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August 12, 2026
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Geneviève Cotnam, who once recalled “my career as a lawyer didn’t always provide a smooth sailing to the bench,” is Quebec's new top judge, succeeding Quebec Court of Appeal Chief Justice Manon Savard who became a part-time (supernumerary) judge on Aug. 10.
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August 12, 2026
Kaley Pulfer has joined Lawson Lundell as a new partner in its Kelowna office.
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August 12, 2026
The Federal Court has rejected the Crown’s bid to summarily dismiss an action brought by a retired three-star general of the Canadian Armed Forces, finding that the record did not establish that his veterans’ benefits compensated him for the same injuries and losses claimed in the lawsuit.
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August 11, 2026
The current debate over Israel and Palestine provides a particularly difficult test of whether we can maintain those distinctions when political passions run high.
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August 11, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has reduced by $125,640 the damages awarded to a former towing-company employee, finding that he was not entitled to compensation for losing the use of a company tow truck and cellphone that were work tools and not personal benefits.
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August 11, 2026
On Aug. 6, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2026 ONCA 568, which provides much-needed clarity to the enforceability of employment agreement termination provisions in Ontario. The court dealt with the appeal of Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2025 ONSC 952 together with a similar case, Li v. Wayfair Canada ULC, 2025 ONSC 2959, resolving an impasse as the trial judges had reached opposite conclusions in their respective interpretation of similar termination clauses.
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August 11, 2026
Prosecutorial independence matters precisely because the power to prosecute is among the most consequential powers the state possesses.
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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.
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August 10, 2026
Veronica Lopardo has joined Koziebrocki Law in Toronto.
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August 10, 2026
A 2024 call to the Ontario bar, Audrey Beaulieu-Lévesque has been named an associate at Massey LLP.
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August 10, 2026
A number of recent Ontario cases have brought me back to a constitutional principle that tends to receive little public attention until confidence in it begins to erode: prosecutorial independence.
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August 10, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2025 ONSC 952 and Li v. Wayfair Canada ULC., 2025 ONSC 2959, released together as Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2026 ONCA 568, is a significant development in Ontario employment law. For executive employment lawyers, Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc. is the most significant decision since Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391.
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August 06, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from a judgment that the Alberta law society requirement to swear allegiance to the monarch violated a Sikh man’s Charter-protected religious freedom.
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August 06, 2026
After spending several days considering how the United States’ men’s national team would adapt to missing their top scorer following a controversial red card, the footballing world learned that Folarin Balogun’s one-match suspension had been suspended by FIFA’s disciplinary committee, and that he would be eligible to play in the Round of 16 match against Belgium on July 6.
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August 05, 2026
Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner Anton Boegman has issued guidance about when “licensed legal professionals” are required to register their work for foreign principals as “influence activities” in the new public foreign influence registry. The new commissioner issued five interpretation bulletins — including one specifically for lawyers — to give guidance on how to comply with the obligations under the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act (FITAA) and its regulations, which came into force Aug. 4.
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August 05, 2026
Corporations Canada released its 2025 annual report on Aug. 5, which showed some progress on advancing diversity on boards of directors and in senior management of federal distributing corporations.
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August 04, 2026
The Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has released its first merits decision interpreting the new replacement worker provisions under the Canada Labour Code, which were introduced in 2025 through Bill C-58. The decision clarifies that the new rules do not create a blanket prohibition on the use of replacement workers in unionized federally regulated workplaces but instead restrict the use of specified categories of persons during lawful strikes and lockouts.
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July 31, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously set out the presumptions, procedure and remedies applicable to litigated claims of “spoliation” — i.e., claims against parties who engage in the “intentional destruction, alteration, mutilation, or concealment of evidence with a view to subverting the truth-finding process during litigation.”
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July 31, 2026
British Columbia’s amendments to its Employment Standards Act and the Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act will be in effect as of Aug. 1. The changes aim to improve the complaint and dispute-resolution process at the Employment Standards Branch.
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July 31, 2026
Artificial intelligence is reshaping economies, industries and the global competitive landscape at an unprecedented pace. Recognizing both the opportunities and the risks presented by this technological shift, the federal government launched Canada’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All on June 4, 2026.
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July 31, 2026
Two days before Southampton FC was scheduled to play Middlesbrough FC in the recent two-leg English Football League (EFL) championship playoff semifinal, with a promotion-deciding final against Hull City FC set to follow, allegations emerged that a Southampton staff member had been observing and recording Middlesbrough’s training session.
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July 30, 2026
In an administrative law landmark that addresses the scope of the Constitution’s guarantee of judicial review, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 9-0 that legislatures cannot validly use privative clauses to bar “legality review” by courts — i.e., the availability of curial review is constitutionally guaranteed for all aspects of delegated administrative decisions, including on questions of law, fact or mixed law and fact.
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July 30, 2026
Ontario’s Appeal Court has highlighted that labour standards protections still apply if someone’s employer is in another jurisdiction, says the lawyer of a man suing a company in England for wrongful dismissal.
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July 30, 2026
Harry Scannell has joined Pallett Valo’s employment and labour practice in Mississauga, Ont.
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July 30, 2026
Ontario has entered a new phase in provincial immigration. In June 2026, the province amended the regulations governing the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, closed the former stream structure, and introduced the Ontario Workforce Priority stream as the first phase of a broader redesign intended to align nominations more closely with labour-market demand, employer retention needs and program integrity.