Insurance
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November 08, 2024
SCC elaborates on framework, scope for judicial review of regs and other subordinate legislation
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 9-0 that the Vavilov “reasonableness” standard for judicial review — informed by some of the Katz Group principles — presumptively applies when courts review whether subordinate legislation is authorized by law.
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November 07, 2024
Trudeau government falling behind in protecting at-risk animal and plant species: federal watchdog
Working at its current glacial pace, the resource-starved independent committee of experts, tasked by law with making the species-at-risk status assessments and reassessments needed to protect and restore endangered species, will take almost 30 years to assess the currently most vulnerable species and more than a century to assess those that are potentially at risk of disappearing, warns a new report from Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development.
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November 07, 2024
ACTIONS - By insured against insurer - Property coverage - Defences - Misrepresentations or non-disclosure
Appeal by appellants from application judge’s dismissal of their application seeking declaration that respondent had duty to defend and indemnify them in the purchasers' action ("Underlying Action"), on grounds that application judge made several errors. The appellants sold a residential property.
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November 04, 2024
Fed. Ct. judges take to YouTube to address bar’s & litigants’ non-disclosure of gen-AI court filings
Knowing that at least some (if not how many) lawyers and self-represented litigants are failing to disclose their use of ChatGPT or other generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools when they create content for documents filed in Federal Court, the national trial court has taken the novel step of posting YouTube videos, titled “Compliance with the Notice on the Use of Artificial Intelligence,” featuring judges who explain how to comply with the mandatory AI-use disclosure obligations the court imposed 10 months ago.
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November 01, 2024
Ontario proposes new law targeting fraudulent vehicle registrations
The Ontario government is proposing legislation to create a new provincial offence for fraudulent vehicle registrations as part of a multi-pronged effort to reduce vehicle theft.
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November 01, 2024
Consolidation of banking complaints system is not enough, says investor advocacy group
An investor advocacy group is calling on the federal government to go beyond simply consolidating Canada’s banking complaints system and give the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) binding authority.
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October 31, 2024
4 Lerners articling students return as associates
Recent news releases from Lerners LLP announced the return of former articling students Madeleine Cleland, Minki Jeong, Brienna French and Sanan (Sunny) Mirza as associates in the firm’s Toronto and London offices.
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October 31, 2024
More trust needed from insurers regarding mental health claims | Courtney Mulqueen
Insurance companies need to take a good-faith approach when assessing mental health claims.
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October 31, 2024
AI’s (in)ability to reason and what it means for lawyers
One of the most difficult aspects of my role at Fasken is telling lawyers that their great idea for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in their practice is not possible today and may not be possible for some time to come. (Note: Although not all AI is generative AI, for the purpose of this article, they’ll be used largely interchangeably as they often are in day-to-day life.)
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October 30, 2024
Bill would require ‘more disclosure’ from pregnancy counseling orgs on pain of losing charitable status
The minority Liberal government has unveiled legislation that would require “more transparency” from charities that provide pregnancy counselling — accompanied by a government warning that those organizations that do not “clearly and prominently” provide the required public transparency “risk losing charitable status.”