September 02, 2026
In Anne Franks Fonds v. Anne Frank Stichting Case C-788/24, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the highest court of the EU, considered the right to make a work available on a website and the impact of technical protection measures implemented to restrict access to the work. The decision should be helpful to online content providers.
September 02, 2026
One provision of Canada’s anti-money-laundering penalty regime is quoted more often than it is read. Section 4(2) of the Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulation provides that a series of minor violations identified on a notice of violation “shall be considered to be a serious violation” where the penalties total $400,000 or more. That sentence has appeared, in substantially that form, in law firm bulletins, compliance explainers and vendor guides published since the regime was overhauled in March 2026.
September 01, 2026
Private equity is beginning to enter the legal industry with transactions such as Uplift’s acquisition of Dudley DeBosier Personal Injury, Trive Capital’s acquiring Massumi + Consoli, and Morgan & Morgan’s hiring of JPMorgan to explore a private equity sale.
August 31, 2026
On Aug. 22, the United States imposed 50 per cent tariffs on a broad list of Canadian goods under s. 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which is a provision essentially unused for the better part of a century.
August 28, 2026
Law firms have long served as trusted guardians of highly sensitive information, but the digital landscape is rapidly changing how that data is protected — and attacked. According to a recent legal services threat intelligence report, the legal sector in the U.S. experienced a 20 per cent year-over-year increase in cybersecurity incidents over the past 12 months.
August 28, 2026
It is not often that the Ontario Court of Appeal hands employers and employees each a win within the same week, but that is what happened this summer. And if you act for either side, or, like me, you spend much of your week mediating these disputes and nudging both parties toward a sensible number, the court just gave you two decisions worth reading.
August 27, 2026
Airline passengers can pursue contractual claims for standardized flight-disruption compensation before the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) and may assign those claims to third parties, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled.
August 27, 2026
As AI-generated court filings by self-represented litigants proliferate, appellate counsel should read trial transcripts that are ostensibly “certified” more closely than ever and do so earlier in the appeal process as they might be AI-created fakes, advises a senior family law practitioner.
August 27, 2026
It has been a good week for those of us who long for a return to peace, order and good government (an apparent shrinking minority) in accordance with the long traditions of this nation.
August 26, 2026
The death of actress Hayden Panettiere has sent social media into a frenzy, sparking calls to boycott Neutrogena after her claims circulated that she lost her endorsement deal for speaking publicly about postpartum depression. The fallout shows how the fine print governing celebrity and influencer morality clauses has failed to keep pace with modern realities, with real consequences for both talent and brands. Morality clauses should be watched carefully by every entertainment lawyer in a digital age.