Occupations in Demand is the newly introduced economic stream under the Nova Scotia Nominee Program.

The body of class action jurisprudence from Atlantic Canada continues to grow.

It's that time of year – the moment when we look back at the year that was and chart our course for the year ahead.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently ruled that the concept of parody must be regarded as an autonomous concept of EU law.

In July 2019, Claudine Gay, dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, advised that Professor of Economics, Roland G. Fryer Jr., had been placed on administrative leave for two years...

On May 2, 2017, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal issued a significant decision in Tibbetts v. Murphy, 2017 NSCA 35, on the proper interpretation of s. 113A of the Insurance Act. Specifically the issue was whether or not Canada Pension Plan Disability benefits ("CPPD") should be deducted from tort awards for loss earning capacity in motor vehicle accident cases.

Tenure and promotion applications are most often concerned with two main criteria: scholarship and teaching effectiveness. This then begs the question of how something as subjective...

This Bulletin will provide some background to what is, today, relatively unprecedented: the imposition by law of a Collective Agreement between an Employer and a Union.

A new Bill, the Business Corporations Act ("Act"), recently passed by the Prince Edward Island legislature, has made significant changes to the way corporations ...

As 2018 comes to an end, we countdown some pension and employee benefits developments in the last year that we anticipate may lead to developments in 2019.

In a recent Ontario decision, an employee successfully sought default judgment for a wrongful dismissal claim. The employee's evidence was uncontested and the facts set forth in the Statement of Claim were deemed to be true.

An employer's "duty to accommodate" is a continually evolving – and sometimes confusing – area of the law.

On July 14, 2016 the Supreme Court of Canada issued a significant decision affecting federally regulated employers across Canada.

The long-awaited Green Choice Program Regulations (N.S. Reg. 155/2023) were released by the provincial government on September 8, 2023...

Drawing upon this doctrine, the Ontario Court of Appeal concluded that the bylaw passed by the City of Hamilton was inoperative as it applied to Canada Post and had no legal effect.

The Government of Canada recently announced further changes to the international student program that not only limits the number of new study permit applicants per year...

A recent Supreme Court decision tackled two issues that have proven complex in Nova Scotia law: summary judgment and limitation periods.

Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada released its much-anticipated decision in Keatley Surveying Ltd. v Teranet Inc., 2019 SCC 43.

You likely heard rumblings over the spring and summer, but now it's here. Canada's federal privacy law known by the acronym PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act)...

In preparation for the January 15th, 2015, coming into force of section 8 of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation ("CASL"), and associated regulations, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ("CRTC") has provided an interpretation bulletin, entitled "CASL Requirements for Installing Computer Programs".