Business
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April 21, 2026
CORPORATIONS - Oppression remedy
Appeal by appellants and several related corporate entities from a chambers decision. The decision refused to vary a Mareva injunction to permit release of restrained funds for additional living expenses and to pay previously incurred legal fees.
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April 21, 2026
Copyright and competition: Music licensing challenges in Olympic figure skating
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina delivered two unforgettable weeks of historic performances, and figure skating once again proved it is one of the event’s crown jewels. However, one of the most talked-about stories, on and off the ice, was the music copyright controversy that affected athletes from various countries.
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April 20, 2026
Canada launches probe into wood product imports amid trade diversion concerns
The federal government has directed the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) to investigate whether a surge in imports of certain wood products is harming or threatening to harm domestic manufacturers.
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April 20, 2026
Privacy commissioner addresses implications of Canada-China EV agreement
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research on April 16 to address the privacy and personal data implications of the Canada-China Preliminary Joint Arrangement on Canada’s Electric Vehicle Sector.
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April 20, 2026
Maya Élie joins Lavery as lawyer
Lavery has added Maya Hyun Jee Élie as a lawyer in its business law group.
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April 20, 2026
Federal Court of Appeal rules surgical gloves not ‘for use in’ scalpels, denies tariff relief
The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that surgical gloves do not qualify for duty-free import under a tariff provision covering goods “for use in” surgical instruments, rejecting a Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) finding that they were sufficiently connected to scalpels in surgical use.
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April 20, 2026
New OBA campaign brings rule of law understanding to public
This month, the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) launched its Rule of Law campaign in which local lawyers host discussions in their communities to help the public better understand the rule of law and its everyday importance to democracy.
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April 20, 2026
Ontario Court of Appeal says lower-paying replacement work counts in mitigation
The Ontario Court of Appeal has now made clear that income earned during the notice period will generally reduce wrongful dismissal damages, even where the replacement job is lower paying or lower ranking.
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April 20, 2026
Fake it till you make it? King’s Bench says ‘no’
In Tudor v. Accurate Screen Ltd., 2026 ABKB 237 (Justice Keith Yamauchi), the Court of King’s found an employer had just cause to dismiss an employee who made misrepresentations on his resumé.
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April 20, 2026
Successful murder appeal includes assessment of ‘expert-like’ evidence and personal opinion
After a six-week jury trial, Evan Wright, 19, was convicted of first-degree murder, and Philip Fitzpatrick, 21, his first cousin, was found guilty of manslaughter. They successfully appealed their convictions, and the Ontario Court of Appeal set out its reasons in R. v. Fitzpatrick, 2026 ONCA 262.