Cromwell v Leon's Furniture Limited, 2014 CanLII 16399, a Nova Scotia human rights board of inquiry found that the complainant had been subjected to racially discriminatory comments and differential treatment by her manager...

An Alberta arbitration board allowed the union's policy grievance and struck down the employer's random drug and alcohol testing policy in Unifor, Local 707A v Suncor Energy Inc, 2014 CanLII 23034.

An Alberta court dismissed a complainant’s appeal of a human rights tribunal decision in Robinson v Edmonton (City), 2014 ABQB 29.

The Supreme Court heard argument and reserved judgment on appeal from an Ontario Court of Appeal decision addressing RCMP collective bargaining.

InMihaly v The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, 2014 AHRC 1, an Alberta Human Rights Tribunal held that the standards used by the Association of Professional Engineers

The Manitoba government is introducing new amendments to the Workers Compensation Act that would make it easier for employees to have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recognized as a work-related occupational disease.

Our employment and labour review not only provides a summary of common law cases and monthly developments from 2014, it also compiles a number of important cases and others to watch for in 2015, all of which could potentially have an impact on the management of your human resources.

The Government of Alberta has released a Water Conservation Action Plan which includes short and long-term strategic actions to protect groundwater from the risks associated with hydraulic fracturing operations.

FracFocus is widely used by the oil and gas industry for chemical disclosures. Thus far, at least twenty states rely on the website to store its disclosures.

The Canadian province of New Brunswick has appointed a three person Commission to study if the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing should be lifted.

The Nova Scotia Legislature has resolved to ban "high-volume, hydraulic fracturing" in Nova Scotia.

Over the past couple of years, the number of studies related to the alleged environmental impact from hydraulic fracturing have increased dramatically.

On November 26, 2014, Dawn Whittaker, Adrienne Oliver, Derek Chiasson and Darren Hueppelsheuser, hosted a live webcast on some key tax considerations for those with an interest in the mining industry.

Soon after the city of Denton passed a prohibition on fracking earlier this year, the city was sued by several parties alleging that the fracking ban was invalid. It appears that the city of Denton may have some support in its defense of the fracking ban.

Je reviens sur cette histoire de l’entreprise Typo, dont est actionnaire Ryan Seacrest.

On October 16, 2015, Ms. Johanne Bélisle, Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and Chief Executive Officer at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), gave a keynote address at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Intellectual Property Institute (IPIC) ..

Le 16 octobre 2015, Mme Johanne Bélisle, Commissaire aux brevets, Registraire des marques de commerce et Présidente de l'Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC) a prononcé une allocution durant l'Assemblée annuelle de l'Institut de la propriété intellectuelle

Le 28 avril dernier, à notre bureau de Montréal, nous avons organisé une conférence portant sur les principales modifications touchant la propriété intellectuelle au Canada...

On May 6th, we hosted a webinar on some of the top privacy issues facing businesses today and what they can do to ensure compliance with changes in Canadian privacy law.

On April 14th, we hosted a webinar highlighting issues on privacy and access to information in the digital age.