August 10, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2025 ONSC 952 and Li v. Wayfair Canada ULC., 2025 ONSC 2959, released together as Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2026 ONCA 568, is a significant development in Ontario employment law. For executive employment lawyers, Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc. is the most significant decision since Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391.
August 10, 2026
There is a small but significant trend developing in the professional services marketplace. Although more prevalent in the private investigation field, I am seeing it in law as well. It begins with a familiar word — one that lawyers use constantly and clients fear instinctively: risk.
August 07, 2026
A proposed national class action settlement has been reached with defendant Chocmod Canada Inc. relating to the marketing and sale of Truffettes de France cocoa and chocolate products in Canada.
August 07, 2026
The federal government has established an expert task force to recommend ways to attract private investment in nature-positive projects and better account for nature in public and private decision-making.
August 07, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a trademark infringement judgment after concluding that the Federal Court’s decision was almost identical to the plaintiffs’ draft order, including its errors, and did not adequately explain its conclusions.
August 07, 2026
Amelia Briggs-Morris has returned to Robins Appleby, joining its affordable and social housing and commercial real estate and development groups.
August 07, 2026
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has provided his submission on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) consultation on Privacy Act modernization, expressing his support for the government’s “efforts to prioritize the modernization of Canada’s federal public sector privacy law.”
August 07, 2026
A constitutional challenge to Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions standards will carry on despite a decision by the province’s top court not to reopen the appeal that initially gave the case the go-ahead. The Ontario Court of Appeal’s Aug. 5 ruling in Mathur v. Ontario, 2026 ONCA 561 is the latest step in a long running legal dispute that dates back to 2019, when seven young Ontarians launched a challenge arguing the province’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, and the plan to reach those targets, violated their rights under sections 7 and 15 of the Charter.
August 06, 2026
The Alberta government has announced a new Surface Rights Advisory Panel to recommend improvements to the province’s system for resolving disputes when private land is used for resource development, following a record number of surface rights applications in 2025-26.
August 06, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a defamation action brought by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) over comments suggesting it supported terrorism and Hamas, finding that the defence of fair comment applied even though the statements were defamatory and substantially untrue.