The Federal Court Rules Committee is conducting a review of the Federal Court Rules, and is considering changes to the rules applicable to class actions...

A new statutory regime governing international commercial arbitration came into effect in Ontario in March 2017, with the International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017, SO 2017, c 2, replacing the...

The Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed the proper reading of the latest Alberta Court of Appeal decision on service ex juris under Alberta law, which greatly complicates serving legal documents outside of Canada.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed the proper reading of the latest Alberta Court of Appeal decision on service ex juris under Alberta law.

Ceiledh Hemmati and Kelly Hammel write in Deal Points: The Mergers and Acquisitions Newsletter on trends in U.S. and Canadian cross-border transactions, highlighting U.S. governing law and unique deal

Adam Kalbfleisch and Kyle Donnelly recently contributed to Global Competition Review Americas Antitrust Review 2025. This article sets out the structure and practice for merger review under the Canadian...

The Government of Alberta has enacted amendments to the Securities Act, aimed at protecting investors and supporting the integrity of Alberta's capital markets.

CDPQ Infra has launched two requests for expressions of interest (DEI) for progressive design-build (PDB) services for the 19-kilometre TramCité Project in Québec City.

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has announced a pause to its work on developing new mandatory climate-related disclosures and amending diversity-related disclosure requirements...

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently announced a new online consultation tool for stakeholders to provide their comments on proposed regulatory policies and rules.

As detailed in our prior blog, Canadian Government (Finally) Provides Certainty on Criminal Interest Rates, the Government of Canada proposed amendments to lower the criminal...

While applications for certification of class proceedings are commonplace, trials to decide certified common issues on their merits are comparatively rare. The decision in one such common issues trial was recently...

On Friday, September 6, 2024, the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) provided additional information and draft procurement documents for the Long-Term 2 RFP which are now available on the IESO's website.

Private equity investment in the food and beverage industry continues to steadily increase, driven in part by evolving consumer preferences and a heightened focus on sustainability.

In Bowman v Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 2024 BCSC 1975, the British Columbia Supreme Court held that non-parties are entitled to tariff costs for responding to document production...

On February 25, 2025, British Columbia introduced Bill 4, proposing significant amendments to the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act (BPCPA). Bill 4 passed second reading on March 3, 2025. If enacted as proposed, the legislation would prohibit dispute resolution clauses and class action waiver clauses in consumer contracts.

The Alberta Court of King's Bench has taken another step towards addressing ongoing delays in civil litigation in the Province. In a July 10, 2025, Notice to the Profession...

In Morrison v. Hatts Off Inc. et al., 2025 ONSC 4320, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice declined to order pre-certification discovery of sensitive Children's Aid Society records in a proposed class action alleging systemic negligence and fiduciary breaches in children's group homes.

In InvestorCOM Inc. v. L'Anton, 2025 BCCA 40, the BC Court of Appeal upheld the chambers judge's decision not to strike the plaintiff's claim because of a parallel action in Ontario...

The Federal Court dismissed two requests from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) that would have, if accepted, compelled Shopify to disclose six years of data from its merchants.