This Primer for Start Up Businesses provides an overview of primary legal issues that founders, private equity funds and venture capital funds should consider.

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

A business's success in attracting investors or leveraging opportunities can be helped or hindered by its corporate governance and maintenance.

In May 2018, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the "Tribunal") released an interim decision which concluded that exceptions in the Human Rights Code (the "Code") ...

On March 7, 2025, the Government of Canada expanded the Employment Insurance Work-Sharing Program to support Canadian workers and businesses in response to the threat or potential realization of tariffs.

On November 6, 2023, the government of Ontario announced plans to introduce pay transparency legislation that, if passed...

In uncertain times, many employers look for creative ways to manage payroll, retain talent and minimize risk. These are not easy challenges to face.

When a state of emergency was declared in Ontario, and other provinces in March of this year, probably no one expected that four months later we would still be looking at working remotely...

Most equipment lenders and mortgage lenders have heard the term "fixtures filing", however many are unaware of the implications of filing a notice against land to protect an interest in personal property.

When a commercial loan secured by real estate is made by a lender, it is common practice for the borrower to grant the lender a mortgage that is registered on title to the property.

On October 17, 2018, Canada became the second country in the world, and the first G7 nation, to legalize recreational cannabis

On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order for the purpose of "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States" (the "Executive Order").

I hope that everyone reading this is healthy and has coped relatively well during this pandemic. I know many of you have been heavily impacted: childcare issues, cancelled dream vacations, weddings

If you are thinking of selling your house, before putting up the "for sale sign" you might chat with your neighbours - exercising appropriate social distancing.

The Law Society of Upper Canada, which governs the practice of law in Ontario, has rewritten one of its rules of professional conduct to create greater clarity for lawyers on how assertively they may represent clients...

Perusing the daily news could give anyone the idea that only the big players like Google and Facebook and the likes of Bell and Air Canada have to bother with privacy laws.

You were successful in an Adjudication under the Construction Act, and now want to know how to enforce the Order.

In Bakorp Management Ltd. (2019 FCA 195), a tax procedure case, the appellant appealed unsuccessfully to the FCA to overturn the TCC decision denying the appellant's request

In Bakorp Management Ltd. (2019 FCA 195), a tax procedure case, the appellant appealed unsuccessfully to the FCA to overturn the TCC decision denying the appellant's request, ...

section 116 clearance certificate must be obtained by a non-resident vendor where there is a disposition of taxable Canadian property (TCP).