Identifying privilege for business communications can be complex. This podcast will provide a practical overview of the types of privilege...

On Episode 9: Check Your Privilege, Adam Goldenberg talks to Malcom Mercer, Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario, about the challenges that lawyers face in fulfilling their professional obligations while working remotely.

Protecting information contained in an email, information that falls under the right to confidentiality, is no easy task.

The August 1, 2012 decision of the Ontario Securities Commission in the insider trading case, provides a clear indication of the perspectives of the regulator on improper trading activities.

Companies undertaking internal investigations must ensure that documents produced in the course of those investigations will be subject to privilege.

The Bureau de décision et de révision (BDR) ruled on an application by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) seeking an administrative penalty against a director of a reporting issuer.

Privilege, which protects some information from having to be disclosed, is a hallmark of the Canadian legal system.

If the Hillary Clinton email scandal wasn't a clear enough lesson that one should not conduct "official" work using personal electronic communication tools (be it personal email, texts or other methods), ...

A new case from the Supreme Court of British Columbia shows that privilege may stop a director who is also a spouse in a family law dispute from inspecting company documents.

The statutory privilege is subject to those exceptions that apply to solicitor-client privilege, and privilege can be expressly or implicitly waived by the client.

Lenczner Slaght is a leading Canadian litigation firm that specializes in distilling complicated legal concepts into sharp, winning arguments.

The issue of asserting solicitor-client privilege in the condominium context is an interesting one, especially as between the condominium corporation and the individual unit owners

While solicitor-client privilege dates to the 16th century, the law regarding privilege continues to evolve. In today's complex commercial litigation landscape...

The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has held that a corporate subsidiary’s rights to certain privileged communications will be transferred to a purchasing entity.

On June 3, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered two decisions that affirmed the paramountcy of solicitor-client privilege...

While many tenets concerning the protections afforded by privilege are similar in both Canada and the United States, there are key differences and treatment when it comes to settlement and common interest privilege.

Internal investigations are fraught with a host of legal challenges for companies, which often prove difficult to navigate.

In Dente et al. v. Delta Plus Group et al. (Dente), the Court reviewed and applied key principles governing solicitor-client privilege after the closing of an M&A transaction.

Bella Senior Care Residences Inc. ("BSCRI"), was the operator of a senior care facility. BSCRI owed money to Canada Life Assurance Company ("CLAC"), pursuant

This AI Insights Quick Read series examines a growing risk for innovation-driven businesses: how routine generative AI use can weaken confidentiality, compromise legal review...