In-House Counsel
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August 29, 2025
‘Right to be forgotten’ privacy issues under PIPEDA and Charter heading to Federal Court
Does Parliament’s private-sector privacy law protect the “right to be forgotten”? That question, at least in part, is now headed to Federal Court, following a groundbreaking determination this week by Canada’s privacy commissioner that Canadians have a right under the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) — in some circumstances and when certain criteria are met — to have online material about them delinked from their names (“de-listed”) so that published material is not listed in search engine results when their name is searched.
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August 28, 2025
CRA goes digital: What businesses need to know about the shift to online mail
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has introduced a major change to how it communicates with businesses, making online mail delivered through the My Business Account portal the default method for most business-related correspondence, including notices of assessment, letters and forms.
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August 28, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal upholds $250K punitive damages for misleading conduct in patent dispute
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld an order requiring an Ontario dairy company and a contractor to pay nearly $400,000, including $250,000 in punitive damages, for building cooling cells that infringed a French firm’s patent.
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August 28, 2025
How film producers can avoid a Baldoni-Lively type fight in court
By now, we’ve all read the salacious headlines: Hollywood actress Blake Lively and actor-director Justin Baldoni are in a seemingly never-ending legal battle over Baldoni’s alleged behaviour on the set of the 2024 domestic violence drama It Ends With Us.
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August 27, 2025
AI in the legal profession: Clients are driving the next wave of change
Artificial intelligence has long been framed as a tool that will reshape how lawyers work, from automating discovery to accelerating legal research. However, the real story emerging in 2025 is not simply about the technology itself but about what clients now demand from their lawyers.
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August 27, 2025
How to classify employees correctly: A guide for employers
If your business requires you to employ both employees and independent contractors, it is important that you classify your workers correctly.
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August 26, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal confirms airlines liable for preventable safety‑related flight disruptions
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that airlines may be required to compensate passengers for disruptions tied to safety issues if the problems arise from a carrier’s failure to take reasonable measures to avoid them.
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August 26, 2025
The accidental lollipop order: A cautionary tale
In an unusual twist of events, a seven-year-old boy inadvertently ordered 70,000 lollipops via Amazon, triggering a cascade of carton deliveries that quickly turned his family’s home into a logistical and sugary nightmare.
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August 26, 2025
View from inside prison: The daily struggle
I wrote a lot of letters while in prison. Letters and phone calls (which can only be outgoing) were a lifeline for me, reminding me there was another life I would be going back to.
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August 25, 2025
Exploring the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
Effective Jan. 17, 2025, across the EU, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) aims to enhance the capacity of financial entities to withstand and respond to information and communication technologies (ICT)-related disruptions through proactive resilience mechanisms. This regulation reflects a global shift towards proactive measures to ensure the availability of increasingly digitized financial systems.