In-House Counsel
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November 28, 2025
Investors can sue companies if they do not immediately disclose material changes in operations: SCC
The Supreme Court has given the green light to a lawsuit against a mining company by one of its shareholders for failure to disclose information under Ontario’s Securities Act, saying companies have an obligation to make timely disclosure of material changes in their operations.
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November 28, 2025
Guilbeault resigns over federal–Alberta MoU enabling new bitumen pipeline
Federal languages minister and former environment minister Steven Guilbeault has resigned from the cabinet over his opposition to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the federal government and Alberta which paves the way for a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast.
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November 28, 2025
Legal and labour stakeholders alarmed by new proposed labour relations regime
The Quebec government, under increasing fire for tabling controversial bills that expressly and intentionally rein in countervailing oversight, introduced a contentious legislative proposal that would markedly overhaul the labour relations regime by significantly handcuffing unions’ capacity to defend themselves and intercede in the public sphere, assert labour and legal experts.
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November 28, 2025
Avoiding frauds in group lottery play
A recent Toronto criminal case involving an alleged fraud on a group of lottery players has drawn national attention. On July 2, 2025 a 70- year-old man claimed a $1 million Lotto Max Free Play win. Soon afterward a group contacted police claiming the ticket was actually owned by them and that the so-called leader of the group had defrauded then by claiming the win for himself alone.
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November 27, 2025
Canada and Alberta sign memo of understanding on pipelines, natural resources development
In a move the Liberal government says will help make Canada an “energy superpower,” Ottawa and Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that the two governments agreed would facilitate the construction and expansion of pipelines, thus enabling Western Canada to produce and sell more oil and gas (including liquefied natural gas), as well as expand the development of renewable energy, critical minerals, and other resources that the world needs.
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November 27, 2025
Federal Court orders CN to pay grain exporter over $23M for railcar shortfall
The Federal Court has ordered Canadian National Railway to pay a major grain exporter more than $23 million after CN failed to deliver 3,376 railcars during the historically large 2013–14 crop year, causing lost profits and heightened demurrage costs.
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November 27, 2025
Feds table regulations on administrative monetary penalties under Official Languages Act
The federal government has tabled draft regulations for “administrative monetary penalties, as outlined in the new version of the Official Languages Act.” A statement from Canadian Heritage noted that the country’s two official languages are “at the heart of the Canadian identity.”
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November 27, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: AI sparks debate on legal industry's future
Canadian lawyers are somewhat split on the impact artificial intelligence will have on their industry, a new Law360 Canada survey shows. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — nearly half of respondents agreed that both the pros and cons of AI are sizable.
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November 27, 2025
The open and shut case
Lawyers who think they have a slam-dunk case usually come to grief. With their clients, with the courts, with their peers, and ultimately with themselves. And those lawyers who know better themselves but let their clients think they have a cakewalk are no wiser.
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November 27, 2025
Electricity supply for cryptocurrency mining
Another province has restricted cryptocurrency miners’ access to the electricity supply: Blockchain Labrador Corporation v. Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities, 2025 NLCA 35.