The Complete Brief
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March 20, 2026
Feds extend temporary EI measures to support workers impacted by tariffs
The federal government is extending three temporary employment insurance (EI) measures in an effort to protect workers whose jobs have been impacted by U.S. tariffs.
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March 20, 2026
LSO announces 2026 award recipients
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) will recognize 11 members of Ontario’s legal profession at its annual awards ceremony on May 27, 2026.
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March 20, 2026
Ontario proposes legislative amendments to cap ticket resale prices
The Government of Ontario has proposed amendments to the Ticket Sales Act, 2017 to “combat overpriced ticket resale prices.” According to a government release issued March 20, the new legislative changes would “make it illegal for tickets to concerts, cultural, sports and other live events in Ontario to be resold for more than their original cost.”
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March 20, 2026
Langlois adds Rémi Leprévost as partner
Langlois has added Rémi Leprévost as a partner in its litigation group, according to the firm.
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March 20, 2026
B.C. boosts compensation for intimate-image abuse victims
British Columbia is increasing compensation limits for people who have had their intimate images shared without their consent. Victims can now seek as much as $75,000 in compensation through the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) with amendments to the Intimate Images Protection Act now in effect.
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March 20, 2026
‘Strict enforcement’ arbitration clauses don’t limit jurisdiction to interpret
Applications to set aside international arbitral awards frequently reflect a familiar dynamic. As no appeal on the merits is available, applicants often recast complaints about the tribunal’s conclusions as jurisdictional error or procedural unfairness. Respondents, in turn, characterize such efforts as impermissible appeals in disguise. Courts are therefore tasked with maintaining a careful balance: exercising a limited supervisory role while preserving arbitration’s defining features of finality, efficiency and expert adjudication.
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March 20, 2026
Regulatory review vs. on-field decisions: CAF appeal board rules Senegal forfeited 2025 AFCON final
On Jan.18, 2026, Senegal seemingly triumphed over Morocco 1-0 in a tightly contested championship final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). However, nearly two months to the day after the match was played, Morocco has now been crowned champions and Senegal deemed to have forfeited the match following a decision from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) appeal board.
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March 20, 2026
POWERS OF SEARCH AND SEIZURE - Warrantless searches - Reasonable expectation of privacy - Motor vehicle
Appeal by the Crown from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal which set aside a conviction and entered an acquittal. The RCMP received a complaint of impaired driving against Singer. Officers identified a vehicle matching the description in the complaint parked in a residential driveway.
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March 20, 2026
MARITAL OR FAMILY PROPERTY - Practice and procedure
Appeal by the wife and the family company, 1225046 Ontario Inc. (122) from a partial determination of competing applications. The husband and the parties’ two adult sons asserted that 122 was incorporated in 1997 with the husband as sole shareholder and that in 2000 the wife and sons were each issued 1,000 common shares. The wife maintained that she and the husband had always been the only shareholders.
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March 20, 2026
Why Ontario is the epicentre of Canada’s remand issue
A recent CBC report noted that Ontario has announced plans for a new jail in Brockville and to add 1,436 new correctional beds by 2032. By any reasonable measure, Ontario should not be facing a jail overcrowding crisis. Crime rates are not surging out of control. Sentencing laws have not dramatically stiffened. Yet the province’s correctional facilities are often beyond safe capacity. The explanation lies not in who is being sentenced but in who is waiting.