On December 16, 2024, the long-running proxy contest in Dye & Durham will come to a head, determining whether control of the legal tech company will remain in the hands of its CEO and co-founder

When is the government entitled to act without the possibility of liability or subsequent second-guessing by the Courts?

Lenczner Slaght is pleased to announce that our Partner, Will McDowell, has been re-elected for a third and final term as Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario ("LSO").

The Commercial List Users' Committee (CLUC) held its annual Education & Social Day on May 28. The annual event offers an opportunity for members of the bar...

Following on Health Canada's plan to introduce new regulations aimed at addressing therapeutic product shortages as discussed previously...

In Chandos Construction Ltd v Deloitte Restructuring Inc ("Capital Steel") a strong majority of the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the continuing relevance in Canada of the common-law anti...

A desire to expedite patent disputes may result in a party pursuing summary adjudication. We have previously commented on a number of cases relating to the use of summary proceedings...

In two decisions released on the same day, the Federal Court has confirmed that applications are summary procedures that exclude the right or ability to examine witnesses who have not sworn affidavits.

A recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal serves as a cautionary tale for regulated professionals and their counsel considering the terms of a potential resolution ...

Given Quebec's unique civil law regime, we seldom blog about legal developments in Quebec. However, sometimes decisions of Quebec courts have broader relevance outside of Quebec...

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As part of our series on summary proceedings in IP cases, we previously commented on the Federal Court of Appeal's guidance on when and how a court should determine if summary trial is appropriate.

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, advocates, like all Ontarians, are facing immediate and diverse challenges.

On April 29, 2021, Canadian Lawyer held the webinar titled "Virtual Advocacy: Views from the Bench". Justices Kathryn N. Feldman (Ontario Court of Appeal)...

"There is nothing more dangerous than someone who knows a little law." My late father, a longtime criminal prosecutor turned judge, used to say this to me when I first started...

Multi-national insolvencies often spawn complex litigation in multiple jurisdictions. In Sociedad Concesionaria Metropolitana De Salud SA v Webuild SPA...

Here's a look at the leave application decisions that the Supreme Court of Canada will be releasing on June 23, 2022.

The Supreme Court of Canada has announced important changes to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada that will take effect on January 27, 2021.

On April 10, 2025, Justice Boswell and Allison Speigel, the Co-Chairs of the Working Group responsible for preparing the Civil Rules Review, presented the Phase 2 Consultation Paper to The Advocates' Society via Zoom.

As we predicted in our earlier comment, Dr. Stephen Thaler – who created an AI system that allegedly conceived two disparate yet novel products...