The blending of work and personal use on a single device raises a number of employment and privacy related issues.

Employers have a duty under the Human Rights Code to accommodate disabled employees up to the point of undue hardship.

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has found that a provision in the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act is unconstitutional.

A surprisingly common event in the practice of workers’ compensation law is the frantic, sometimes even panicked email or phone call from a client, potential client, or the lawyer or accountant of such a business.

The modern workplace poses many challenges for employers, and in recent years, one of the more rapidly evolving of those challenges has been the treatment of workplace violence and harassment.

In these trying and uncertain times, many family law clients are wondering how to navigate the legal system during COVID-19.

There is already quite a bit of (perhaps) unnecessary complication in the current rules governing the treatment of tax credits that arise when charitable gifts are made upon death.

In the recent decision of Raza Kayani LLP v. Toronto-Dominion Bank, the Ontario Court of Appeal addressed the scope of the "fictitious payee" defence available to banks and other financial institutions under Canada’s Bills of Exchange Act.

In secured real estate financing in Ontario, the borrower's organizational structure is not a minor detail to be sorted out later. Instead, it is the foundation on which the entire transaction is built. The structure dictates who signs, who guarantees, what security can be granted, how registrations are made under the Land Titles Act and Ontario PPSA, and the form of every document from the commitment letter through to the mortgage. Despite its importance, organizational structure is often misunderstood or

While Finance Minister Bill Morneau, in his recent federal budget, did not propose an increase in either personal or corporate tax rates...

As was previously mentioned in the July 2014 issue of Blaneys on Immigration, on June 20, 2014, the Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, and Chris Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, announced changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program ("TFWP").

The U.S. Department of State published an interim final rule which raised the fee for processing renunciations of U.S. citizenship from US$450 to US$2,350.

As in previous years, the Toronto International Film Festival ("TIFF") is expected to receive thousands of visitors from around the World.

Recently, I settled a multi-party, multi-action motor vehicle accident claim at the third pre-trial, which occurred on the eve of trial.

On July 29, 2016, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals released a brief opinion affirming the District Court's interpretations of these coverages.

On September 30, 2018, just hours before the midnight deadline, Canada reached a new trilateral trade agreement with the United States and Mexico.

Last week, it was reported by the media that the White House was in the final stages of drafting an executive order, which would give notice of the United States' intention to withdraw from the NAFTA.

Those unfamiliar with civil litigation may not be aware of the requirement to commence litigation within two years of discovering a claim.

Last spring we published an article on the impact of a decision of Justice Janet N. Wilson in Moore v. Getahun ("Moore"), which appeared to drastically change the law on expert evidence in Ontario.

When can a witness who has not been retained by a party to the litigation give opinion testimony at trial?