On January 1st, 2014, the majority of the provisions of Canada's anti-spam legislation came into force.

On June 18, 2015, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA") was amended to impose data breach reporting requirements.

In a decision rendered on February 11, 2020, the Superior Court reiterated the principle established by the Supreme Court of Canada, that between professionals and building contractors, liability ultimately rests solely ...

On August 24, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") issued CSA Staff Notice 46-307 ("Staff Notice") regarding its views with respect to cryptocurrency offerings.

Plus de 890 employeurs et travailleurs au Québec ont déjà signé la Charte d'engagement à combattre le coronavirus en milieu de travail (la Charte).

They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. The same is true for business names and trademarks.

Since June 1, 2023, following a reform of the Charter of the French language (the "Charter"), Québec employers have had to adjust their recruitment practices to meet the new language requirements.

The judicial saga of Google Inc. v. Equustek, which we summarized in our August 7 bulletin1, has taken a new twist.

Article 916 of the Civil Code of Québec (the "CCQ") provides that "No one may … acquire for himself property of legal persons established in the public interest that is appropriated to public utility".

Certaines modifications prévues à la Charte de la langue française (la « Charte ») entreront en vigueur le 1er juin 2025 et auront des répercussions majeures sur les activités au Québec...

L'utilisation du Building Information Modeling, communément appelé BIM, est de plus en plus répandue au Québec autant au niveau des projets publics que privés.

In light of the current health crisis, many schools are implementing a HyFlex (or hybrid-flexible) teaching model for primary and secondary school students...

The Quebec Superior Court recently reminded us that a decision made by a council of commissioners of a school board must be treated with deference by the courts.

While until quite recently the security of information technology infrastructures was dealt with by a corporate IT team, today every organization knows that cyber threats constitute a major risk...

The facts are fairly straightforward: an educational instructor at a drop-in centre sustained a work-related injury, namely epicondylitis in the left elbow ("tennis elbow").

This past May 27, the Quebec Court of Appeal rendered its judgment in the matter of Groupe Pages Jaunes Cie, a decision that is of interest for companies that offer their employees a benefits plan or a pension plan.

On November 10, the country's highest court issued an interesting decision on employers' health and safety obligations in R. v. Greater Sudbury (City), 2023 SCC 28.

At the current vaccination rate, the imminent lifting of restrictions, including those requiring remote work, is a real possibility. Several legitimate questions will then arise for employers.

On September 1, 2022, the Quebec Court of Appeal handed down an important decision in Caisse populaire Desjardins de Saint-Raymond–Sainte-Catherine c. Girard.

For employers, implementing accommodation measures in the workplace is far from straightforward. This obligation requires them to put in place measures to accommodate an employee who has a disability.