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FinTech continues as one of the Competition Bureau’s key priorities for 2018-2019

On May 3, 2018 the Competition Bureau released its draft 2018-19 Annual Plan: Building trust to advance competition in the marketplace for public...

Blockchain and smart contracts, cloud computing and agile development

This past year saw the acceleration of transformational technologies that are increasingly impacting businesses as well as broader society.

Ontario considering overtime and hours of work rules for “IT professionals”

The Government of Ontario is looking at dropping a wide range of overtime and hours of work exemptions, including the exemption that now ...

Major U.S. court decisions change patent landscape for Canadian companies

A pair of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in patent cases have the potential to alter the risk landscape for cross-border commercialization.

Supreme Court of Canada upholds global search engine de-indexing decision: Five implications for internet intermediaries

On June 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld an injunction that requires Google to remove an entire website from its global search index, in...

Supreme Court of Canada lends an enforcement hand to intellectual property right owners

In Google Inc v Equustek Solutions Inc, 2017 SCC 34 (June 28, 2017) (Equustek), the Supreme Court held that Canadian courts have discretion to issue...

Canadian government suspends CASL private right of action

The Canadian federal government has announced that it has suspended the coming into force of the private right of action under Canada’s anti-spam...

Court of Appeal for Ontario clarifies appropriate date for assessment of damages for breach of contract

The Court of Appeal for Ontario clarified that the appropriate date to assess damages for breach of contract is as at the date of breach. Learn more.

Top 9 technology issues in the workplace

Employers need to be cognizant of the following nine possible issues so they can put in place the best preventative measures to avoid future problems.