Business
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December 02, 2025
Jurisdiction challenges in Ontario: Why evidence matters as much as contracts
Foreign parties often assume that pointing to a forum selection clause or foreign governing law will keep them out of Ontario courts. But the Ontario Court of Appeal has recently underscored that jurisdictional challenges require more than contractual language — they demand evidence and legal argument.
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December 02, 2025
Canada introduces code of conduct to end gender-based economic abuse
Canada has announced new investments and introduced a code of conduct as part of its commitment to ending gender-based violence, including economic violence.
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December 01, 2025
Editor’s Picks: Must-read items from last week
Last week we published the Law360 Canada Pulse survey. This marked Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs. See our news coverage out of the survey:
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December 01, 2025
Carney hands new jobs to three lawyer-MPs in federal cabinet mini-shuffle
Following last week’s resignation of Montreal MP Steven Guilbeault from the federal Liberal cabinet, Prime Minister Mark Carney added one new minister to his cabinet and expanded the roles of two others in order to redistribute Guilbeault’s former cabinet responsibilities.
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December 01, 2025
Nonye Ngwaba joins DLA Piper’s restructuring team
Nonye Ngwaba has joined DLA Piper (Canada) LLP in Vancouver as an associate in the firm’s restructuring group.
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December 01, 2025
Federal Court overturns order requiring Air Canada to pay $2,330 for delayed bag
The Federal Court has overturned an order requiring Air Canada to pay $2,330 for a delayed bag, finding the decision unreasonable for linking to the delay $1,310 in purchases made after the luggage was delivered.
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December 01, 2025
FSRA interim report outlines supervisory findings for Ontario automobile insurers
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) released the “2025 Auto supervision interim report” (the report) on Oct. 28, 2025. The report summarizes FSRA’s findings from reviews conducted by FSRA between January 2024 and March 2025 of five insurers (the reviews) writing automobile insurance business in Ontario (collectively, the auto insurers).
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December 01, 2025
How to better prepare for Saskatchewan’s Franchise Disclosure Act
Saskatchewan has joined the growing list of Canadian provinces that have implemented franchise disclosure legislation in Canada. The Franchise Disclosure Act (the SK Act), enacted on May 8, 2024, and its regulations (the Regulations) released on April 25, 2025, will come into force on June 30, 2026.
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December 01, 2025
Canada launches investigations into trucking employee misclassification
The federal government has announced measures to investigate misclassification of truck drivers in the federally regulated road transportation sector. An “inspection blitz” in Hamilton and the Greater Toronto Area is expected in the coming weeks.
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November 28, 2025
Court bars Binance to neutralizing class action through arbitration in Hong Kong
The Ontario Superior Court has issued a sweeping anti-suit injunction against cryptocurrency exchange Binance, holding that the company’s bid to initiate Hong Kong arbitration against class action plaintiffs amounts to an abusive collateral attack on prior rulings that its consumer arbitration clause was void as unconscionable and contrary to public policy.