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June 07, 2024
Devry Smith Frank announces new associate lawyer
A recent news release from Devry Smith Frank LLP (DSF) announced the addition of Mohadeseh Bakhtiari as an associate lawyer.
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June 07, 2024
$125M class action launched against Alberta Health Services for alleged employment breaches
A $125 million proposed class action lawsuit has been launched against Alberta Health Services (AHS) alleging that it violated the province's Employment Standards Code by overworking and undercompensating clinical assistants (CAs) and clinical surgical assistants (CSAs) since 2013.
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June 07, 2024
Order in the pickle ball court! | Marcel Strigberger
“It’s good to be the king” But is it good to be the judge? Not according to our Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Richard Wagner. His Honour noted recently at a news conference that it’s “very difficult” to be a judge. Fewer lawyers are applying to join the bench as the job does not pay enough. The annual salary for federally appointed judges is a meagre $396,700. The chief also notes that furthermore conditions generally are “deteriorating” as support resources are insufficient.
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June 07, 2024
New innovator-in-residence at Ontario Bar Association
The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) announced in a June 5 news release that it had appointed Colin Lachance as the innovator-in-residence for the 2024-25 year.
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June 07, 2024
SCC rules on interplay of informer privilege & open courts in so-called secret trial case
The Supreme Court of Canada says no “secret” trial occurred during the in-camera prosecution of a confidential police informer in Quebec, but it has ordered 9-0 that a redacted trial judgment should be made public, which contains no information that might identify the police informer in breach of what the top court has previously described as the “extremely broad and powerful” informer privilege.
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June 06, 2024
Feds table bill aimed at enabling patient access and efficient sharing of health-care data
The federal government has tabled a bill aimed at enabling Canadians to access their own health data and at facilitating the sharing of health data among health-care providers, according to a release by Health Canada
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June 06, 2024
Privacy Commissioner tables annual report on privacy protection initiatives
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has tabled his annual report in Parliament titled Trust, innovation, and protecting the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age. The 2023-24 report outlined “key activities and achievements” that his office used regarding the protection and promotion of Canadians’ fundamental right to privacy.
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June 06, 2024
Court rules password sharing for subscription constituted fair dealing in 'landmark decision'
In what one copyright law expert is describing as a huge win for copyright user rights in Canada, the Federal Court has found that Parks Canada employees who shared the password for a single account to access a subscription-based news site were engaged in fair dealing under the Copyright Act and did not infringe copyright law.
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June 06, 2024
New lawyer joins Lax O’Sullivan
Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP recently announced the addition of Bradley MacKay to the firm.
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June 05, 2024
Proposed $6.75B class action lawsuit targets TD Bank’s anti-money laundering practices
A TD Bank shareholder has launched a proposed class action lawsuit against the bank over allegations that TD and some of its directors and officers misrepresented systemic deficiencies in TD’s anti-money laundering controls and the likely impact on its U.S. operations.