On July 21, 2016, the Government of Canada released a report by Cassels Brock partner Thomas Isaac on Reconciliation with Métis.

The Parliament of Canada completed the final steps to pass Bill C-31, or Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1 for short.

Canadian trademark practice took a step toward international harmonization when the CIPO joined the database of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, TMClass.

As expected, as part of its ongoing efforts to manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)...

As governments continue to grapple with the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on May 13, 2020, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)...

As you may be aware, a number of significant changes to the Canadian Trademarks Act will come into force on June 17, 2019.

The Government of Canada (GOC) has commenced a 30-day consultation period starting on July 2, 2024, to hear from interested parties "on potential policy responses to protect Canada's auto workers...

John Gillies' blog post titled "Important Legal Technology Developments in 2014" was published on Slaw on January 30, 2015.

An important deadline is approaching for Ontario companies that operate as temporary help agencies (THAs), recruiters and organizations that use the services of THAs or recruiters. Companies who are doing business as THAs...

On January 1, 2021, the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure were amended.

Last year, a group of Saab dealers commenced a group action in Ontario against IFS Vehicle Distributors ULC, the Canadian distributor of Saab vehicles, and other defendants seeking damages for breach of contract and statutory remedies under the Arthur Wishart Act.

COVID-19 has been on everybody's minds this week, as the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic and various levels of government and employers are taking action to protect Canadians.

December 10th, 2016, marked a major change for business administration in Ontario and the provincial government's treatment of corporate property.

Under the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, municipalities were provided until January 1, 2025 to issue notices of intention to designate or else face automatic removal of properties listed on their heritage registers.

The LPAT will be required to give greater weight to decisions of local councils.

In the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, strategic acquisitions and consolidation are often pointed to as the prevailing trends.

In its notice of the proposed regulation the province had advised the changes were to come into force January 1, 2021.

On January 24, 2017, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) released an update to its "Guidelines for determining the tax treatment of certain exploration expenses" that were previously issued in 2007.

April 30, 2024 was a busy day in the tax world. First, personal tax returns for most Canadian individuals were due. Second, not only did the Department of Finance release a 663 page...

Businesses who have protected their brands in the United Kingdom solely through the European Trademark system, may be wondering what will happen to their trademark protection in the United Kingdom should the vote be for a "Brexit".