In-House Counsel
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May 06, 2024
Territorial sovereignty over Judea and Samaria | Charles Wagner
The Biden administration, the media and others create an impression that there is a universal agreement that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegitimate. That proposition is legally false.
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May 06, 2024
B.C. court stays action against Freedom Mobile over $63,000 loss in SIM swap fraud
The B.C. Supreme Court has stayed in favour of arbitration an action against Freedom Mobile concerning allegations that the company was negligent in permitting a SIM swap fraud that led to a customer losing Bitcoin worth approximately $63,100.
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May 06, 2024
Interim ombudsperson appointed for Responsible Enterprise
Minister of Export, Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development Mary Ng appointed Masud Husain the interim Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE).
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May 06, 2024
Manitoba’s plan to loosen pot laws a welcome change: lawyer
A prominent cannabis lawyer credits Manitoba’s historic change in government for the recent move to reverse the province’s ban on growing pot at home.
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May 03, 2024
Court: Payment pact with owner doesn’t override subcontractor lien discharge provisions
The B.C. Court of Appeal has held that a direct payment-forbearance agreement between a landowner and a subcontractor did not preclude the owner from relying on a provision of the Builder’s Liens Act to discharge a lien held by the subcontractor.
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May 03, 2024
Pensions in wrongful dismissal cases
Employment lawyers on both sides of a wrongful dismissal case are often stumped on how to deal with pensions in the course of litigation and for settlement purposes.
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May 03, 2024
Ontario Superior Court rules LifeLabs data breach information is not privileged
The results of an investigation into the massive 2019 data breach that affected millions of LifeLabs patients may now see the light of day after the Ontario Superior Court ruled that information that the medical lab-testing giant wanted to keep secret is not privileged.
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May 03, 2024
Ontario plans to double maximum fine for employment standards violations
Ontario is pledging to “get tougher” on employers who take advantage of their workers by increasing the maximum fine for employment standards violations to what it says will be the highest level in the country.
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May 03, 2024
Good faith in M&A transactions: Quebec and the common law provinces
Parties involved in mergers and acquisitions and other commercial matters are often faced with letters of intent, offers, memoranda of understanding, renewal clauses and similar matters where there are stipulations that the closing or other completion of the transaction is subject to a party determining that due diligence investigations or other preconditions are satisfactory.
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May 02, 2024
New independent watchdog would assess & report how Ottawa carries out its modern treaty obligations
Ottawa says it will create an independent oversight body, led by a new “Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation” who reports to Parliament and whose role will be “to work to hold the Government of Canada accountable for its modern treaty obligations and advance key priorities.”