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As we hunker down in our home offices and try to protect ourselves from the ravages of COVID-19, it is worth remembering that, in addition to the threats posed by the virus. we are also increasingly at risk.

Ransomware and phishing attacks are on the rise, as are the significant legal and economic considerations that follow. In 2019, a number of municipalities across Canada faced malicious...

Many business owners structure their affairs so as to protect their assets, which is known as "creditor-proofing".

These crises have the potential to affect so many dimensions of business - its bottom line, reputation, morale, productivity and the strategic direction and prospects of a company.

Timely Topics with McCarthy Tétrault curates our latest insights to help you stay informed of developments that can affect your business. Please contact us...

In the past, organizations involved in mergers and acquisitions focused their efforts on financial, legal, and operational due diligence.

The Advisory reflects the fact that OSFI is very focussed on technological and cyber security issues.

On May 20, 2025, the Canadian Payments Association (Payments Canada) announced the launch of its public consultation (the Consultation) on the bylaws, rules and policy elements that will govern its new and long-anticipated real-time rail exchange (RTR Exchange), and clearing and settlement system (RTR C&S, and together with RTR Exchange, RTR).

Although they have been around for over a decade, it is only recently that an increasing number of organizations accept cyber-incident insurance as a necessary business expense.

CASL in its present form was a big mistake.

It has been an eventful year for privacy law in Canada. In 2022, the Canadian privacy landscape saw significant changes, as stakeholders at all levels recognized...

As we discussed last week, most breaches have the potential to cause significant harm to individuals. This week, we'll look at what constitutes a breach and when to report it.

If you are a healthcare data custodian that is subject to a ransomware attack, you may be required to report the incident to regulators and to those individuals whose information was subject to the attack.

On September 22, 2023, the majority of the amendments to the Québec privacy legislation introduced in the Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection...

On January 6, 2025, Parliament was prorogued by proclamation from the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister, putting an end to the parliamentary session.

The use of cloud service providers has become increasingly common for many businesses, with a significant rise in usage...

In 2019, the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) industry experienced significant technological and regulatory advances that shifted the promise of the deployment of fully autonomous AVs. Against this backdrop of an increasingly growing industry, we expect 2020 to be a year where the discussions around AVs shift from the grandiose to the granular. We highlight below the top legal issues relating to AVs for 2020. Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) present opportunities and risks for Canada's transp

The cybersecurity threat landscape is currently at a time when new threats are continuing to emerge, not the least of which are risks related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI)...