In the recent decision UFCW, Local 1400 v Prairie Pride Natural Foods Ltd, 2013 CanLII 82240 (SK LA), a Saskatchewan arbitration board upheld the dismissal of a long-term employee for workplace violence and harassment threats.

Whistleblower laws exist to protect employees who disclose wrongdoing within their organizations.

Under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), there have been a number of noise regulations for specific industries, but there had not been comprehensive noise regulations.

An EU committee last week voted against steps that would keep the door open for imports of crude oil from Canadian oil sands.

Transport Canada (TC) has issued two Protective Directions that will affect the transportation of crude oil by rail in Canada.

As reported in our post on April 21st, the federal budget speech released last April either announced or provided updates on a number of regulatory initiates relating to the federal financial services sector.

Last year, M&A activity in the U.S. healthcare and life sciences sector saw a decrease in both deal number and deal value when compared with 2012.

Provincial and territorial premiers first announced the Pan-Canadian Pricing Alliance (PCPA), an initiative aimed at facilitating multi-jurisdictional negotiations on prices of brand name drugs, back in the summer of 2010.

Health Canada has issued an update to its earlier position, and has announced its current position on certain activities associated with unapproved medical devices in Canada, and the corresponding roles and responsibilities of stakeholders and industry.

The Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (Labelling, Packaging and Brand Names of Drugs for Human Use) – more commonly known as the "Plain Language Labelling amendments" – came into force on June 13, 2015.

Effective August 1, 2015, the electronic travel authorization program will be implemented in Canada.

One of the fundamental principles of finance is that with greater risk comes the possibility of greater returns.

Nous avions parlé dans ce billet des importants changements proposés à la Loi sur les brevets par le projet de loi C-43 ?

Health Canada introduced the regulatory amendments in July 2014 as part of its Regulatory Transparency and Openness Framework and its commitment to make information more readily available to Canadians.

Vous vous rappelez le billet de mon collègue Pierre intitulé « Fameuses nouvelles dans le Budget fédéral ! » ?

Avec juillet arrivent les vacances, la canicule et ma pelouse qui se meurt de soif ! C’est aussi le moment de l’année où les cours en propriété intellectuelle IPIC-McGill ont lieu.

MergerMarket Group recently published a research report that presents the expectations of 50 industry experts based in the US and Canada on North American mid-market M&A activity.

Executives around the world have a strong appetite to pursue acquisitions, the highest in six years, according to Ernst & Young's Global Capital Confidence Barometer (the Report), released at the end of October.

Global M&A continues to rise with over $2.19 trillion recorded in the first half of 2015, according to Dealogic data.

The global pharmaceutical sector has been rocked by several significant mergers and acquisitions in 2015...