ArticleBencher Elections – A SuggestionEvery four years, Ontario lawyers elect their governing body, known as "benchers". CanadaGovernment, Public SectorSiskinds LLP
ArticleBlue Box funding Dispute Goes To ArbitrationOntario’s municipalities and brand owners are taking their dispute over Blue Box funding to arbitration. Under the Waste Diversion Act, 2002, s. 25(5) stewards are supposed to pay 50% of the net costs incurred by municipalities. CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSiskinds LLP
ArticleWhen Cross Examination Gets Really FrustratingFor a hilarious look at one of the ways that the legal process can descend into utter farce, look at this short dramatization of a ridiculous true transcript.CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSiskinds LLP
ArticleHow Will COVID-19 Affect My Personal Injury Claim?The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Law firms have been deemed an essential business, and we continue to operate.CanadaCoronavirus (COVID-19)Siskinds LLP
ArticleBusiness Essentials – Episode 7: How Intellectual Property Law Affects Your BusinessIn Siskinds' Business Essentials, a limited-run podcast series, Chris Sinal of Siskinds' Labour & Employment group sits down with some of the firm's business lawyers to discuss current issues...CanadaIntellectual PropertySiskinds LLP
Article50 Years Of Environmental Law In CanadaWhile I was giving a seminar on environmental law to Turkish lawyers this week, I realised that 2011 is the 50th anniversary of Ontario (and I think Canadian) environmental laws. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleHow Fish Farms Can Hurt Wild SalmonHere in Ontario, we are hearing almost nothing from the British Columbia Cohen Commission inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon, whose final report will not be released until next June.CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleCanadians Begin Receiving Payments From $78M Auto Parts Class Action SettlementCTV News reported that Canadians are beginning to receive payments from a $78 million auto parts class action settlement.CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSiskinds LLP
ArticleBusiness Essentials – Episode 2: How To Keep Your Company's Data As Clean As Your HandsIn Business Essentials, a limited-run podcast series, Chris Sinal of Siskinds' Labour & Employment Group sits down with some of the firm's business lawyers...CanadaPrivacySiskinds LLP
ArticleConviction For Ivory SmugglerEnvironment and Climate Change Canada has issued a combined fine totalling $12,500 against an auction company and its director for unlawfully exporting a product made of python...CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleWind And Health: An Australian UpdateHere is another comprehensive website on wind turbines and claims of adverse health effects, this time from Australia, but which follows information from around the world. AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesSiskinds LLP
ArticleNew COVID-19 Screening Requirement For Businesses And OrganizationsOn Friday, September 25th, the Ontario government announced that, effective September 26th all Ontario businesses must comply with any advice, recommendations and instructions issued by the Office CanadaCoronavirus (COVID-19)Siskinds LLP
ArticleEnergy Efficiency Improving? Depends What You CountEnergy efficiency improvements do pay off for Canadian companies, but there is still a long way to go. Canadian Tire, for example, cut its operating costs by reducing energy used in its buildings, operations and transport between 2007 and 2010. CanadaEnergy and Natural ResourcesSiskinds LLP
ArticleRenewable Fuels Requirements Watered DownEnvironment Canada announced over the holidays that it will water down renewable fuels requirements in the 2010 "Renewable Fuels Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act". CanadaEnergy and Natural ResourcesSiskinds LLP
ArticleRoundup On "Roundup"Dianne is quoted in this week’s Lawyers Weekly about the hard-won "special review" of glyphosate, a weed-control product that contains the pesticide polyoxyethylene tallow amines, and is also known as Roundup. CanadaEnergy and Natural ResourcesSiskinds LLP
Article$125,000 Penalty For Dust OutMagna Powertrain Inc. o/a MPT Precision Technologies operates a manufacturing facility in Mississauga.CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleA Fun Thing To Do And UsefulThis is the last week to vote in the first round of the ClimateSpark contest for the best environmental/ climate change social projects in Toronto. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleA Rare Jail SentenceJail is a possible penalty for many environmental offences (see s. 187 of the Environmental Protection Act), but is rarely imposed. It is usually reserved for those defiantly causing serious pollution.CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleAn Introduction To The Law Of Noise PollutionDianne gave a well received introduction to the law of noise pollution at the Ontario Bar Association’s Halloween breakfast.CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP