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As part of the ongoing Hudson's Bay Company ("HBC") insolvency proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA"), Blaney McMurtry LLP lawyers, John Wolf and Brendan Jones...

Anti-corruption compliance efforts appear to be stalling, despite an increase in enforcement actions.

In the March 9, 2017 decision of Taylor & Lieberman v. Federal Insurance Company,[1] the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California...

The government of British Columbia recently passed new rules regarding short-term sick leaves, and in particular introduced new restrictions on requests by employers for employees to provide "sick notes".

Federal Department of Finance and Canada Revenue Agency officials have acknowledged that a new tax rule for spousal trusts taking effect Jan. 1 could have negative consequences for spousal beneficiaries that were not foreseen.

Incapacity and disability are not guaranteed like death and taxes, but the risk is not zero either. This adds an element of uncertainty to every estate planning process that is often underestimated...

As previously reported, on February 6, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander unveiled Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act.

On February 6, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander unveiled Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, which will be the first significant amendment to the Canadian Citizenship Act1 since 1977.

Judgment-creditors who have experienced the uncertainty of Ontario's civil enforcement regime have recently been given two reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the future of enforcement.

Every decade or so, a decision of monumental importance to the coverage bar gets handed to us. In 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada gave us Progressive Homes Ltd. v. Lombard General Insurance Co. of Canada.

Names for new "babies" are selected with great care and in the hope that they will shine for a lifetime and beyond.

Topics in this week’s decisions include punitive damages for bad faith claims in the insurance context, summary judgment, and an interesting estates law decision.

Every person and business has been profoundly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Supreme Court of Canada has issued its first comprehensive statement on the doctrine of spoliation since 1896, in SS&C v. BNY Mellon, 2026 SCC 29 an appeal arising from a seventeen-year data-licensing dispute between a data provider (SS&C) and a global custodial bank (BNY Mellon).

The Supreme Court of Canada clearly came down on the side of favouring freedom of the press and expression over the importance of protecting the privacy rights of victims of crime.

A recent decision of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, In Re Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corporation, provides a helpful illustration of how to assess coverage...

People who agree to become directors on the boards of Canadian corporations take on significant risks – for instance, the risk of being sued.