In-House Counsel
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February 24, 2025
Protection against ‘look alike’ packaging
Thatchers Cider Company Limited is the largest family-run independent cider producer in the United Kingdom (Thatchers Cider Company Ltd v Aldi Stores Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 5).
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February 24, 2025
High bar for use of biometric systems maintained by Quebec privacy regulator
Canada’s largest printer was ordered to cease using facial recognition technology to monitor access to its facilities and to destroy all biometric information it previously collected by Quebec’s privacy watchdog in a decision that serves as a stark reminder that there is a high legal threshold for using biometric systems in the province, according to data and privacy experts.
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February 24, 2025
New general counsel for e-signature firm
Janne Duncan is the new general counsel at Syngrafii, the e-signature company.
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February 21, 2025
Federal Court orders reassessment of glyphosate-based pesticide over new risk evidence
The Federal Court has ordered the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) to reconsider its renewal of a pesticide product registration, citing a lack of evidence that the agency reviewed scientific studies highlighting new or heightened risks from its active ingredient.
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February 21, 2025
Union files complaint with tribunal to reopen Amazon warehouses in Quebec
Trade union Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) has filed a complaint with Quebec's Administrative Labour Tribunal alleging that Amazon’s plan to close warehouses in the province runs contrary to its labour code.
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February 21, 2025
Proposed settlements worth $8.9 million reached over alleged price-fixing of electronic parts
Proposed national settlements of $8.9 million have been reached in class actions that alleged certain manufacturers were involved in price-fixing and related conduct involving electrolytic and/or film capacitors used in electronics.
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February 21, 2025
Under the Ford government: Justice delayed and denied at Tribunals Ontario | Kathy Laird
In December 2024, Tribunals Ontario released its much-delayed Annual Report for 2023/24, and despite some self-congratulatory messaging, the data inside, and on the Tribunals Ontario website, demonstrates that there are serious deficits in the quality, accessibility and timeliness of justice at three of its busiest tribunals — the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) and the Licence Appeal Tribunal — Automobile Accident Benefits Service (LAT-AABS), which hears motor vehicle injury claims against insurance companies.
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February 21, 2025
Doctrine of absolute privilege: Defamation claim survives dismissal
The doctrine of absolute privilege is often raised as a defence in defamation claims that involve communications made during the course of legal proceedings. Statements made in pleadings such as a statement of claim or statement of defence are generally shielded from defamation claims on this basis. However, in other cases, it may be less clear whether absolute privilege applies to the statements at issue.
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February 21, 2025
Feds kick off information-sharing ‘partnership’ between RCMP, big banks aimed at money laundering
Ottawa has launched an initiative this week that the federal government says will “support the permissible sharing of money laundering and organized crime intelligence between law enforcement and Canada’s big banks.”
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February 21, 2025
Seven criminal organizations listed as ‘terrorist entities’ subject to dealings, immigration bans
Canada has listed seven “transnational criminal organizations,” including street gangs and several major Mexican cartels that traffic in fentanyl, as “terrorist entities” under the Criminal Code — triggering immigration and dealings bans in Canada as well as expanding the tools law enforcement authorities have to trace and seize proceeds of crime, the federal government says.