Business
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June 09, 2025
Ontario judge relies on contractual intent, factual context in business dispute involving estate
Pointing to a contract’s factual matrix, an Ontario Superior Court judge has awarded ownership of a North Bay, Ont., fishing store to one of its original partners in a dispute with an estate trustee — his deceased business partner’s surviving spouse.
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June 09, 2025
‘Canada is ready to lead,’ PM says, announcing G7 priorities
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced Canada’s G7 priorities in advance of the Leaders’ Summit to be held June 15-17, stressing that “Canada is ready to lead.”
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June 09, 2025
Three new associates at DLA Piper
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP has welcomed three new associates to its team across various practice areas in Montreal and Calgary, according to announcements from the firm.
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June 09, 2025
BCSC joins international regulators to target unlawful ‘finfluencers’
The B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC) has announced that it has joined with international regulators to “crack down on unauthorized ‘finfluencers’” who are touting financial products or services illegally, thereby putting millions of social media users at risk.
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June 09, 2025
Tariffs, good faith and contractual discretion: Top tips for in-house, corporate counsel
With the extent and scope of U.S. tariffs applicable to Canada (and the rest of the world) changing on a regular basis, Canadian businesses are facing a turbulent environment. Amid this turbulent business environment, many businesses are evaluating their current contractual commitments and future contractual obligations, and attempting to determine how best to remain on solid footing going forward.
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June 09, 2025
A sweet case
Often, in response to an opposition, an applicant causes a separate proceeding(s) to be brought under s. 45 of the Trademarks Act attacking the registration(s) relied on by the opponent.
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June 06, 2025
Manitoba to ensure mutual recognition of goods and services with other provinces by July 1
To boost interprovincial trade, Manitoba will introduce regulations to ensure the mutual recognition of goods and services with other provinces by July 1, according to a release issued on June 6.
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June 06, 2025
As trade tensions rise, feds table legislation to accelerate national projects, internal trade
With an escalating trade war already reflected in worsening employment data, the federal government has introduced promised legislation aimed at removing federal barriers to interprovincial trade, improving labour mobility in Canada and fast-tracking large infrastructure projects “of national importance.”
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June 06, 2025
Breaches at CRA, other government institutions impacted over 309,000 people: privacy commissioner
More than 309,000 individuals were affected by government institution privacy breaches reported to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) in 2024–25 — over twice as many as in the previous year according the OPC’s annual report.
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June 06, 2025
Lazarus effect and other elephants in the room
Lazarus? More about him soon. There are three bizarre events that often seem to hit the news of the weird: exotic animals escaping their abodes and roaming the city’s streets, people returning books that were checked out from libraries for decades and humans certified as dead who are still alive. Let me opine about those living dead people.