December 08, 2025
The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) has set its strategic objectives and goals for the next three years.
December 08, 2025
The holiday season in Canada is a time for celebration, gift-giving and, sadly, an increased volume of deceptive advertising practices. As consumers navigate the wave of tantalizing promotions and discounts, it becomes essential to understand legal protections, particularly regarding bait-and-switch tactics, and to remain vigilant when making purchases.
December 08, 2025
On Dec. 1, Justice Anne London-Weinstein of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice heard sentencing submissions for Iain Aspenlieder, an Ottawa municipal lawyer who vandalized Canada’s National Holocaust Monument. Her Honour said that Aspenlieder’s actions exemplify a growing and deeply unsettling reality: antisemitism in Canada is increasingly emerging not from the poor or uneducated, but from the educated and professionally empowered.
December 05, 2025
In litigation related to the alleged bread price-fixing conspiracy, the Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed representative plaintiffs’ appeal of their motion to add Maple Leaf Foods as a defendant in a class action, citing the doctrine of res judicata.
December 03, 2025
As a new associate chair with significant political connections is poised to take over, the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) is facing criticism over the plummeting success rate for people injured in auto accidents who are appealing decisions by insurance companies — a success rate that has dropped precipitously to only eight per cent.
December 02, 2025
Canada has announced new investments and introduced a code of conduct as part of its commitment to ending gender-based violence, including economic violence.
December 01, 2025
Last week we published the Law360 Canada Pulse survey. This marked Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs. See our news coverage out of the survey:
December 01, 2025
Benchers of the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) have set the financial table for the upcoming year, approving the 2026 budget that includes a modest annual fee increase for lawyers and paralegals. Lawyers will pay a fee of $2,080, an increase of approximately two per cent over the 2025 fee level of $2,039. Paralegals will pay $1,037 — with the net fee payable being $1,007 after applying a $30 refund from the paralegal compensation fund. In 2025, paralegals paid $1,023.
December 01, 2025
The federal government has announced measures to investigate misclassification of truck drivers in the federally regulated road transportation sector. An “inspection blitz” in Hamilton and the Greater Toronto Area is expected in the coming weeks.
November 26, 2025
Find out what lawyers really think about their profession in Law360 Canada Pulse’s Lawyer Satisfaction Survey.