Vicarious liability is of particular concern to companies operating in foreign jurisdictions, especially countries with high corruption risks or human rights issues.

As the annual UN Climate Change Conference winds down in Durban, South Africa, Canada appears poised to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol.

The Government of Alberta announced on December 19 that the four key regulations that set out Alberta's intensity-based greenhouse gas regulation program – the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation, the Specified Gas Reporting Regulation, the Administrative Penalty Regulation, and the Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund Administration Regulation – will be extended until the end of June, 2015.

New amendments to Regulation 347 under the Environmental Protection Act are broadening the training requirements for drivers involved in waste management operations.

Canadian Environment Minister, Peter Kent, recently traveled to Mexico to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mexico's Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Elvira Quesada.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has initiated the 20-day public review process required under the Canadian Evironmental Assessment Act, 2012 for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project.

As we previously reported, the federal government intends to enact regulations to phase out coal fired generation in Canada.

Federal environment minister Peter Kent announced today that Cenovus' proposed drilling of 1275 shallow natural gas wells in the Suffield, Alberta area had been turned down by the federal government.

The Federal Department this week announced new fuel economy standards for heavy on-road vehicles.

Environment Minister Peter Kent announced new regulations for coal-fired power plants this afternoon.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Tuesday a rule to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

As we previously reported, the Ontario government earlier this year announced that no offshore wind projects in that province would proceed, that pending applications for offshore wind would be suspended, and that no new applications would be accepted.

Postings on Facebook can be a source of information for spouses following separation, but the Voelkerts of Indiana have taken the practice too far.

Too frequently difficult family or financial situations arise which could have been avoided by a few moments of careful planning.

The Toronto Stock Exchange has announced new rules for director elections for listed issuers, which will come into effect on December 31, 2012.

It is a common feature of statutory self-governing professional regulatory bodies that they regulate the conduct of their members in the public interest.

In this appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal of British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada addressed the question of whether the BC Human Rights Code provisions respecting discrimination required the provision of special educational assistance for learning disabled children.

The British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner has just released some cloud computing Guidelines for public bodies.

Mojang, the creator of Minecraft, is in a trade-mark tussle with Bethesda Softworks and has won the first battle. Bethesda, who publishes the "Elder Scrolls" series, objected to Mojang's plans to call its next game "Scrolls" and Mojang's filing of a trade-mark application to protect that name.

Bethesda and Interplay have settled a long-running dispute over the Fallout IP. Bethesda bought the Fallout franchise from Interplay in 2007.