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September 15, 2026
The employment insurance (EI) premium rate for employees will remain at $1.64 per $100 of insurable earnings in 2027, but the maximum annual insurable earnings threshold will rise to $70,800 from $68,900 in 2026, the Canada Employment Insurance Commission has announced.
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September 15, 2026
All employees in Alberta have rights under the Employment Standards Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workers Compensation Act and Human Rights Act, right?
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September 11, 2026
Ruling 9-0 in favour of the Ontario Crown’s position, the Supreme Court of Canada has declined to impose a presumptive time cap on post-conviction sentencing delays or to make a stay of proceedings the mandatory Charter remedy for unreasonable post-verdict sentencing delay that breaches an offender’s s. 11(b) Charter right to trial within a reasonable time.
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September 11, 2026
If you’ve been injured in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario, one of the first questions you’ll probably ask is, “What benefits am I entitled to through my car insurance?”
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September 11, 2026
Nicholas Burke has joined McInnes Cooper as a partner in its Sydney, N.S., office.
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September 10, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling in Panasonic Canada Inc.’s insurance coverage dispute with XL Specialty Insurance, finding that an endorsement governing cyber extortion and ransomware events with a US$3-million retention displaced the base policy’s US$1.5-million retention.
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September 04, 2026
Employment insurance rules that deny regular benefits to women who lose their jobs shortly before, during or after maternity and parental leave violate the Charter’s equality guarantee, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled.
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September 03, 2026
Ottawa has unveiled what it calls “a nationally recognized baseline” of five principles — backed by major U.S. and Canadian artificial intelligence and other technology industry players — to help municipal governments and communities assess proposals to build AI data centres in their localities.
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September 03, 2026
In the early years of art restitution, after the signing of the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art in 1998, several museums in the United States launched pre-emptive strikes against claimants of looted artworks who expressed an interest in discussing or resolving their claim. Examples include the Toledo Museum of Art v. Ullin, 477 F. Supp. 2d 802 (N.D. Ohio 2006); the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston v. Seger-Thomschitz, 623 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2010) and The Museum of Modern Art v. Schoeps, 549 F. Supp. 2d 543 (S.D.N.Y. 2008). The first two cases were dismissed in favour of the museums and in the latter case an out-of-court settlement was reached.
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September 01, 2026
Georgia-Rae Meldrum has joined Duncan Craig LLP as an associate in Alberta.
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August 28, 2026
Alexander Holburn has added two associates: Jordan Mario Jutras in Vancouver and Ty Maccagno in Toronto.
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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.
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August 26, 2026
Woodville Consultants Limited, which called itself a litigation funder and has been widely and wrongfully described as such in the media, has collapsed and is in administration in the United Kingdom. Still, its demise raises serious questions for Canadian law firms who have or are seeking loans.
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August 25, 2026
The Canadian Finance and Leasing Association (CFLA) has released its new report titled “Fraudulent Financing and Illegal Vehicle Exports,” which notes that while traditional auto thefts have decreased, organized crime has adapted by significantly increasing fraudulent financing and rapidly exporting vehicles.
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August 24, 2026
A $28,000 lump sum salary boost recommended for Canada’s 1,200 judges last year would have cost Ottawa almost $321 million over six years had the government not rejected the advice from an independent judicial pay commission, the Carney government asserts in defending a novel lawsuit launched by the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA) and the Association of Federal Court Associate Judges.
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August 24, 2026
Roman Baber has joined Devry Smith Frank LLP as part-time counsel in Toronto.
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August 21, 2026
Luciana Iammarrone has joined Robinson Sheppard Shapiro LLP (RSS) in its insurance law group in Montreal.
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August 19, 2026
The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) is calling on the provincial government to deal with what it calls the “unintended consequences” of the auto insurance changes that came into effect on Canada Day.
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August 19, 2026
Appeal by Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) from a jury award of damages to Liang arising from injuries sustained in a 2019 motor vehicle accident. Liang claimed that his injuries severely impaired his earning capacity and relied in part on evidence of income earned in China between 2014 and 2017 through a maternity and children’s products business.
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August 18, 2026
Rafal Szymanski has joined Alexander Holburn as a partner in its Toronto office, practising with the firm’s insurance, professional liability and police law groups.
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August 14, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has set aside a ruling that third-party claims against an architect arising from a restaurant fire were not barred by the 15-year ultimate limitation period, holding that the issue could not be determined without first characterizing the claims for contribution and indemnity.
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August 13, 2026
Appeal by applicants from decision dismissing their application for judicial review of a decision of the Manitoba Health Appeal Board (Board) denying out-of-province health insurance coverage for lipedema reduction surgery in the United States. The applicants suffered from severe lipedema, experienced chronic pain, impaired mobility and significant functional limitations.
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August 12, 2026
In a case where dentists were refused pandemic coverage found in their insurance policies once the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Ontario Court of Appeal has denied Aviva Insurance’s appeal of a class action settlement and refusal of its stay motion, citing rules governing partial settlement disclosure as they apply to class proceedings.
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August 12, 2026
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Geneviève Cotnam, who once recalled “my career as a lawyer didn’t always provide a smooth sailing to the bench,” is Quebec's new top judge, succeeding Quebec Court of Appeal Chief Justice Manon Savard who became a part-time (supernumerary) judge on Aug. 10.
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August 12, 2026
Julia Vilorio Peguero, Imtiaz Hosein, and Adam Kuciej have become partners at personal injury specialists Campisi Law. All three have been with the firm for several years.