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Establishing a common misrepresentation can be a high hurdle to class action certification for misrepresentation claims where multiple representations are alleged to have been made.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently released its decision in the common issues class action trial of Ramdath v. George Brown College, 2012 ONSC 6173.

After a contested certification motion in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the losing party is typically required to pay the successful party's costs on a "partial indemnity" basis

The Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Ross-Clair v. Canada (Attorney General)is another post-Sattva instance of a dispute over the standard of review of contract interpretation. For a unanimous Court of Appeal, Justice Epstein reviewed the application judge's interpretation of a contract on the correctness standard.

The Court held that this provision applied to this case, where the trial judge dismissed a defamation claim but held that she would have assessed damages at $25,000.

In Sorila v. Chan, the British Columbia Court of Appeal held that it was inappropriate for the standard of review to be determined by way of directions.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently clarified that the financial terms in partial settlements of multi-party litigation need not be disclosed to the non-settling parties who remain in the litigation, absent exceptional circumstances.

The September 2012 release of the Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines for Developers (the "Guidelines") by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council ("PCI SSC") should be of interest to providers of mobile payments services or applications.

Sometimes you appreciate confirmation that actions – you always thought were permissible – continue to be viable options.

Osler Special Advisor Brad Wall says he is "optimistic" about the future prospects of Canada's energy sector and that we should be "very excited about Canadian agriculture."

On October 7, 2013, Minister of Industry James Moore announced that the "Government of Canada has concluded its review of Accelero Capital Holdings’ proposed acquisition of the Allstream division of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS) under the national security provisions of the Investment Canada Act.

US mining companies have had success raising funds in Canada because the Canadian capital markets are particularly sophisticated when it comes to the mining sector.

In addition to the latest updates regarding the revocation of the LIBOR reference rate, the market must prepare for yet another upcoming shift in the use of reference rates in the financial market.

On July 21, 2020, the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 (Bill 197) received Royal Assent. Bill 197 amends multiple statutes as part of the Ontario government's efforts to stimulate the...

The Competition Bureau announced that the pre-merger notification threshold relating to transaction-size will increase to $80 million from the 2012 threshold of $77 million.

Following the announcement of its first chair of the board of directors for the participating jurisdictions, there continues to be momentum toward the establishment the proposed Cooperative Capital Markets Regulator.

Business combinations are typically referred to in Canada as "mergers;" however, this shorthand obscures the fact that under Canadian corporate law, unlike in Delaware, the concept of a...