The Complete Brief
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April 23, 2025
Lenczner Slaght welcomes Jessica Caplan Ross
Lenczner Slaght has announced the appointment of Jessica Caplan Ross as its new director of legal operations and client solutions.
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April 23, 2025
Alberta court rules gross overriding royalty in farmout agreement is interest in land
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has held that a gross overriding royalty (GORR) granted in an oil and gas farmout agreement constituted an interest in land, emphasizing that the economic structure of the transaction demonstrated the parties’ intent for the royalty to run with the lease.
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April 23, 2025
MARITAL OR FAMILY PROPERTY - Considerations for unequal division - Agreements - Matrimonial or family home
Appeal by husband from family law trial decision relating to division of family property and retroactive support.
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April 23, 2025
B.C. appoints three new judges and a judicial justice
The British Columbia government has appointed three new judges and a judicial justice to its provincial court.
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April 23, 2025
The evolution of vicarious liability in sexual abuse cases: Application in recent cases
There have been several decisions in the past five years when Canadian courts have considered vicarious liability in the context of sexual misconduct. For the second instalment of our two-part series, we delve into the application of vicarious liability in recent Canadian judicial decisions in the context of sexual misconduct.
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April 23, 2025
Canada needs stricter visa screening to fight antisemitism
Effective March 9, 2025, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began screening the social media accounts of applicants for immigration benefits’ to determine if they were engaged in antisemitic activity — including online content and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals — as grounds to deny immigration benefit requests. This policy applies to individuals seeking lawful permanent resident status, foreign students and those affiliated with educational institutions linked to antisemitic activity.
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April 23, 2025
Call rights in shareholders’ agreements: Navigating the anti-deprivation rule
The shareholders’ agreement governs the relationship among a corporation’s shareholders. It often establishes the rules governing the exit of a shareholder — for instance, by way of call right provisions upon the occurrence of certain triggering events.
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April 23, 2025
Navigating AI in the workplace: Legal frameworks and considerations for employers
The integration of artificial intelligence into the workplace has the potential to significantly impact both individual roles and organizational dynamics. Early this year, the Quebec privacy regulator submitted a brief regarding the use of AI in the workplace to the Québec Ministère du Travail.
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April 23, 2025
Hate everything or risk the consequences
I would have to guess that at the law firm where I toiled for 34 years, some people like what I write on LinkedIn, and some do not. The reason I have to guess is that with the very occasional exception of one associate, none of them ever react or comment.
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April 22, 2025
OSC report: Over a third of retail investors have acted on ‘finfluencer’ investment advice
Financial influencers on social media are shaping the investment decisions of retail investors, with a recent Ontario Securities Commission survey finding that 35 per cent of retail investors have acted on advice from a “finfluencer.”