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Privately held companies that enter into contracts with Canadian reporting issuers (public companies) may be surprised to learn that those contracts may become publicly available through the Internet.

The recent case of Barrie & District Association of Realtors v. Information Technology Systems Ontario 2025 ONSC 3388 confirms that Ontario not-for-profits...

Using, developing, and distributing open source software can help stimulate innovation, harness collective expertise, and promote interoperable programs and standards

During the term of the Agreement, Crew was the subject of a takeover that neither Crew nor the FI had anticipated.

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) recently published for comment Proposed OSC Rule 32-506 – Exemptions for International Dealers, Advisers and Sub-Advisers ("Proposed Rule").

Legal fees can fluctuate significantly from month to month depending on the stage and complexity of your matter. Understanding why your bill may be higher or lower in a particular month can help you plan ahead, manage your retainer, and avoid unexpected financial surprises.

Consultant contracts can be a minefield in the best of circumstances and if a consultant agrees to provide a guarantee, a warranty, or an enhanced performance standard...

People have been using emojis (😀), and their predecessors, emoticons ( :-) ), for more than forty years to help express themselves in the digital world, where mere words can be misinterpreted.

The Supreme Court recently undertook to further refine the duty of honest performance in contract law.

Smart contracts, which replace traditional paper documents with a computer program that automatically verifies and executes an agreement, are poised to fundamentally alter the way M&A and contract-based legal work is performed.

Corporate transactions take on many different forms, including arm's length mergers and acquisitions transactions and related party corporate reorganizations.

In recent years the Supreme Court of Canada appears to have taken a renewed interest in commercial and contract law cases.

In 1688782 Ontario Inc. v. Maple Leaf Foods Inc. 2020 SCC 35, the Supreme Court of Canada concluded that franchisees could not make a claim against a supplier, Maple Leaf Foods...

There is no independent duty of good faith. Rather, the organizing principle is the foundation for more specific duties.

A recent decision from the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba upheld a termination clause that limited an employee's entitlements to the minimum required by law...

In the age of the internet, the law is (at varying speeds) adapting to the online realities of the people it applies to.

In Ontario, the law governing franchising is called the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000. It was introduced to level the playing field between franchisors and franchisees, especially with respect to their level of informational imbalance.