Business
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September 04, 2025
Ontario court approves $901M fees for Quebec class counsel in landmark tobacco settlement
In a landmark ruling, an Ontario judge approved $901 million in fees to Quebec class action lawyers who secured a $4.1-billion settlement from tobacco companies for Quebec residents who were addicted to nicotine and suffered from smoking-related diseases.
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September 04, 2025
Canada cuts its Russian oil price cap to reduce funds for Russia’s war on Ukraine
Ottawa’s reduction of the price cap it imposes on seaborne Russian-origin crude oil recently came into force, as part of coordinated efforts by Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom to impede the financing of Russia’s illegal all-out war against Ukraine.
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September 04, 2025
Court dismisses real estate appeal for abuse of process
The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a building company, finding that the claim sought to bring an action against a seller for conduct in previous litigation, which amounted to an abuse of process.
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September 04, 2025
Competition Bureau launching study of competition in small, medium business financing
The Competition Bureau is seeking public feedback as it “prepares to launch a market study into the state of competition in the lending sector for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada.”
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September 04, 2025
Psychedelic disconnect: Charter rights and the case for transparency
A recent Federal Court of Appeal decision (Toth v. Canada (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health), 2025 FCA 119) about medical psilocybin use exemptions provides some interesting analysis on s. 7 Charter rights and significant policy shifts under the Vavilov framework (Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65).
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September 04, 2025
Can foreign nationals work remotely in the U.S.?
While people have wanted to and sometimes enjoyed the opportunity to work while they are spending time outside of their home country, this practice became much more prevalent and common since the COVID-19 pandemic. With remote work far more normalized in the pandemic’s wake, it is now easier and sometimes necessary to work from wherever you are — regardless of physical boundaries or limitations.
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September 03, 2025
Ottawa concludes budget consultations covering tariffs, AI, affordable housing
The Department of Finance Canada announced on Sept. 3 that it has concluded nationwide consultations ahead of Budget 2025.
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September 03, 2025
Court upholds securities class action certification, rejects narrow definition of ‘public corrections’
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the certification of a securities class action against a health care company, ruling that disclosures can qualify as “public corrections” under the Securities Act (SA) even if they are general in nature or are not followed by a decline in share price.
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September 03, 2025
Ontario introduces ‘first-in-Canada labour mobility changes’
On Sept. 1, the Government of Ontario filed regulations that will “support the removal of interprovincial barriers for Canadian workers coming to Ontario.” According to a government release, this “historic change” will assist “in-demand professions such as architects, engineers, geoscientists, land surveyors, electricians and more.”
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September 03, 2025
Legal experts & advocates push PM Carney for urgent action to secure Canada’s ‘digital sovereignty’
Legal experts, advocacy organizations and prominent Canadians are asking Ottawa to urgently legislate and implement measures to counter the digital risks to Canada’s autonomy and democracy posed by artificial intelligence (AI), foreign interference and U.S. tech giants’ dominance of domestic digital infrastructure.