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In its second publicly announced decision under Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL), the CRTC has issued a $48,000 administrative monetary penalty against Plentyoffish Media Inc.

In its second publicly announced decision under Canada’s Anti-Spam Law, the CRTC has issued a $48,000 administrative monetary penalty against Plentyoffish Media Inc.

Following up on its recent $1.1MM CASL enforcement action against Quebec executive training firm Compu-Finder, the CRTC announced today that it has entered into an undertaking with online dating service operator Plenty of Fish.

Allocating liability for data breaches in technology contracts is a growing concern for Canadian businesses. Blakes recently launched the first edition of the Canadian Data Liability Study...

Prompt payment and mandatory adjudication legislation is being considered and adopted across Canada to alleviate payment delays in the construction industry.

Homeowners entering into a fixed-price contract with a contractor for the building or renovation of their home, should be mindful of the contractual implications a change to...

The Quebec Court of Appeal's decision in SNC-Lavalin inc. v. Société québécoise des infrastructures (Société immobilière du Québec)1 is significant for construction law in more than one respect.

In the Ontario Superior Court decision 8750297 Canada Inc. v. Ambassador Realty Inc., 2025 ONSC 5479, Justice Doyle granted relief from forfeiture to a commercial tenant who missed his written renewal deadline...

In December 2020 the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) released an updated version of the widely used CCDC 2-2020 Stipulated Price Contract. In December 2021

In our last post on construction contracts, we discussed a number of considerations including: Scope of Work, Limitation of Liability Indemnities, Payment Terms and Certainty of Terms.

The Court will not always resolve a construction contract dispute against a contractor who clearly provided deficient work.

Options to renew in a commercial lease typically give the tenant the right, on written notice, to renew the lease for a specific period "on the same terms and conditions" as the lease, except for the renewal rents and the inducements initially provided to the tenant, and except for the exercised option to renew, thereby ensuring that the tenant will not acquire an additional renewal option to renew. Insufficient attention to the terms of the renewal option may lead to unintended consequences.

Expansion and contraction rights can be valuable tools in the commercial leasing context, benefitting both landlords and tenants by balancing tenant adaptability with landlord predictability. However, because these rights reallocate risk, costs and control between the parties, they should be carefully negotiated to reflect business realities and clearly drafted to ensure risks are appropriately addressed.

A right of first refusal, or ROFR, is a common clause in contracts. It's also remarkably powerful: by giving one party exclusive access to a transaction before anybody else...

La pandémie de COVID-19 a et continuera d'avoir une incidence sur tous les aspects et secteurs de l'immobilier commercial canadien.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has reaffirmed that when a commercial tenant fundamentally defaults on its lease, the landlord is entitled to treat the lease as ongoing and sue for rent...

On April 24, 2020, The Canadian Federal Government provided some details about the new Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program (CECRA) for small businesses and commercial landlords.

Earlier this year, Commissioner Robert Jackson Jr. of the US Securities and Exchange Commission declared that cybersecurity ...