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There is a rising trend towards holding supervisors and managers legally responsible for accidents in the workplace.

On November 1, 2018, Bill 113, Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015[1] (the "Act") will come into effect in Ontario.

A recent Ontario decision dealt with the issue of liability as between two defrauded employers: is a past employer liable to a new employer when a fraudulent employee steals money from the latter to satisfy its debt to the former?

A B.C. ship’s navigator has been sentenced to four years after he was convicted of criminal negligence causing death for dereliction of duty leading to his ship colliding with an island.

On January 11, 2016 an Ontario court imposed the harshest sentence ever for an individual's role in a workplace accident.

On June 17, 2016, Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying), received Royal Assent.

While this statistic points to the importance of MAID for many Canadians, the new legislation has not settled the ongoing debate concerning the right to die.

On June 12, 2018, the Parliament of Québec passed the Act to constitute the Société québécoise du cannabis, to enact the Cannabis Regulation Act ...

When an entity (Affected Entity) experiences a data breach incident (Breach Incident), it is instantly faced with a number of issues that it must address with urgency.

Implementation of the enhanced system to combat counterfeiting at the Canadian border continues. On January 1, 2015 provisions came into effect which provide Canada customs authorities with the ability to detain suspected counterfeit or pirated products ..

The Supreme Court of Canada has held that a party in a civil proceeding can request disclosure of wiretap communications intercepted by the state during a criminal investigation.

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released Butterfield v. Intact Insurance Company, 2023 ONCA 246, wherein the Court unanimously affirmed the application judge's ruling...

In a recent criminal case two people were involved in a long distance romantic relationship and they engaged in intimate webcam video chat. Both people were naked. Both knew they were on video.

Before we get to this week's summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, I would like to invite all of our readers to attend the CLE that my partner...

Outside of a few defined industries, most organizations are not obligated to obtain police record checks when screening employment candidates. However,

The answer to the above question is really dependent on how someone obtains their cannabis and what one then does with their legal cannabis.

Canada, the United States, and Mexico have each completed the domestic processes necessary to bring the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement into effect. USMCA will come into force on July 1, 2020.

A recent federal court case in Friedman v MNR has denied protection to taxpayers whose affairs may come under tax audit by the Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA").