Young Park Speaks With CBC's Canada Tonight To Discuss Canadian Voter Data Accessibility And The BC Supreme Court Ruling

In a significant and disappointing turn of events, the remaining sexual assault charges against former megachurch pastor Bruxy Cavey have been withdrawn in a Hamilton courtroom.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 14, 2026.

Ontario's Rules of Civil Procedure now include strict amendments requiring lawyers and expert witnesses to certify the authenticity of every citation and authority used in court materials. These new anti-hallucination provisions impose significant penalties for presenting AI-generated fabricated authorities, fundamentally shifting accountability for artificial intelligence use in litigation.

A five-year-old firmware defect in Coldcard hardware wallets has enabled attackers to systematically drain an estimated $116 million in Bitcoin from over 5,200 victims since July 2026. This unprecedented exploit raises critical questions about manufacturer liability and creates two distinct legal pathways for recovery: blockchain tracing against the perpetrators and potential litigation against Canadian manufacturer Coinkite for product defects that undermined the fundamental security promise of devices mar

Deepfakes are reaching courts. Learn how a U.S. case dismissed for AI-generated evidence and Canadian authentication rules are changing what litigators must do now.

An application has been filed in Quebec to obtain authorization to institute a class action concerning the drugs Mounjaro, Trulicity, and Zepbound, alleging that the widely used diabetes and weight-loss medications...

A Canadian court awarded $800,000 in damages to a couple defamed by serious false allegations of sexual assault and criminal misconduct spread through social media. The case examines how factors like the severity of accusations, use of social media platforms, and a defendant's failure to mount a defense can dramatically escalate defamation damages beyond typical awards.

When a purchaser fails to close on a real estate transaction, any deposit made towards the purchase will be automatically forfeited even where the seller suffered no loss. As a result, the purchaser may be losing out on tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal has left open the possibility that pharmaceutical manufacturers may owe a duty of care to develop safer alternatives to their existing products, even when those products are properly approved and labeled. This decision in Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. I.F. contrasts sharply with a recent California Supreme Court ruling that rejected such a "duty to innovate," potentially setting Canada on a divergent path in product liability law.

This comprehensive summary examines six significant civil decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal, addressing critical issues in cyber insurance coverage, wrongful dismissal, real estate commission disputes, and municipal election compliance. The cases establish important precedents on contract interpretation standards, successor employer liability, and the scope of public oversight in campaign finance audits.

The federal government has finalized revised reporting rules for bare trusts, significantly narrowing the original requirements. While bare trusts are generally exempt from filing for 2023-2025, certain arrangements involving separated legal and beneficial ownership will face new filing obligations starting with the 2026 taxation year, with specific exemptions for family trusts, joint ownership arrangements, and principal residences.

On January 5, 2022 the Canadian Government amended the Food and Drug Regulations to allow healthcare practitioners to apply, on a case-by-case basis, to the Minister of Health for special access to a certain class of "restricted drugs" ...

On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we encourage everyone to reflect on the words Every Child Matters.

A Search Fund is an investment vehicle through which one or two entrepreneurs (the "Searcher(s)") raise funds from investors in order to search for, acquire, and lead a privately held company for the medium to long term, normally in anticipation of an exit down the line, by way of a sale.

The applicants were frustrated by the time it was taking for the Ministry to pursue its investigations and the lack of information concerning the investigations' progress.

Bill 229, Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures), 2020 ("Bill 229")1 received royal assent on December 8, 2020.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has issued a landmark ruling on employment termination provisions, addressing whether contractual language permitting termination "at any time" or "for any reason" violates the Employment Standards Act. This decision overturns a controversial lower court ruling and provides crucial clarity for employers drafting termination clauses. The court emphasized a practical, contextual approach to interpreting employment contracts rather than isolating specific phrases.

On October 23, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") published a Notice of Publication and Request for Comment regarding...

On October 1, 2019, the second set of amendments to the Construction Lien Act came into force. Now called the Construction Act, these amendments

The Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC") recently published Staff Notice 11-784 - Burden Reduction (the "Staff Notice") ...