July 08, 2026
British Columbia has retained counsel in both Canada and the United States to pursue legal action against artificial intelligence company OpenAI over its failure to notify law enforcement of threats made on its ChatGPT platform prior to the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School earlier this year. The province has retained Vancouver’s CFM Lawyers and California-based Stranch, Jennings & Garvey (SJ&G) to explore all legal avenues open to it over the February 2026 shooting, which left eight dead and 27 others wounded.
July 08, 2026
Mediation doesn’t always end with a handshake. After 39 years of handling commercial and employment disputes, I can tell you that a failed mediation is not necessarily a failure of the process; often, it is useful information. It tells you something about where the parties actually stand, and it forces a decision that matters as much as anything that came before it: arbitration or litigation?
July 08, 2026
Arbitrage betting, often described as “sure betting” or “arb betting,” has gained increasing prominence in Canada following the expansion of regulated single-event sports betting and the rapid growth of offshore and blockchain-based prediction markets.
July 08, 2026
Noah Robinson-Dunning has joined Harper Grey as an associate in its construction and engineering group in Vancouver.
July 08, 2026
Aird & Berlis has welcomed three new associates to the firm: two in Vancouver and one in Toronto.
July 08, 2026
The federal government is seeking public comments on a draft of a redesigned policy for additions of land to First Nation reserves, according to a release issued July 7.
July 08, 2026
On Feb. 18, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments in Aphria Inc. v. Canada Life Assurance Company, et al. The appeal addresses a long-standing remedy in Canadian commercial leasing law: whether a landlord may refuse to accept a tenant’s repudiation, keep the lease alive and sue for rent as it becomes due without an obligation to mitigate its losses, or whether that rule should be revisited in light of broader developments in contract law.
July 08, 2026
Many professionals assume that United States immigration law reserves the O-1 visa category for globally recognized figures whose accomplishments are widely known outside their respective fields. This perception is often supported by the public attention given to entertainers, athletes and outstanding entrepreneurs who have obtained O-1 classification.
July 08, 2026
A decision of the EU General Court concerns the registrability of a three-dimensional trademark for packaging where the relevant legal issue was whether the shape consisted exclusively of features necessary to obtain a technical result. The General Court is the lower of the two courts that make up the Court of Justice of the European Union.
July 07, 2026
Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador have announced an agreement investing $10.6 million over three years for workers whose jobs have been impacted by global tariffs.