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Québec Court of Appeal confirms application of French language requirements for websites

The Court of Appeal confirmed the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Québec Charter of the French Language that require the joint or...

Ontario Court of Appeal confirms high bar for reversing arbitral awards under the UNCITRAL Model Law

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently confirmed the very high bar in Ontario to overturning international arbitral awards under the United Nations...

Shifting sands of the law of privilege

In the past year, the Supreme Court of Canada reaffirmed the sanctity of solicitor-client and litigation privilege, setting a high standard for...

Ontario Court of Appeal signals partial summary judgment may become a rarity in Ontario

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released a decision cautioning that partial summary judgment may become a rarity in Ontario, which confirms that...

Specific consumer issues when doing business in Québec

The Québec Consumer Protection Act (CPA) presents many unique issues for businesses with Québec consumers. Here are the key tips and trends to...

Consumer data: Lessons learned from the security incident trenches

All businesses that collect and maintain consumer data are facing a rapidly evolving and sophisticated array of security threats to their data...

Consumer class actions: The polyurethane foam settlement

In consumer class action settlements, it is quite common for the defendant to pay a fixed amount to a settlement fund, and the class plaintiffs to...

Young v Noble: Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal clarifies powers of a provincial appeal court to grant leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada

In Young v. Noble, 2017 NLCA 48, the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal clarified the significant, but rarely exercised, power of a provincial...

Canadian government eliminates facilitation payments exclusion in the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act

As of October 31, 2017, facilitation payments will no longer be excluded from the bribery offence under Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public...