On November 3, 2017, the Newfoundland and Labrador Government published new Offshore Oil Royalty Regulations replacing the Royalty Regulations, 2003.

It's been a long time coming, but Newfoundland and Labrador is finally getting new public procurement legislation.

On October 1, 2014, the long-delayed and controversial Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement between China and Canada came into force.

On June 28, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed a Canadian court can issue an interlocutory injunction (an order requiring an entity or person to stop doing something pending a trial)...

Social media platforms, like Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook and GooglePlus, arguably have more followers and are more closely monitored by market participants than conventional news...

On November 17, 2020, the federal government proposed dramatic changes to how Canada will enforce privacy law, ushering in a new legal regime to protect individuals' personal information

The Supreme Court of Canada decided that an Indian band assessing the value of leased reserve lands for property tax purposes is still subject to the "highest and best use" principle...

On April 15, 1997 Mr. Thornton was injured in an MVA.

The balance between the public's interest in accessing offshore petroleum resources data and operators' commercial interests is at the heart of the dispute between GSI and Encana Corporation.

Employers can provide a pay statement to employees electronically – but only if the employees have, at the place of employment, confidential access to this electronic statement.

There is a "due diligence" defence: a director (or former director) won’t be liable if she "exercised reasonable diligence to provide for the payments".

The Regulations don’t specify the process to request the Director to review an officer’s orders or decisions; presumably, a party could initiate a review by filing a written request.

Whether someone is an employee or an independent contractor has long caused employers a degree of angst.

The court saw that banks can spread the risk and loss, while a drawer could be a small business that could be bankrupted if required to bear the loss alone.

The new N.B. Lobbyists' Registration Act took effect April 1, 2017. The Act defines who a lobbyist is, what activities constitute "lobbying", requires "lobbyists" to submit returns to the Province ...

On July 11, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that the "Crown" in historical treaties with First Nations groups includes both the provincial and the federal governments

The Crown's duty to consult Indigenous Peoples has evolved considerably since the Supreme Court of Canada's first detailed articulation of it in its 2004 decision in Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests).

Two new immigration policies have recently been introduced to address labour market challenges in Canada in light of COVID-19, both of which will greatly benefit prospective employers and temporary foreign workers.

With information available around the clock and at the click of a button, investors and analysts are increasingly looking for meaningful and coherent information.

It's now certain: in Newfoundland & Labrador, liens can't be placed on Crown land or holdbacks with the possible exemption allowing for a lien to be placed on the holdback for public streets.