April 13, 2026
Is it better to make a first offer in negotiations? And what about aggressive first offers — do they set an advantageous anchor or lead to insult and impasse?
April 10, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld an arbitration award in favour of a pediatrician terminated for refusing a COVID-19 vaccination, emphasizing that it lacks jurisdiction to hear appeals raising issues of mixed fact and law under the Arbitration Act.
April 10, 2026
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practices and the use of personal phones, calendars, note‑taking applications and other personal tools for work purposes persist in organizations with or without employer authorization.
April 10, 2026
The decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the court) in InFrontier AF LP v. Rahmani, 2025 ONSC 3968 on July 3, 2025, raises a fundamental question at the heart of international arbitration: to what extent can state action alter the procedural architecture chosen by contracting parties?
April 10, 2026
In 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack that shocked America, sparking a revolution in diet and exercise that slashed cardiovascular deaths by 60 per cent within decades. Today, Canadian lawyers face a parallel crisis, not in our bodies, but in our brains.
April 10, 2026
Canada does not yet have a dedicated federal artificial intelligence statute. However, the Canadian government has indicated that it will not be without one for long.
April 10, 2026
There were a number of significant developments in Canadian telecommunications regulation in 2025. Key developments included: the introduction and retraction of lawful access legislation; the reintroduction of cybersecurity legislation; judicial decisions on the jurisdiction of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC or Commission) and government liability in tort; and, regulatory decisions on direct-to-cell, wholesale broadband, broadband subsidy requirements and outage reporting. Decisions are also pending on a number of CRTC proceedings on retail consumer wireless and internet service marketing obligations.
April 09, 2026
Saskatchewan’s law society has listed several upcoming conferences, including one exploring the use of mediation and another highlighting the contribution of Asian legal professionals.
April 09, 2026
When it comes to dismissal for just cause, we know the bar is high and employer conduct will be heavily scrutinized. We sometimes offer advice that could seem to be inconsistent:
April 08, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that prior internal investigations by the Competition Bureau into allegedly deceptive marketing practices are not relevant to remedies before the Competition Tribunal.