The Complete Brief
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May 09, 2024
OSC initiative: Early-stage businesses can raise up to $3M without registration as dealer
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced a series of initiatives aimed at enhancing access to capital for early-stage businesses in Ontario, including exempting early-stage businesses from being registered as dealers under the Securities Act when raising capital to $3 million.
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May 09, 2024
N.B. looks to greater regulations for private career colleges
In the name of increased protections for post-secondary students, New Brunswick is proposing legislative changes that would mean greater regulation over private career colleges in the province.
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May 09, 2024
B.C. court certifies class action against RateMDs over breach of health-care professionals’ privacy
The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class action against popular health-care review website RateMDs Inc. over allegations that it breached provincial privacy law by posting profiles of health professionals and rating them on their website without consent.
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May 09, 2024
Trade tribunal rules wire rod dumping is damaging domestic industry
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has determined that the dumping of wire rods from China, Egypt and Vietnam has caused injury or is threatening to cause injury to domestic producers.
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May 09, 2024
2 new appointments to Federal Court announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment of Michael Battista and Catharine Moore to the Federal Court of Appeal.
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May 09, 2024
2 lawyers join Children and Family Services Act committee in Nova Scotia
Brendan Maguire, the minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Community Services, appointed two lawyers — Susanne Litke and Paul Sheppard — to a committee to review the Children and Family Services Act.
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May 09, 2024
Ontario ruling shows courts will not condone failure to protect informant privilege, lawyer says
Ontario’s top court has stayed a criminal conviction because the Crown failed in its duty to protect the accused’s confidential informant privilege.
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May 09, 2024
CRIMINAL CODE OFFENCES — Sexual assault — Consent
Appeal by Jajja from his conviction for sexual assault. There was no dispute that a sexual encounter occurred between Jajja and the complainant. At trial, Jajja maintained that the sexual activity was consensual. The complainant testified that she had no memory of the events that occurred between her attendance at the nightclub and waking up alone the next morning in the hotel.
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May 09, 2024
Response to Gary Joseph: A plea for civil discourse in high-conflict parenting disputes | Barbara Landau
When family law was taught in the late 1970s, it was called “Civil Procedure” — and I could hardly think of a better oxymoron. Gary Joseph, a leading family lawyer, is to be commended for his welcome insight and reminder that separations are about FAMILY.
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May 09, 2024
Partial stays of procedure in favour of arbitration: All or nothing
What happens when a plaintiff brings an action where some of the relief sought falls within the scope of an arbitration clause, but the principal claim is unrelated? Does a judge let the action proceed in court on the basis that the essential character of the matter is non-arbitrable? Do they grant a stay in favour of arbitration because there is a sliver of matter that is subject to arbitration? Or, can the court grant a partial stay: can it stay those matters (and the relief sought) that are arguably subject to arbitration and let the rest go to court?