The Ontario Court of Appeal has reinstated an action against the OLGC brought by third party victims of a fraud committed by a problem gambler who stole their money and spent it on gambling.

The Ontario government disagreed with the Federal government's decision to impose a fuel charge to combat climate change.

In a 3-2 decision, the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General) held that the Province of Ontario's decision to reduce the number of Toronto City Councillors...

In late 2018, I wrote a summary of the Ontario Superior Court's decision in OSC v Tiffin, 2018 ONSC 5419. In that case, a 6 month custodial sentence was imposed on a trader for trading...

The world of marketing and advertising has evolved – last year, U.S. companies spent an estimated $13.5 billion on social media marketing alone.

On June 12, 2017, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Oil States v. Greene's Energy Group, agreeing to decide whether administrative patent trials, launched in 2012...

Freelance marketing is nice work if you can get it. And I had it – some good clients and a flexible career that I could do anywhere, any time. I milked the anywhere anytime part for all it was worth – even at the expense of income.

It is fair to say that the formation of many licensing boards across Scotland has been slower than would otherwise be the norm owing to the political tensions arising from the snap general election.

The Supreme Court's upcoming decision in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC (No. 16-712) has the potential to dramatically change Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practice and the patent system as a whole.

The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Greene County Superior Court ruling denying the validation of revenue bonds to build additional facilities for Lake Oconee Academy in Greene County.

Welcome to Last Month at the Federal Circuit—a look at recent decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals impacting the intellectual property community

Nathan Greene discusses the new rules which took effect on September 16, 2012.

It is the best of times and the worst of times for Google. Its internet search engine has become a meme; its mobile operating system, Android, now powers 80.7% of the world's smartphones.

The Competition Tribunal recently held that Visa and MasterCard’s rules do not constitute resale price maintenance, because their product, credit card network services, is not resold by their customers (known as "acquirers").

Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act creating a statutory cause of action for misrepresentation for purchasers of securities on the secondary market (i.e. a stock market) was enacted more than 13 years ago to much fanfare.

A financial planner's wrongful dismissal case against RBC resulted in over $2.5 million in damages after the bank filed an inaccurate termination notice that destroyed her career prospects. The Ontario Superior Court found the bank's conduct vindictive and its allegations of cause unproven, raising critical questions about employer obligations when reporting terminations in the investment industry.

In its unanimous decision in Lavender v. Miller Bernstein LLP released on September 5, 2018, the Court of Appeal for Ontario made it clear that notwithstanding the liability imposed by the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") in the recent auditor's negligence case of Livent v. Deloitte & Touche.

The well-documented barrage of litigation against Montreal-based engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin continues.

In Theralase Technologies Inc. v. Lanter, 2020 ONSC 205, the plaintiffs sued anonymous posters on a website called Stockhouse.com ("Stockhouse") for publishing defamatory content about them

The insurers denied coverage based on the faulty workmanship exclusion: they argued cost of replacing the windows was the cost of making good faulty workmanship.