Use of AI chatbots as an alternative to traditional customer support has dramatically increased over the last few years.

The new towing regime in Ontario is now in effect with the changes to the Towing and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act ("TSSEA") and its accompanying regulations in force since January of this year.

The buyers entered into an Agreement of Purchase and Sale (APS) to purchase the property with a scheduled closing date of July 7, 2017.

In connection with the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project, a group of 140 countries have made commitments to radically modify the international tax system.

On April 28, 2025, U.S. President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order entitled "Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America's Truck Drivers."

Canada lost a staggering million plus jobs in the month of March.

As we head into the seventh month of the artificial economic lockdown ordered by Canadian governments at all levels and brace ourselves for the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Ontario has 36 conservation authorities that act as community-based management agencies who undertake watershed-based programs to protect the community from natural hazards including flooding.

On February 28, the Ontario government tabled Bill 88, the Working for Workers Act, 2022, which, if passed, would enact the Digital Platform Workers' Rights Act, 2022 and...

In a decision that may impact all industries, the Supreme Court of Canada recently expanded a project owner's risk with respect to safety violations by its contractor's workers.

The enforcement risk profile today is not limited to borrower default. It increasingly turns on lender‑versus‑lender dynamics, with second mortgagees moving from passive stakeholders to active actors seeking to take out firsts and step into their position.

As a commercial mortgage lender you generally prefer the avoidance of enforcement. However, one must hope for the best and plan for the worst.

Two experienced Canadian lawyers examine contentious legal cases and explore the intersection between law and politics, analyzing how courtrooms become political arenas. Each episode provides insight into current legal battles and their broader implications for society, revealing the fundamental framework that underpins democratic institutions.

The law of defamation permits a defendant to raise specialized defences to defeat a claim. The most common defences are justification/truth, qualified privilege and fair comment.

Remedies are an important aspect of any case. In the law of defamation, the usual remedy sought by most plaintiffs is general damages for reputational harm.

A dispute between two neighbours over a fence led to a $70,000 judgment against an online activist who posted defamatory comments about one of the neighbours: Duncan v. Buckles, 2020 ONSC 3219 (CanLII).

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused our governments to implement laws aimed at stopping the spread of the virus. While many of those laws arguably have a minimal effect or none at all on mobility or...

The limitation period is the time limit by which a party must commence their claim against another party. If they fail to commence the action within the applicable limitation period...

The legislation to support this proposed measure is pending.

A recent Federal Court of Appeal decision, Henrikson v. Westjet, 2026 FCA 39, has confirmed that WestJet acted lawfully in terminating an employee who refused to comply with its COVID-19 vaccination policy.