Business
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May 08, 2024
Canada, B.C. celebrate NAFTA panel’s decision of softwood lumber duties
Ottawa and British Columbia are hailing a decision by a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panel that U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber are inconsistent with U.S. law.
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May 08, 2024
Licence lockdown: Status quo orders in cannabis proceedings
The spate of cannabis insolvencies over the past several years has seen a number of developments in Canadian insolvency law. One of the more recent developments is the increasing number of regulatory “status quo” provisions being sought and obtained by debtors.
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May 08, 2024
Nunavut agrees to $8M settlement of class action for school sexual abuse victims
Nunavut has agreed to an $8 million settlement of a class action brought on behalf of individuals who suffered sexual abuse at schools in Resolute Bay or Clyde River and those who were abused by a teacher who has been convicted of sex offences.
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May 08, 2024
Toronto-based lawyer joins International Association of Defense Counsel
Byron Shaw, a lawyer at McCarthy Tétrault LLP Toronto, has joined the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC).
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May 08, 2024
Appeal court affirms trial court’s procedural discretion under streamlined trial criteria
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of an application to convert a shareholder oppression petition into to an action, finding that while the decision was based on a framework that has since been superseded, the trial court would have broad discretion on appropriate procedures under the updated framework.
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May 08, 2024
Navigating international trademark registrations and symbol usage
As companies extend their reach globally, safeguarding intellectual property assumes heightened importance. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) provides a streamlined avenue for trademark registrations through the Madrid Protocol (an international agreement), commonly recognized as the “international trademark registration system.”
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May 08, 2024
Law Society of Ontario sidesteps 100 years of common law rights | Joseph Chiummiento
On April 25, 2024, the directors of the largest legal regulator in North America surrendered over 100 years of well-earned common law rights to information. It is hard to see in this scenario how curtailing a director’s right to information serves the public interest.
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May 07, 2024
Federal Court fishery decision a significant victory for Inuit land claims sovereignty
In a significant victory for Inuit, the Federal Court has quashed a government decision to reissue fishing licences to one of Canada’s largest seafood processors in waters off Nunavut that are covered by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
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May 07, 2024
Sweeping national security bill would boost state investigative powers; expand & create crimes, AMPs
The federal government has introduced a sweeping national security bill that would create a publicly accessible “foreign influence transparency” registry; expand the warrant, production and disclosure powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Agency (CSIS); affect criminal accused or judicial review applicants seeking access to relevant “information related to international relations, national defence or national security”; expand the current “sabotage” offence; and create new “foreign interference” offences, along with administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) of up to $5 million and five years in prison, including for knowingly obstructing the operations of the office of a proposed new “Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner.”
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May 07, 2024
Ontario privacy commissioner sides with province on disclosure of health-care staffing info
Ontario’s privacy watchdog has sided with the province in its attempts to keep information about staffing shortages in the health-care sector private.