When should – or must – a class action be dismissed for delay? In Tataryn v. Diamond & Diamond Lawyers LLP and Barbiero v. Pollack, the Court of Appeal for Ontario applied...

PostScript to the last issue’s Recent Lessons: Fair Competition by Former Employees

The following post on our Canadian Appeals Monitor blog may be of interest to readers of this blog.

After waiting for almost a year, search engine giant Google cleared the final regulatory hurdles and closed its acquisition of DoubleClick. Back in April 2007, Google announced its $3.1-billion US purchase of DoubleClick, an online ad placement firm.

In a significant regulatory shift, the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (the regulatory agency in Quebec responsible for issuing permits and licenses in the domain of alcohol, gaming, and contests)...

Parties to the proposed class action in California over Adobe Systems Inc.’s alleged failure to safeguard clients’ data from a breach that compromised more than 3 million credit card records reached an agreement to settle.

Since it came into force in 2004, British Columbia’s private sector privacy legislation, the Personal Information Protection Act, has had a significant impact on the way British Columbia employers collect, use and disclose the personal information of their employees and others.

The following Canadian Appeals Monitor blog post by Anthony Alexander may be of interest to readers of this blog:

The following post by Jordanna Cytrynbaum and Heather Doi on The Lay of the Land may be of interest to our readers: Medical Marijuana Business Applicants Undergo Review.

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal this week from the Quebec Court of Appeal in Immeubles Jacques Robitaille inc. v. Québec (City), 2014 SCC 34.

Vanessa Vidas shares her insights in CCCA Magazine about how legal service providers can better meet clients' needs by embracing emerging technologies.

Artificial intelligence is expected to penetrate every sector and industry of the global economy, with law being no exception.

On August 6, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced that they do not intend to continue with the flexible "interim approach for time-limited restricted dealer registration" for CTPs.

As in-house counsel continue to face cost pressures from within their organizations, external counsel need to help respond to those pressures.

On June 14, I gave my annual presentation to the Toronto computer Lawyers' Group on "The year in review in Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law".

Our partner was interviewed by CTV to discuss the Court of Justice of the European Union judgment concerning Google and the "right to be forgotten".

Eircom, Ireland’s largest Internet service provider, has reportedly agreed to implement a graduated "three strikes" program against illegal peer-to-peer downloaders.

In Chemtrade v. Superior Plus, Alberta's Court of Appeal considered the extent to which courts can use evidence of a contract's surrounding circumstances and parties' "common understanding"...

The Ontario government has amended Regulation 228/20 made under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") to extend the COVID-19 Period for Infectious Disease Emergency Leave from July 3, 2021...

On April 7, 2022, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the Liberal Government's federal budget, A Plan to Grow Our Economy and Make Life More Affordable.