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Five legal trends driving FinTech success

FinTechs require a sophisticated and thorough approach to the unique legal issues that are inherent when carrying out business in the financial...

Listing in the REIN: Cruel and unusual punishment under the Charter?

Does the automatic listing in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts constitute cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning...

Dry eye patent held invalid when viewed through proper lens

The claims of a Canadian patent are the numbered paragraphs at the end that define the scope of the legal exclusivity conferred by the patent. When...

National Energy Board refuses to assert jurisdiction over the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project

The National Energy Board has refused to assert jurisdiction over the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project, providing important clarity for the largest...

Adjudication Authority selected

On October 1, 2019, adjudication will come into force in Ontario. Under the Construction Act, a single Authorized Nominating Authority was envisaged...

Canada is first jurisdiction worldwide to require diversity disclosure beyond gender; Diversity disclosure rules will apply to federally incorporated public companies effective Jan. 1, 2020

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, corporations governed by the CBCA with publicly traded securities will be required to provide shareholders with information...

Ontario releases draft Provincial Policy Statement

As part of its ongoing review of land use planning legislation and policies, the Ontario government has released a draft update to the Provincial...

Government of Canada enacts changes to environmental assessment processes

On June 21, the federal government passed Bill C-69, new legislation that will materially reform the federal environmental assessment regime in...

Ontario Court of Appeal upholds constitutionality of federal carbon pricing regime

On June 28, 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued a majority decision that the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act was constitutional. The...