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July 14, 2025
In another sign of AI’s growing impact on the law, the Federal Court has ordered that a self-represented respondent’s motion record be removed from a court file because it relied in part on a non-existent court decision hallucinated by an artificial intelligence (AI) research tool.
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July 11, 2025
Canada’s financial intelligence unit, FINTRAC, is warning that foreign actors are increasingly targeting Canadian dual-use goods and turning to cryptocurrencies in efforts to acquire resources and information to build weapons of mass destruction and evade counter-proliferation controls.
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July 10, 2025
The Federal Court has ordered certain IPTV providers to pay $5.96 million in statutory damages for infringing a Turkish broadcaster’s copyright in 2,974 episodes of 22 TV series and its live television channel.
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July 10, 2025
Oyen Wiggs has announced that Alexandria (Lexi) Giesbrecht has joined the firm as an associate lawyer after summering and articling with the firm.
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July 04, 2025
The Federal Court has upheld the dismissal of the University of British Columbia’s opposition to a trademark registration by a food services company, finding that UBC failed to prove that the mark was not distinctive or confusing in relation to its own restaurant and catering mark.
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July 03, 2025
New amendments to Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure have brought new obligations for settling parties.
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July 02, 2025
Smart & Biggar has announced the promotion of 10 team members, including Dominique Lambert, Artemis Lai and Victoria Townsend, who have all been elevated to principal.
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June 30, 2025
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed three appeals by a self-represented appellant relating to examinations for discovery and costs in a copyright infringement case regarding his photography.
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June 27, 2025
In an immigration and statutory interpretation decision that sheds light on administrative law and how to analyze reasonableness in judicial review cases, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that foreign nationals may appeal removal orders to the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) if their visas were current on arrival in Canada, even if their visas expire after their arrival here.
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June 26, 2025
The Federal Court announced that its chief justice, Paul Crampton, will retire from the bench next fall, after almost 14 years as the court’s leader and 16 years as a puisne judge with the itinerant national trial court.
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June 26, 2025
As asked in a recent decision of the Federal Court, when is a TOYOTA bumper no longer a TOYOTA brand product? According to the plaintiffs, when it’s damaged during shipment by a grey marketer. The defendant disagrees (Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation) v. Marrand Auto Inc., 2025 FC 1105).
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June 26, 2025
Long a cultural battleground, rock and roll fills a space where artistic expression vibrates with the energy of rebellion and the spirit of freedom. Yet, beneath the raw sound and electrifying performances lies a fascinating interplay with the law. Legal themes permeate rock and roll, influencing everything from censorship battles to intellectual property disputes and social justice.
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June 26, 2025
The Federal Court this week “paused” its study permit pilot project and announced that, for judicial reviews of denials of temporary resident visas, study permits and work permits, the default maximum time for hearings will be reduced to 45 minutes and the default maximum written submissions will be limited to 20 pages, starting Sept. 2.
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June 25, 2025
The Federal Court has upheld a ruling that the sale of damaged grey market Toyota parts bearing a trademark could support a trademark misrepresentation or depreciation claim.
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June 24, 2025
Law360 Canada is seeking participants for an anonymous survey on career and life satisfaction in the legal profession. Take the survey in English or French.
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June 23, 2025
Generative AI, or genAI — arguably one of the fastest-growing technologies at the moment — is everywhere: in the workplace and in one’s private life. And one need not look too far to find it. Run a quick Internet search, for example, and notice the AI-generated summary at the top of the page. Watch a video online, for example, and notice an ad midstream featuring an AI-generated persona trying to sell something.
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June 20, 2025
Toronto lawyer Angela Ogang had a good excuse not to attend the Ontario Bar Association’s annual awards gala June 19: She’d given birth to her baby the night before.
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June 20, 2025
A recent decision of the U.K. Court of Appeal raises interesting issues concerning industrial design registrations (Safestand Ltd v Weston Homes Plc, [2025] EWCA Civ 374).
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June 19, 2025
A novel Federal Court action that tried to compel Ottawa to fix its chronic tardiness in filling superior court vacancies has been dismissed for lack of jurisdiction by the Federal Court of Appeal; however, the law firm that launched the case to help its clients and other litigants says its efforts were not in vain.
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June 19, 2025
The Carney Liberal government has quietly rebooted — with changes — a Trudeau-era cybersecurity bill that proposed new offences, large administrative monetary penalties (AMPs), gags and broad “compliance orders” for businesses, with the stated aim of defending critical infrastructure in the federally regulated sectors of finance, telecommunications, energy and transportation from the rising tide of electronic espionage, ransomware and other “malicious cyber activity.”
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June 19, 2025
Julien Sicco has joined Lenczner Slaght as an associate in Toronto.
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June 18, 2025
As college sports evolve, the balance between tradition and transformation is shifting toward commercialization. Private equity firms, already active in professional leagues like the MLB, NBA and NFL, are now turning their attention to universities. With financial pressures mounting, many schools are finding outside funding increasingly attractive.
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June 17, 2025
Canada announced new sanctions against Russia as leaders of the G7 Western countries met for a second day in Kananaskis, Alta.
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June 17, 2025
In a rare move, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has thrown its support behind a Senate public bill (S-218), which proposes a constitutional amendment to restrict and structure the discretion of the federal government to breach Charter rights via the contentious s. 33 “notwithstanding” clause.
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June 17, 2025
A recent US$3.1-million award by a Florida jury in favour of Pliteq, Inc. (Pliteq, Inc. v. Mostafa, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60316), a Canadian international engineering services and manufacturing enterprise, against a high-ranking Dubai-based employee who stole trade secrets demonstrates that — despite cross-border tensions — Donald Trump’s America may still be a favourable place for Canadian businesses to seek and obtain justice.