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Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 4:09 PM
[ Legal Wire ] - Federal Court dismisses application to withhold information sought under Access to Information ActThe Federal Court has dismissed an application brought by a scrap metal recycling company to prevent the disclosure of certain information about its lease agreement with a port authority, pursuant to an access request under the Access to Information Act (ATIA). ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 3:53 PM
[ Legal Wire ] - Court denies developer’s appeal to not pay road improvement costsThe Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed a developer’s appeal regarding payment to improve a road incidental to a highway that would provide access to its development. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 3:31 PM
[ Legal Wire ] - Court dismisses extension to appeal where unit owner owed over $300K in leviesThe British Columbia Court of Appeal has denied an extension to file an appeal record and transcript in a case where a property owner owed over $300,000 in levies. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 3:17 PM
[ Legal Wire ] - Judge erred in refusing to grant leave to amend statement of claim against Bayer Inc., court rulesThe Court of Appeal for Ontario has allowed leave to amend a statement of claim in an action against Bayer Inc. as the motion judge “did not advert to or apply the test for amendment of pleadings articulated by this court” and therefore erred in refusing to grant leave. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 2:22 PM
Conductor unbecoming | Marcel StrigbergerLunacy in the deep South? An Alabama high school band director at a sporting event was shocked with a stun gun and arrested after Birmingham police said he wouldn’t tell his band to stop playing. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 1:00 PM
New president of Manitoba legal regulator eyes access to justice, technology, diversity
Keeping lawyers up to speed on using technology and continuing to improve access to justice in remote communities are high priorities for the Law Society of Manitoba’s new president. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 10:51 AM
[ Legal Wire ] - Quebec court to consider $1.8M settlement in alleged share price manipulation class actionThe Superior Court of Quebec will review a $1.8-million settlement in a class action concerning allegations that a former chief executive officer (CEO) used deceptive announcements to manipulate a company’s share price, according to a release. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 9:28 AM
Accessible justice through law school public interest programming | Dana RotenbergIt is an honour to have been invited by the Honourable Andromache Karakatsanis to write a guest column on the connection between access to justice and legal education. As law students across the country settle into the academic year, this is certainly a timely topic to explore. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 9:18 AM
New partner, three associates for Dickinson WrightDickinson Wright LLP announced that Jeff Rosekat has joined the firm’s Toronto office as a partner. In addition, Ralph Alfieri, L. Jemark Earle and Helen Schweitzer have been hired as associates. ... [read more]
Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 5:04 PM
[ Legal Wire ] - Feds to scrap ‘efficiency’ defence to anti-competitive mergers, expand Competition Bureau power
The Trudeau government has moved to scrap the controversial “efficiencies” defence to anti-competitive mergers as part of a new package of proposed legislative measures that would remove the GST from new purpose-built rental housing, while expanding the Competition Bureau’s powers to investigate and compel information and enabling the government to direct that the anti-monopoly watchdog inquire into the state of competition in particular industries. ... [read more]
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