Osler Updates Osler Updates

Here you can find focused and timely commentary on significant legal developments of relevance to your business.
View all Updates

Home Insights Osler Updates

Featured Insights

Latest Thinking

Featured Osler Updates May 11, 2026

Forever chemicals, forever liability? The rise of PFAS class actions in Canada

Canadian courts are now grappling with claims over alleged contamination from PFAS, or “forever chemicals.”

Read more
Forever chemicals, forever liability? The rise of PFAS class actions in Canada
Featured Osler Updates April 29, 2026

Spring Economic Update 2026

The Spring Economic Update includes changes to the CCUS Investment Tax Credit and the employee ownership trust capital gains exemption.

Read more
Featured Osler Updates April 16, 2026

Recent decision highlights need for precision in seller restrictive covenants in Canadian M&A transactions

Canadian courts will scrutinize restrictive covenants for reasonableness, rejecting those deemed unreasonable.

Read more

Filters (0)

Results

Latest Osler Updates

Osler Update February 9, 2021

Ontario Superior Court recognizes new cause of action addressing internet harassment

In Caplan v. Atas (Caplan), Justice Corbett took the extraordinary step of recognizing a new common law tort of internet harassment in response to an...

Read more
Osler Update February 9, 2021

Un tribunal de l’Ontario ordonne la tenue du procès sur un recours collectif par des moyens virtuels

le juge Schabas a récemment rejeté une demande d’ajournement du procès qui alléguait des retards liés à la pandémie de COVID-19 et a...

Read more
Osler Update February 8, 2021

Public commentary by physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic: Risks and considerations

Recent news coverage has highlighted concerns for healthcare organizations and potential consequences for physicians of unbridled public commentary...

Read more
Osler Update February 3, 2021

Anti-Corruption 2021: Canada Trends & Developments – Chambers Global Practice Guide

Canada has received criticism in recent years for its perceived lack of anti-corruption enforcement activity, which continued through 2020.

Read more
Osler Update February 2, 2021

Sequoia Resources: Environmental obligations and the role of the trustee in bankruptcy

The Alberta Court of Appeal has released its reasons in PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. v Perpetual Energy Inc., 2021 ABCA 16.

Read more
Sequoia Resources: Environmental obligations and the role of the trustee in bankruptcy
Osler Update February 2, 2021

Canadian Federal Privacy Law Reform: Regulatory, Litigation and Financial Risks under the Proposed New Private Sector Privacy Statute – the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (Webinar)

In this webinar, Adam Kardash offers a snapshot summary of the main features of the new legislation, as well as the key legal and financial risks...

Read more
Osler Update January 26, 2021

Choueifaty patent application found to possess patentable subject-matter

The Commissioner of Patents' recent finding provides insight on the application of CIPO’s practice guidance, which is intended to comply with the...

Read more
Osler Update January 25, 2021

In the face of global change, international arbitration proves its flexibility

Arbitral institutions globally have responded with updates and practice guides to clarify and streamline their rules and procedures in order to...

Read more
Osler Update January 25, 2021

Federal Court of Appeal decides that Visa services to CIBC are exempt financial services, not administrative services for GST/HST purposes

On January 22, 2021 the Federal Court of Appeal released its reasons in Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. The Queen, 2021 FCA 10, overturning the...

Read more
Osler Update January 19, 2021

Making the best of a bad year: Winning IP cases in 2020

May Cheng and Sydney Young highlight their list of the key decisions in Canada in 2020 for each of the three main areas of IP law.

Read more

SUBSCRIBE

Stay Informed

Subscribe to Osler Insights to stay informed on issues impacting your business

Subscribe

Osler is a leading business law firm practising internationally from offices across Canada and in New York. Our clients include industry and business leaders in all segments of the market and at various stages in the growth of their businesses. We have built our reputation on our commitment to our clients' success and the experience, expertise and collaborative approach for which we are recognized. We believe that our success is a reflection of our clients' success.