In-House Counsel

  • April 28, 2026

    Ottawa’s economic update proposes apprentice wage subsidies, tax & criminal changes to build ‘Canada Strong’

    The Carney government says it plans to make it a criminal offence to operate a cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) and that it will push ahead with controversial amendments to enable “law enforcement” to search and seize mail.

  • April 28, 2026

    Typography for lawyers

    In my last article, I wrote about visualization in law. But visualization is not limited to diagrams or tables. Text itself is visual, and its organization can improve reader engagement and comprehension. This is typography.

  • April 28, 2026

    The importance of accurate, complete patient health records

    Maintaining complete and accurate patient health records is a core responsibility of all regulated health professionals in Ontario. Beyond documenting what occurred during an appointment and supporting continuity of care, proper recordkeeping is both a legal and professional obligation. Failure to meet these standards can result in serious regulatory, employment and financial consequences.

  • April 27, 2026

    Canada’s evolving food regulatory landscape: Latest Health Canada updates

    Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have been working on modernizing food regulation and have made significant changes throughout 2025 and early 2026. This article outlines key updates to food additive, enzyme and supplement approvals and ingredient and labelling requirements.

  • April 24, 2026

    Breach of litigation undertaking doesn’t mandate dismissal: Federal Court

    The Federal Court has upheld a decision allowing a plaintiff to amend its pleading despite breaching a litigation undertaking, emphasizing that the remedy for such a breach is discretionary.

  • April 24, 2026

    Ontario FOI changes ‘one of the most serious attacks on the public’s right to know’ in years: expert

    The Ontario government has fast-tracked legislation through the provincial legislature that makes significant changes to the province’s freedom of information (FOI) laws, a move observers are calling “undemocratic” and dangerous.

  • April 24, 2026

    B.C. Court of Appeal confirms Nuchatlaht hold Aboriginal title to entire claim area

    On April 2, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released a landmark ruling in Nuchatlaht v. British Columbia, 2026 BCCA 137. The court granted the Nuchatlaht Aboriginal title to the entirety of the area claimed in the case — approximately 210 square kilometres of Nootka Island off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

  • April 24, 2026

    Arbitrators clarify limits on medical information in workplace accommodation requests

    Requests for medical information often sit at the centre of workplace accommodation disputes. Employers need enough information to understand an employee’s limitations and determine whether accommodation is possible. At the same time, medical information is highly private, and arbitration boards are careful to ensure that requests do not go further than necessary.

  • April 23, 2026

    OPC sets high bar for anonymization

    Organizations across Canada are increasingly turning to anonymization as a way to extract value from data while managing privacy risk. Done correctly, anonymization can place a dataset outside the reach of Canada’s private-sector privacy legislation, freeing organizations to use the data for analytics, product development and operational purposes without the obligations that would otherwise govern the handling of personal information.

  • April 23, 2026

    When the corporation takes the hit: What shareholders, directors need to know

    In corporate structures, the company is its own legal person, with its own assets, liabilities and rights of action. That separation is what gives shareholders the benefit of limited liability, but it also means they cannot simply step into the corporation’s shoes when something goes wrong.