Court varies $100K costs order in failed class action, plaintiff’s indemnity disputed
Thursday, June 25, 2026 @ 2:39 PM
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has varied an order to make class counsel responsible for costs in a case where indemnity of the representative plaintiff in a failed class action was unknown. ... [read more]
Canadian Cyber Centre calls for stronger defences amid growing frontier AI risks
Thursday, June 25, 2026 @ 2:06 PM
The federal cyber security authority is calling on organizations across Canada to strengthen their cyber security practices to address emerging risks linked to frontier artificial intelligence (AI). ... [read more]
Admission of secret recordings OK in sexual assault case, Ontario court says
Thursday, June 25, 2026 @ 9:27 AM
Ontario’s top court has upheld the convictions of a man accused of sexual assault, saying he did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in recordings the complainant made that allegedly included conversations they had about the assaults. ... [read more]
B.C. court splits data-breach class action between B.C. and Ontario
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 @ 5:21 PM
The British Columbia Supreme Court has certified statutory privacy tort claims in a 2023 data breach affecting nearly 1.5 million Canadian investors, but held that overlapping negligence and breach-of-contract claims should proceed in an existing national class action in Ontario. ... [read more]