The Ontario Superior Court has held that claims made insurance policies issued to directors and officers upon a company filing for protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, RSC 1985, c C-36 (the CCAA) could not provide coverage for past unpaid wages and benefits that were the subject of a class proceeding that was scheduled for trial only months after the CCAA filing.

In the latest instalment in a growing wave of employment class actions, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice denied certification of a claim for unpaid overtime wages due to fatal flaws...

In the growing wake of the #MeToo movement, the Alberta government, consistent with other jurisdictions in Canada, has removed the traditional two-year limitation period applicable ...

Bill 32 passed its final reading on July 28, 2020, and received Royal Assent on July 29, 2020.

In 2019, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources implemented the Petroleum Innovation Incentive Program (PIIP) and the Oil and Gas Processing Investment Incentive Program (OGPIIP)...

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) recently notified stakeholders of its intent to delay the reporting requirements with respect...

On June 27, 2017, City of Vancouver Staff updated City Council on new strategies to reduce single-use items like disposable cups, plastic and paper shopping bags, foam food packaging and take-out containers.

Securities regulatory authorities in each of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick recently announced the creation of a new prospectus exemption...

In Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance v Honda Canada, 2025 ONSC 2856, the Ontario Superior Court upheld an...

The BC Court of Appeal has reaffirmed the courts' gatekeeping role at certification, upholding a lower court's refusal to certify a privacy class action where plaintiffs failed to provide any evidentiary basis for their central allegation that shopping mall directory software recorded facial images and converted them into biometric data. This decision clarifies the evidentiary burden required to satisfy the "some basis in fact" standard at the certification stage in British Columbia.

In Lilleyman v Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 2024 ONCA 606, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed the motion judge's dismissal of certification for a class action alleging price-fixing of canned tuna.

The Supreme Court of Canada released a decision today regarding judicial intervention with jointly recommended criminal sentences following a guilty plea.

Bennett Jones partners Michael Eizenga, Pascale Dionne-Bourassa and Katherine Booth have co-authored The Canadian Class Actions Handbook, published by LexisNexis.

On September 23, 2025, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec (CAI),

Land use compatibility in the planning context is achieved where industrial and other major facilities can coexist with sensitive land uses to contribute to healthy, livable and sustainable...

The Canada Revenue Agency has traditionally taken a hard line on expenses incurred by an acquirer or a target and has denied deductibility on the basis that these expenses are of a capital nature.

Bill C-208, a private member's bill aimed at facilitating intergenerational transfers of small businesses and farms, received Royal Assent and became law on June 29, 2021.

The election of Donald Trump combined with Republican control of Congress means that U.S. tax reform has suddenly gone from totally impossible to highly likely.

On November 9, 2021, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OFSI) launched a three-month public consultation on the Draft Guideline B-13: Technology and Cyber Risk Management.

Health Canada is proposing to amend the Food and Drug Regulations, C.R.C., c.870 (the FDRs) and the Medical Device Regulations...