Civil Litigation
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November 25, 2025
Associate joins Harper Grey
Harper Grey LLP welcomes new associate Suzy Flader to their health law group.
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November 25, 2025
Court approves $26-million CIBC settlement over trailing commissions to discount brokers
The Ontario Superior Court has approved a $26-million settlement resolving claims that CIBC improperly paid trailing commissions to discount brokers on behalf of investors in CIBC and Renaissance mutual funds.
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November 25, 2025
Budget 2025 introduces business and international tax changes
On Nov. 4, the federal government tabled Canada Strong: Budget 2025 (Budget 2025), marking Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s first budget tabled under the leadership of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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November 25, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: lawyers grapple with stress amid financial strain, long hours
The legal profession is going through seismic change as it grapples with things like artificial intelligence, but one issue that has been around for centuries still remains — stress. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 85 per cent of associates say they are at least sometimes stressed by their finances, along with 77 per cent of those at small firms.
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November 25, 2025
Legal battles in the digital age: Copyright claims in the era of AI
AI-driven models have transformed everything from health care to finance, by leveraging massive datasets improving efficiency and innovation. The use of online news content as training data, however, without proper authorization has sparked significant debate. News organizations throughout North America and abroad are arguing that scraping their content both violates copyright law and undermines their ability to generate revenue through subscriptions and advertising. A growing number of legal cases are emerging pointing at the unauthorized scraping of online news and other content to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.
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November 25, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Appeals - Standard of review - Contempt of court
Appeal by appellant from an order declaring him in civil contempt. The appellant failed to provide adequate responses to several undertakings he was ordered to satisfy.
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November 24, 2025
Manitoba introduces intimate images legislation with ‘nearly nude’ addition
Manitoba is proposing legislation to better protect people from the non-consentual sharing of intimate images by expanding the prohibition to include “nearly nude” versions.
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November 24, 2025
OpenAI faces a lawsuit from La Presse over allegations of copyright infringement
French language digital media outlet La Presse has filed a lawsuit suit against OpenAI over allegations that the company used its copyright-protected content to train ChatGPT without authorization.
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November 24, 2025
Tatti joins Aird & Berlis Vancouver office
Alexander Tatti has joined the Vancouver office of Aird & Berlis as an associate and member of the firm’s capital markets, corporate/commercial and mergers & acquisitions groups.
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November 24, 2025
From property to ‘Pawperty’: A leap forward in the legal treatment of pets in Ontario
In recent years, pets have assumed a central place in households, families and in the hearts of pet owners. This marks a significant shift in how people conceptualize family, companionship and emotional attachment. Statistics indicate that more than 70 per cent of pet owners describe their animals as family members.