January 02, 2026
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) has released a report on opportunities and risks with AI adoption, best practices in the use of AI to protect financial consumers, and how AI will impact the financial sector in Canada.
December 22, 2025
In Novartis AG v. Biogen Inc., 2024 FC 52, the plaintiff successfully sued for infringement of its registered trademark and passing off for a pharmaceutical preparation for ophthalmology and pharmaceutical preparations for prevention and treatment of ocular disorders and diseases.
December 16, 2025
The Superior Court of Justice has issued an important decision concerning allegations of infringement asserted against AI companies. The decision may help rights holders (Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. OpenAI Inc., 2025 ONSC 6217).
December 12, 2025
Canadian securities and investment regulators deactivated more than 3,900 fake investment platforms and cryptocurrency scam websites in less than six months, according to a release issued by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) on Dec. 11.
December 12, 2025
The privacy commissioner of Canada wrapped up his year as host of the 2025 G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities Roundtable (G7 DPA Roundtable) this week, highlighting the progress made under the 2025 Action Plan.
December 12, 2025
Lindsay Anderson has joined Segev LLP in Vancouver as a member of the firm’s gaming and gambling and payments practice groups.
December 09, 2025
The federal government has introduced a wide-ranging “Protecting Victims Act,” which proposes, among many things: the expansion of various offences and punishments; new restrictions impacting the current interpretation of the Charter rights of accused persons to speedy trials and to make full answer and defence in sexual assault and other prosecutions; the creation of a number of novel Criminal Code offences; and the effective “restoration” for future sentencing (via a new judicial discretion “safety valve”) of “all” unconstitutional Criminal Code mandatory minimum penalties (MMPs) that were struck down as cruel and unusual punishment by various courts.
December 02, 2025
On Dec. 1, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) launched its 2026-2027 Contributions Program funding cycle with a “call for proposals under the theme ‘Achievement unlocked: protecting privacy while online gaming.’”
December 01, 2025
Following last week’s resignation of Montreal MP Steven Guilbeault from the federal Liberal cabinet, Prime Minister Mark Carney added one new minister to his cabinet and expanded the roles of two others in order to redistribute Guilbeault’s former cabinet responsibilities.
November 27, 2025
Canadian lawyers are somewhat split on the impact artificial intelligence will have on their industry, a new Law360 Canada survey shows. 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 — nearly half of respondents agreed that both the pros and cons of AI are sizable.