As employers adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic and consider arrangements for employees to work from home, it is timely to review (or draft) their telecommuting policy...

It has been a week since the World Health Organization declared Coronavirus Disease 2019 ("COVID-19") a pandemic.

The D&O insurance market for private and public companies has been challenging for some time. Premiums and deductibles have been increasing sharply and businesses in some sectors

Regulators of financial institutions and their intermediaries in Canada have now published updates regarding the implications of COVID-19 on their own internal operations, the impact on industry members meeting their regulatory obligations and, to an extent, changes in existing requirements to accommodate the economic impact of the outbreak and social distancing recommendations from health officials.

This memo examines whether and when a party to a contract can rely on a force majeure clause due to COVID-19 disruption.

The Province of Ontario presented a multi-phase plan to re-open the economy titled "A Framework for Reopening our Province". The Province will follow a gradual approach ...

Si votre entreprise offre des activités récréatives, sportives ou d'aventure, vous demandez sûrement déjà aux clients ou participants de signer un document d'exonération...

In 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) released its highly anticipated decision in Workman Optometry Professional Corporation v Certas Home and Auto Insurance Company (Workman).

The implications of COVID-19 are being felt at local, national, and international levels. As the threat of this unprecedented virus persists, governments and business owners are forced to ...

All of our courts and tribunals in Ontario are taking precautions to slow the spread of COVID-19 by taking exceptional measures to suspend regular services and deadlines.

On March 27, 2020, the Government of Canada announced additional economic stabilization measures in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

No one intends to contract COVID-19. In fact, most rational people intend to do just the opposite. What if, despite your best intentions/precautions, you contract COVID-19 by accident?

On May 5, 2020, we published an article regarding the provincial and territorial reopening plans for restaurants, cafés and other food service establishments.

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impact global commerce, businesses and their advisors have been forced to consider a range of issues.

On March 31, 2020, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) announced new measures aimed at minimizing the impact of COVID-19 on Quebec's financial system.

Despite the challenges to the global economy and significant pressures on the financial sector, Canada's financial regulators continue their regulatory work that has not been impacted by COVID-19...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant slowdown in many sectors of the economy, forcing businesses to either seek creditor protection or close their doors forever.

Like everyone else, once we have the social distancing on lock, there are a number of financial issues that come up.

In SIR Corp et al v Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2023 ONCA 778, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed that restaurants' loss of food and beer inventories as a result of government mandated...

Following up our recent article on Business Interruption amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the March 30, 2020, Ontario Superior Court decision MDS Inc. v. Factory Mutual Insurance Company...