September 02, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has issued a practice directive adopting the Canadian Open Access Legal Citation Guide (COAL), a free, publicly accessible legal citation guide, as its preferred method for civil and criminal filings in an effort to advance access to justice.
September 02, 2026
Canada’s largest member-owned music rights organization, SOCAN, has filed a lawsuit against Suno Inc., alleging that its AI music-generation platform generated and streamed outputs that copy songs in SOCAN’s repertoire, infringing the performing rights in those works.
September 02, 2026
Yukon residents say victims who had intimate images that were shared illegally face barriers in accessing justice due to the expense of legal services, a lack of privacy and a rigid reporting system.
September 02, 2026
An estate freeze puts tax liabilities on ice, but heated family dynamics can melt away the tax benefits of the freeze.
September 02, 2026
There is something profoundly unsettling about a society that regards prolonged solitary confinement as unconstitutional in prison yet appears prepared to tolerate the same isolation when the person behind the locked door is a psychiatric patient.
September 01, 2026
The Ontario government has announced it has issued a request for proposals to begin the process of restoring motor vehicle lanes in Toronto that were previously removed for bicycle lanes. This comes after a Court of Appeal decision overturning the finding that the bike lanes’ removal breached Charter rights.
September 01, 2026
The Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court has certified a class action relating to the operation of Innu day schools in Labrador, allowing certain claims against the province and Canada for breaches of fiduciary duty and negligence to be tried. The plaintiffs alleged that government assimilation caused harms including physical and sexual abuse and loss of language and culture.
September 01, 2026
Georgia-Rae Meldrum has joined Duncan Craig LLP as an associate in Alberta.
September 01, 2026
An Ontario Superior Court judge has put the brakes on the province’s new requirements on cash bail, granting an injunction to keep them from being enforced while a constitutional challenge of the rules plays out.
September 01, 2026
Vlad A. Calina has joined Fasken as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution group in Vancouver.