On November 15, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada released reasons in Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401.

In Morgan v Herman Miller Canada Inc, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal heard an Application made pursuant to section 34 of the Human Rights Code.

Historically, it was well established at common law that the sale of a business severed the employment relationship between the business that was being sold and the employee.

n a recent summary judgement decision with respect to trade mark infringement Driving Alternative Inc v. Keyz Thankz Inc 2014 FC 559, the Federal Court of Canada decided that the Federal limitation period of six years applied to this trade-mark infringement which occurred in Ontario ..

Social media has changed the way we do business by connecting us online to buy goods and services from each other.

The threshold for a pre-closing net benefit review under the Investment Canada Act and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have been increased for 2015.

GE Capital announced that it was on track to sell between US$120 – 150 billion in assets by the end of 2016. Keurig Green Mountain recently announced that it entered into a share transaction valued at approximately US13.9 billion.

When deciding the method by which to sell a business, auctioning is an infrequent option among Canadian business owners.

In the context of M&A transactions, an auction is a process by which multiple buyers simultaneously bid to acquire a target.

Probationary periods serve an important role in ensuring that employers hire the right person for the job, but what are an employer's legal obligations when terminating a probationary employee?

There are many rules and regulations that employers must follow to ensure workplace safety. The Ministry of Labour has just announced new rules relating to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.

Employers will often have employees sign employment agreements after they start working.

A recent decision of the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario has granted payment in lieu of notice to a consultant who was found to be a dependent contractor.

In a recent decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ("the Tribunal") decided in favour of two teenaged employees who were fired for refusing to work on a religious holiday.

The Government of Ontario announced on December 9, 2015 that it will introduce legislation to increase protections for consumers who use high-cost alternative financial services...

The Government of Ontario has announced that it plans to update the Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act to implement recommendations made in a recent report prepared by Laura Albanese, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance.

Après avoir fait la manchette de propriété intellectuelle et de notre blogue, c'est le calme relatif pour la « mise en marche » du brevet unitaire européen.

Over the last few months, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a set of guidance documents that help clarify the state of patent office practice as it relates to patent subject matter eligibility...

Finally, the guidelines indicate that although BYOD programs can be part of an organization's cost reduction strategy, using EODs to carry out both personal and business functions may introduce privacy and security risks that could impact both personal and corporate information.

Recently, Spencer Lake, the Global Head of Capital Financing at HSBC, reported that China is positioned to overtake the United States in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) in the coming few years.