 together with a similar case, Li v. Wayfair Canada ULC, 2025 ONSC 2959, resolving an impasse as the trial judges had reached opposite conclusions in their respective interpretation of similar termination clauses.
August 11, 2026
Prosecutorial independence matters precisely because the power to prosecute is among the most consequential powers the state possesses.
August 10, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has increased a former Meta employee’s damages by approximately US$4.7 million, finding that contract provisions requiring the immediate forfeiture of unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) upon termination contravened Ontario’s Employment Standards Act.
August 10, 2026
Veronica Lopardo has joined Koziebrocki Law in Toronto.
August 10, 2026
A 2024 call to the Ontario bar, Audrey Beaulieu-Lévesque has been named an associate at Massey LLP.
August 10, 2026
A number of recent Ontario cases have brought me back to a constitutional principle that tends to receive little public attention until confidence in it begins to erode: prosecutorial independence.