December 12, 2025
The privacy commissioner of Canada wrapped up his year as host of the 2025 G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities Roundtable (G7 DPA Roundtable) this week, highlighting the progress made under the 2025 Action Plan.
December 12, 2025
Lindsay Anderson has joined Segev LLP in Vancouver as a member of the firm’s gaming and gambling and payments practice groups.
December 09, 2025
The federal government has introduced a wide-ranging “Protecting Victims Act,” which proposes, among many things: the expansion of various offences and punishments; new restrictions impacting the current interpretation of the Charter rights of accused persons to speedy trials and to make full answer and defence in sexual assault and other prosecutions; the creation of a number of novel Criminal Code offences; and the effective “restoration” for future sentencing (via a new judicial discretion “safety valve”) of “all” unconstitutional Criminal Code mandatory minimum penalties (MMPs) that were struck down as cruel and unusual punishment by various courts.
December 02, 2025
On Dec. 1, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) launched its 2026-2027 Contributions Program funding cycle with a “call for proposals under the theme ‘Achievement unlocked: protecting privacy while online gaming.’”
December 01, 2025
Following last week’s resignation of Montreal MP Steven Guilbeault from the federal Liberal cabinet, Prime Minister Mark Carney added one new minister to his cabinet and expanded the roles of two others in order to redistribute Guilbeault’s former cabinet responsibilities.
November 27, 2025
Canadian lawyers are somewhat split on the impact artificial intelligence will have on their industry, a new Law360 Canada survey shows. 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 — nearly half of respondents agreed that both the pros and cons of AI are sizable.
November 26, 2025
Find out what lawyers really think about their profession in Law360 Canada Pulse’s Lawyer Satisfaction Survey.
November 24, 2025
Canada’s privacy regulators have issued a joint resolution on protecting the privacy of “children and youth in the classroom through responsible educational technologies (EdTech) to help ensure that privacy rights and the best interests of children are paramount in the development, procurement, and deployment” of this technology.
November 24, 2025
A recent survey of the legal profession is showing high marks on issues like job satisfaction and compensation. 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 — 63 per cent of respondents report being satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs overall, up from 60 per cent last year.
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.