Insurance
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March 04, 2024
Canada sanctions six Russians ‘involved’ in Alexei Navalny’s ‘ill treatment and death’ in prison
Canada has announced dealings bans, including asset freezes, and entry bans against six Russians for their roles in “gross and systematic human rights violations;” the list includes “senior officials or high-ranking employees in Russia’s prosecution, judicial and penitentiary services who were involved in the ill-treatment and death” last month in an Arctic prison of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader and outspoken critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s kleptocratic regime.
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March 04, 2024
Blaneys names four to partner
Blaney McMurtry LLP has announced that associates Matthew G. Tapia, Neena (Parminder) Sandhu, Anna Iourina and Vagmi Patel have been appointed partners of the firm.
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March 01, 2024
Reports on harassment, specialization, helpline released for Ontario Convocation
Almost all of the Law Society of Ontario’s most recent Convocation was held behind closed doors, but several reports were published detailing numbers around harassment complaints against lawyers, members becoming certified specialists and those making use of the regulator’s practice helpline.
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March 01, 2024
Define ‘tough judge’ | Norman Douglas
There are many countries in the world with tough judges. Perhaps these countries have a lower crime rate — we don’t know, because what goes on in their criminal courts is kept secret.
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February 29, 2024
Defence insurers in opioid class actions only responsible for costs in specific time frames: Court
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal in part for defence costs in insurers’ policies that the respondents were issued for liability regarding various opioid class actions, finding the judge’s disposition placed a “disproportionate and unreasonable burden” on the insurers.
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February 28, 2024
Pre-merger notification threshold to stay the same at $93 million for 2024, says Competition Bureau
The $93-million transaction-value threshold for requiring businesses to give Ottawa advance notice of a proposed merger will stay the same in 2024, the federal Competition Bureau says.
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February 27, 2024
Online harms bill would create new hate crimes, duties for social media, stiff fines, imprisonment
The federal government’s proposed Online Harms Act was welcomed by several advocacy groups who rated it a substantial improvement over Ottawa’s proposed blueprint three years ago; however red flags were raised, including questions around new hate crime provisions and penalties; whether the definitions of the targeted online harms are appropriately tailored; and whether a proposed new online regulator’s broad discretionary powers have adequate safeguards.
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February 26, 2024
Ford slammed by bar for politicizing judge appointments; JPs threaten suit over pay review delays
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is garnering sharp criticism from the legal community for further politicizing an appointment process that four years ago was lauded as the “the gold standard for the appointment of an independent and qualified judiciary,” free from partisan considerations.
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February 23, 2024
Ottawa files its appeal of Federal Court’s ruling that gov’t illegally invoked emergency powers
Citing multiple grounds of appeal, Ottawa has asked the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn last month’s Federal Court judgment that the federal Liberal government acted unreasonably and illegally two years ago when it declared a public order emergency and purported to arrogate to itself under the federal Emergencies Act extraordinary powers to end truckers' disruption of the capital and ports of entry in protest of government-mandated pandemic measures.
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February 23, 2024
How optional policy change forms impact motor vehicle litigation
When opening a new file for a client who has been injured in a motor vehicle collision, it’s a good idea to inquire about optional policy endorsements with your client’s automobile insurer. Depending on which policy endorsements your client has purchased, there can be significant implications for future civil litigation.