August 25, 2026
Businesses often assume that the non-binding provisions of a letter of intent (LOI) leave them free to walk away from a proposed transaction. A recent Ontario decision suggests the position may be less straightforward.
August 25, 2026
Following the collapse last week of tariff-related talks with the United States, Ottawa unveiled a multipronged package of retaliatory tariffs, loans and employment supports aimed at protecting and supporting Canadian businesses and workers after the Trump administration imposed a 50 per cent U.S. tariff on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods.
August 25, 2026
Appeal by Minister of Energy and Minerals (Alberta Energy) from an order staying Alberta Energy’s claims against lessees for royalty arrears owed by Blue Sky Resources Ltd. (Blue Sky) during Blue Sky’s restructuring proceedings. Blue Sky owed approximately $1.9 million in unpaid Crown royalties.
August 25, 2026
A founder. A shareholder. A contractor. An employee. In Pringle v. Zenova Group PLC, 2026 ONCA 549, the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that these labels are not mutually exclusive and that worker classification turns on the substance of the service relationship, not how the parties choose to describe it, even when they execute the contract.
August 25, 2026
Some criminal cases seem to cry out for punishment. Others force criminal law to ask a more fundamental question: can a person be held criminally responsible for conduct he did not consciously control?
August 24, 2026
The Ontario government has announced that it is immediately broadening eligibility for its Protect Ontario Financing Program for workers and businesses in response to the newly enacted U.S. tariffs on a range of Canadian imports.
August 24, 2026
A $28,000 lump sum salary boost recommended for Canada’s 1,200 judges last year would have cost Ottawa almost $321 million over six years had the government not rejected the advice from an independent judicial pay commission, the Carney government asserts in defending a novel lawsuit launched by the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA) and the Association of Federal Court Associate Judges.
August 24, 2026
Canada will not accept being treated as a “subsidiary” in trade negotiations, Prime Minister Mark Carney said after talks with the United States that had appeared close to producing a deal collapsed.
August 24, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the denial of a class action certification against shopping centre owner Cadillac Fairview for alleged collection of mallgoers’ biometric information without their consent.
August 24, 2026
Roman Baber has joined Devry Smith Frank LLP as part-time counsel in Toronto.