Making Sense of the Copyright Act’s Making Available Right
by Michal Jaworski In July 2020 (when little else was going on…), my colleague, David Bowden, and I wrote a couple of pieces about the ... Continued
Dollars, Donees, and Disbursements: New Opportunities for Charity Partnerships Await
Canadian registered charities now have greater flexibility when partnering with non-profit organizations. On June 23, 2022, Bill C-19, Budget Implementation Act 2022, No. 1 (“BIA”) ... Continued
TSX Venture Exchange Revises Minimum Pricing Requirements
By Kim Brown, Maria Starko, Ethan Minsky and Virgil Hlus Effective June 23, 2022, the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) has amended some of the ... Continued
Supreme Court of Canada Decides Mother 1 Has No Claim to Slain Multimillionaire’s Estate
By Jaicee Payette and Zachary Rogers The Supreme Court of Canada has announced it will not hear the appeal brought by a woman known as ... Continued
The Duty to Defend in the face of Misrepresentation
By Bo Carter According to the Ontario Court of Appeal in the recent decision of IT Haven Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, 2022 ... Continued
An Ideal, or An Obligation? Alberta Court of Appeal Confirms There Is no Fiduciary Duty Between a Post-secondary Institution and its Students
By Maria Starko and Michael Larsen Modern post-secondary institutions devote themselves to promoting student well-being and academic success, whether in the domain of teaching alone, ... Continued
Duty to Defend Triggered: Ambiguous Pollution Exclusion Clause
By Satinder Sidhu and Imroz Ali A tragic workplace accident, resulting in the death of the insured, laid the background for the Ontario Court of ... Continued
Cool Off: The Government of BC Acts on Homebuyer Protection Recommendations
On July 21, 2022, the Government of British Columbia announced a new homebuyer protection period in residential real estate sales. Amendments to the Property Law ... Continued
B.C. Court of Appeal Confirms There is No Tort of Blacklisting in Canada
By Denny Chung Excluding persons from a potential contract or opportunity is a practice referred to as “blacklisting”. FORCOMP Forestry Consulting Ltd. v. British Columbia, ... Continued
Employee’s Use of Company Email Leads to Lawsuit Against Former Employer
By Andrea Raso Employers should ensure that they have policies in place governing use of work emails for non-work-related purposes. The issue of employee use ... Continued
Termination of Employee Related to Dispute with Husband Leads to Large Damage Award
By Andrea Raso In the decision of Natasha Martin v. Grapevine Optical and Charles Fellnermayr, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (“HRT”) recently awarded over ... Continued
Clark Wilson Completes Landmark Collaboration Agreement for Kwakiutl First Nation
Clark Wilson’s Saul Joseph, Melanee Bryniawsky, and Mike McDonald. Q.C. of our Indigenous Law Group recently completed a landmark Collaboration Agreement between our client, the ... Continued