Ralph Cuervo-Lorens and Dena Givari's article, 'Can the Application of Blockchain Technology Broaden the Horizons for Arbitration?' was published in The Canadian Arbitrator's Summer 2018 Newsletter.

We will not be posting to our blog this week, but will be returning the following week. Wishing everyone celebrating a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and all the best for the holiday season.

Following are the summaries for this week's civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Blaney McMurty's Architectural/Construction/Engineering Services (ACES) Group's Annual Construction Law Update took place on Wednesday, February 26, 2014.

New York State legislature recently passed two consumer protection bills in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Insurance for loss resulting from the use of technology to commit fraud has existed for decades.

Climate change is producing extreme weather events and adversely affecting communities around the world.

On May 13th, 2020, Margaret Rintoul presented a webinar entitled, His, Hers and Ours: Estate Planning in a Blended Family Webinar.

Canadian employers are seeing significant changes to job-protected sick leave entitlements as provinces expand both the duration and scope of statutory leave.

On April 1, 2015, mandatory working at heights training came into effect under the Occupational Health and Safety Awareness Training Regulation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act...

On April 1, 2015, mandatory working at heights training came into effect under the Occupational Health and Safety Awareness Training Regulation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act...

Bill 85 – otherwise known as the Strengthening and Improving Government Act, 2015 – received first reading in the legislature on April 2, 2015.

On August 1, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, which is now called IRCC, revised the definition of "dependent child" by decreasing the maximum age from "under 22" to "under 19"...

Social distancing restrictions put in place to flatten the curve, and reduce the spread of COVID-19, has broad implications including the implementation and operation of powers of attorney for property and personal care

The potential advantages of various forms of alternate dispute resolution that exist instead of going to court have been stated many times.

Below are the summaries for this week's civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Our Senior Associate, Kyle Duncan successfully obtained summary judgment for Wal-Mart Canada Corp., securing a complete dismissal of a trip-and-fall action claiming over $1,000,000 in damages.

There were only two substantive civil decisions of the Court of Appeal this week.

Protecting Condominium Owners Act and Condominium Management Services Act were introduced today by the Province of Ontario to reform the existing condominium legislation.

At Blaney McMurtry, our clients and their policyholders regularly face the uncertainty of evolving cyber risk.