August 11, 2026
Appeal by AT from order dismissing her application under Protection of Public Participation Act (PPPA) to dismiss DC’s defamation action. DC sued AT after she posted on TikTok that her ex-boyfriend was a “rapist” and later identified DC as that ex-boyfriend.
August 11, 2026
The modern spouse who scrolls through a partner’s phone at 2 a.m. isn’t usually pondering the finer points of the Criminal Code. They are thinking of one thing: “I need to know the truth.”
August 10, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has increased a former Meta employee’s damages by approximately US$4.7 million, finding that contract provisions requiring the immediate forfeiture of unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) upon termination contravened Ontario’s Employment Standards Act.
August 10, 2026
Two years after the Competition Act was amended to revise Canada’s merger review framework, new trends have emerged with significant implications for businesses: proposed transactions are increasingly being labelled as “complex,” facing longer wait times and receiving more scrutiny overall, according to an analysis of Competition Bureau data by Anita Banicevic, a partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP.
August 10, 2026
A 2024 call to the Ontario bar, Audrey Beaulieu-Lévesque has been named an associate at Massey LLP.
August 10, 2026
A Nova Scotia man is considering legal action after being found “factually innocent” of child pornography offences that resulted from authorities mistakenly linking him to an online username belonging to someone else.
August 10, 2026
Those wanting to hunt certain types of wildlife in Nova Scotia now have the option of obtaining licences through an online portal.
August 10, 2026
Parts one and two of this series established the analytical framework governing prediction-market taxation in Canada. Part three addresses the CRA’s existing enforcement infrastructure as applied to prediction-market participants, the civil and criminal divide under R. v. Jarvis, 2002 SCC 73, gross negligence penalty exposure, voluntary disclosures strategy under IC00-1R7, and practical guidance on how practitioners should advise clients in the current absence of specific CRA direction.
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 10, 2026
Appeal by the appellant from an order striking his amended notice of civil claim on the basis that it disclosed no reasonable cause of action. The appellant, after experiencing delays in receiving medical treatment in British Columbia for Conn’s syndrome, obtained surgery in Florida and later sought reimbursement under provincial health legislation.