Civil Litigation
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June 18, 2024
Unlocking efficiency: The power of arbitration | Stuart Rudner
If you’re not using arbitration, you’re missing out. Whether you represent employees or defendants, consider this golden opportunity:
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June 17, 2024
From clicks to courtroom: Leveraging web data in disputes, part two
As part of the ongoing article series, we are exploring how the increasing availability of web data can impact litigation and considerations of lawyers when seeking and analyzing information to better support their cases. Our focus for this article is on TikTok data.
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June 17, 2024
Tenant not liable for fire damage despite deactivating sprinkler system: Ontario Court of Appeal
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that a tenant was not liable for fire damage to two leased buildings despite having deactivated the sprinkler system.
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June 17, 2024
Federal Court rejects Labrador Innu group's bid to quash MOU with rival organization
In an ongoing dispute among Labrador-based Innu groups, the Federal Court has ruled that a 2019 government decision to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on advancing reconciliation with the Nunatukavut Community Council (NCC), a self-described Inuit governing body, is not justiciable.
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June 17, 2024
Sparks flying as Dermaspark successfully pursues personal liability in infringement cases
In recent weeks, a new wave of litigation has been quietly launched in the Federal Court by Dermaspark Products Inc., the exclusive Canadian distributor of medical aesthetic devices manufactured by Pollogen Ltd., bearing the OxyGeneo trademarks, which appear to have experienced a surge in counterfeiting activity in recent years. Three of the four new claims for trademark infringement were initiated on a single day on May 29 (with a fourth filed on June 11), all seeking personal liability in trademark infringement cases.
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June 17, 2024
Canadian counsel involvement in arbitration cases increasing, says first-of-its-kind report
On Canada’s commercial arbitration landscape, most professionals working in the field are lawyers and nearly half of them also run a litigation practice, according to the recently released results of the first survey of Canadian arbitration practitioners.
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June 14, 2024
New chief commissioner of Canadian Human Rights Commission announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced on June 14, 2024, the appointment of Birju Dattani as chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), effective Aug. 8, 2024,
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June 14, 2024
Judge denies request for environmental assessment of planned Ontario Place development
A judge has rebuffed attempts by a group of citizens challenging the redevelopment of Ontario Place, denying its request for an order requiring the province to do an environmental assessment of a section of the property where a private spa is scheduled to be built.
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June 14, 2024
Do ‘belt and suspenders’ work? Claiming alternative relief in a builders lien claim
A contractor or subcontractor who performs or works or supplies materials to an improvement in B.C. is entitled to a builders lien for the price of the work and materials supplied to the extent the same remains unpaid.
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June 14, 2024
Law requires Ottawa to roll out national strategy to combat ‘environmental racism’ within two years
Calling it “a significant milestone in the fight for environmental justice,” the federal Green party hailed the imminent enactment of its “groundbreaking” private member’s bill that requires Ottawa to roll out within two years a “national strategy” to mitigate the harmful fallout from “environmental racism” — which the party said disproportionately exposes marginalized, racialized and Indigenous communities to environmental hazards.