There are some interesting legal issues that arise for sexual abuse survivors when there are related criminal and civil proceedings.

Most employers are already aware that they have a legal duty to accommodate an employee’s disability, up to the point of undue hardship.

Toronto Public Health and Peel Public Health have issued an order under Section 22 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act...

Recent amendments to the Competition Act will make it a criminal offence for employers to enter into "wage-fixing" and/or "no-poaching" agreements with other employers.

The Federal Government has taken steps to change the Employment Insurance ("EI") rules for those employees who are required to self-quarantine on account of COVID-19.

On March 16, 2020, Premier Doug Ford and the Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, announced that the Provincial Government intends to introduce legislation...

For Canadian employers, one of the most important purposes of written employment contracts is to lawfully limit ...

The case also serves to remind employers of the diminishing tolerance for health and safety negligence and the importance of vigilance in safety training, education and enforcement of rules for management and workers alike.

The Ontario Government has passed the Working for Workers Act, 2021, which in addition to changes to other statutes, includes unique amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the "ESA") addressing 1)...

In what is believed to be a legal first in Canada, a court in Newfoundland and Labrador has recognized three unmarried adults as the legal parents of a child born within their "polyamorous" family.

Last year, I reported a decision by Justice Rick Danyliuk of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench in which he took a dim view about having to decide the ownership of a separating couple's dogs.

In a trial, awards in sexual abuse cases are partly based on the pain and suffering caused by the abuse.

On Nov. 19, 2018, Regional Senior Justice Peter Daley took an unprecedented step. Speaking to media, members of the profession and the public from the dais in the Brampton, Ont., courthouse,

Canada has added its voice to the global chorus of data protection and privacy commissioners calling for fairness, transparency and privacy...

On May 24, Canada's federal privacy regulator, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, released a critical interpretation document intended to guide how companies subject to the federal private sector privacy act ...

Do you act for husbands and wives buying a house together, giving a mortgage together, or preparing family wills? Of course you do. Who doesn’t?

Technology lawyers often think of themselves as area experts, with a deep appreciation and understanding of the specific intricacies of their craft and its sub-specialties.

The Liberal government delivered the 2024 Federal Budget this afternoon. To help finance their spending plans, the government introduced, among other things...

Through their enforcement efforts, federal, provincial and territorial governments disburse about $2 billion annually to Canadian families to satisfy outstanding support debts.

There is no question that artificial intelligence is surging in Canada. During the first quarter of 2018 alone, $89 million was invested into Canadian AI companies.