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As generative AI makes it increasingly difficult to distinguish real from synthetic content, deepfakes pose mounting risks to high-profile figures and brands across sports, entertainment, and franchising.

On February 13, 2025, the B.C. Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from summary judgment in Latifi v. The TDL Group Corp., confirming that a claim for conspiracy to injure...

​In 1688782 Ontario Inc. v. Maple Leaf Foods Inc., the Court of Appeal for Ontario considered the availability of damages for pure economic loss in a food product recall class action.

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently dismissed the application for leave to appeal the Court of Appeal for Ontario decision in 2352392 Ontario v. MSI.

Ce bulletin est destiné aux franchiseurs, aux dirigeants et gestionnaires de réseaux de franchises et aux consultants en franchisage.

Pursuant to subsection 5(1) of the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000, S.O. 2000 c. 3 (the "Act"), franchisors must provide prospective franchisees with a disclosure document.

The provinces of Ontario, Alberta, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Manitoba have each enacted franchise legislation which requires pre-sale disclosure to prospective franchisees in order to ensure that a prospective franchisee has the information necessary to make an informed investment decision.

The advantages of trade-mark registration are self-evident for both franchisors and their franchisees who are licensees of the mark, and should be considered a mandatory first step on the road to franchising a business.

The decision handed down by trial judge Daniel H. Tingley in a case pitting 21 former "Dunkin' Donut" franchisees against their franchisor, Dunkin' Brand Canada Ltd. ("Dunkin' Brands"), was appealed by Dunkin' Brands on July 23, 2012.

On September 1, 2020, several long-promised and potentially important changes to the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000 (the Wishart Act)...

As noted in our previous Insight, Saskatchewan is enacting its first franchise legislation, The Franchise Disclosure Act (the Act) and The Franchise Disclosure Regulations (the Regulations)...

As judges have taken a technical and pro-franchisee approach to the interpretation of Canada's franchise legislation, most recent developments have not proven positive for franchisors...

On February 1, 2017, the British Columbia Franchises Act and Regulations came into effect making British Columbia the sixth province in Canada with franchise legislation.

This bulletin is intended for franchisors, executives and managers of franchise networks, and franchise consultants.

It is time for franchisors and franchisees to begin considering the potential impact of Canada’s new anti-spam legislation on their business, as it was recently announced that this legislation will be coming into force on July 1, 2014.

For franchisors looking to expand across Canada or internationally, effectively navigating the complexities of Canadian franchise legislation can be challenging.

On January 14, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned a judgment for the franchisee class in the Pet Valu franchise class action.