On November 21, 2018, Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 received Royal Assent. Bill 47 repealed almost all of the labour and employment reforms enacted by the Wynne Government under Bill 148 just a year ago.

The Ontario Government has passed Bill 66, Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2019 which amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the "ESA").

When it comes time to sort out the issues arising from the breakdown of a marriage, the precise date a couple separates can have significant ramifications

"I have a full family and it doesn't include your (sic) sorry a– ," wrote a 21-year-old son to his father in a 2005 Ontario case. "If you haven't realized, you have been replaced."

Over the years, monied spouses who do not have the protection of a marriage contract have tried numerous strategies to evade the long arm of family law legislation, with varying degrees of success.

As Canada's baby boomers age, their health declines and legal issues can increase. Many of those issues involve questions of ‘capacity' — often, whether an individual has or had the capacity to make certain financial decisions.

Recently, the New York Times reported about a case in U.S. family court where separated parents asked the judge to decide whether their child should be allowed play football, as the parents could not agree.

A corporation is a separate legal entity, generally immune from the personal responsibilities of its shareholders. However, in rare circumstances ...

In an important decision released on Sept. 4, Justice Sullivan of the Ontario Court of Justice ordered a father to pay indefinite child support to the mother of the parties' child, Joshua, a 24-year-old disabled individual ...

For some years, the courts in Canada have been grappling with the many litigants appearing before them who have mental health issues.

Family law disputes are often lengthy and emotionally wrought, making the individuals involved eager to get them over with.

"Cases that deal with very high incomes test the outer limits of our thinking about spousal support," said the trial judge in the 2016 case of Halliwell v Halliwell after a two and a half week trial.

Neil Abramson, of our Health Law Group, spoke at the OBA Health Law Section program on June 10th titled "Emerging From the Crisis: Understanding the Impact on Health Law".

Every day, thousands of Ontarians receive vital care from unregulated health care providers including personal support workers ("PSWs"), physician assistants, and behaviour analysts.

On March 1, the Federal Court of Canada awarded Nintendo of America Inc. $12,760,000 in damages for copyright infringement and the circumvention of technological protection measures, or TPMs.

One of the ways in which Canadian courts interpret legislation is to analyze the "ordinary meaning" of words. Reference is made to the reader's first impression of the language

On July 11, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued its first notices of violation to two Canadian companies that allegedly contravened the installation...

These regulations, which include fines of up to $100,000CAD for non-compliance, will come into force on November 1, 2018.

In the episode, Jonathan Goode dives into the in and outs of constructions liens, legal document preparation, common misconceptions and so much more.

How will the law change to accommodate the role of artificial intelligence in society and how much of that change has occurred already? When machines make their own decisions