The proceedings in Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v Facebook Inc arose from the Privacy Commissioner's investigation into Facebook's practice of sharing users' personal information with third-party apps.

Certification is a vital step in every class action. In order for a class action to be certified, the proposed representative plaintiff must show "some basis in fact" to believe that the certification requirements are met.

In Bertsch v Datastealth Inc, the Superior Court confirmed the enforceability of an ESA-minimum termination clause that excluded common law notice periods. This decision, resulting from a Rule 21 motion to strike.

In Poonian v British Columbia (Securities Commission), a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada clarified provisions in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act...

If your 2024 has been too busy to keep up with caselaw, below we summarize and provide the key takeaways from pharmaceutical patent decisions...

Here's a look at the leave application decisions that the Supreme Court of Canada will be releasing on August 18, 2022.

Each week, we'll be providing a short blog post that summarizes some of the upcoming cases and gives a prediction of the probability that leave will be granted.

Here's a look at the leave application decisions that the Supreme Court of Canada will be releasing on November 10, 2022.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Aroma Franchise Company Inc v Aroma Espresso Bar Canada Inc has reshaped the disclosure obligations of arbitrators, particularly in cases involving multiple appointments...

Securities law class actions are now common in Ontario. However, courts are still addressing some of the core elements of the conceptual approach to such issues.

The complexity of regulating environmental impacts in Canada has proven to be a thorny issue on both constitutional and practical fronts. On the heels of 2021's carbon pricing decision...

The Federal Court of Appeal's decision in Galderma Canada Inc v Canada (Attorney General) ("Galderma FCA") arose from what seemed...

Calfrac provides specialized oilfield services to exploration and production companies drilling and extracting oil from wells drilled throughout Western Canada, the United States, Argentina and Russia.

In our submissions on their behalf, we emphasized that authors were not a monolith and that Access Copyright did not represent the interests of all authors.

On April 1, 2025, various amendments to the Trademarks Act and Trademarks Regulations will come into force. The overarching theme of the upcoming amendments...

These are trying, stressful, and uncertain times, even for the optimist. As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rise and hospitals begin to fill, the need for medicine and medical supplies...

Patent infringement actions are inherently complex and technical. They often involve complex scientific inquiries and expert evidence. The Federal Court has historically held that summary judgment...

In a recent decision, Takeda Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, the Federal Court dismissed the Plaintiff, Takeda's, motion for consolidation of two actions against Apotex...

The COVID-19 pandemic has required courts to adapt to new ways of providing access to justice. We have first-hand experience with this new reality.

On July 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada released a landmark ruling in Democracy Watch v Canada (Attorney General). The Court sought to determine whether the partial privative clause (a provision in a law that tries to limit or block courts from reviewing a decision) in s. 66 of the federal Conflict of Interest Act...