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Webinar October 24, 2023

Navigating Canadian Consumer Protection Law Updates: Ensuring Compliance and Success in the DTC Online Marketplace

Join us for a client breakfast event where our Retail and Consumer Products team members, Christine Jackson and Lucas Versteegh, will discuss the...

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Navigating Canadian Consumer Protection Law Updates: Ensuring Compliance and Success in the DTC Online Marketplace
Blog October 23, 2023

Canada’s enforcement of foreign bribery is ‘exceedingly low’, find its OECD peers in Phase 4 monitoring report

The OECD’s Stage 4 monitoring report published last week regarding Canada’s anti-corruption enforcement finds that Canada has not done...

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Canada’s enforcement of foreign bribery is ‘exceedingly low’, find its OECD peers in  Phase 4 monitoring report
Osler Update October 20, 2023

Court finds British Columbia liable for misfeasance in public office for decisions denying regulatory permits

A recent B.C. Supreme Court decision regarding misfeasance in public office has important implications for future claims against government in the...

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Blog October 19, 2023

Federal Court determines criteria for Court to appoint arbitrator

For the first time, two parties asked the Federal Court to appoint an arbitrator under the federal Commercial Arbitration Act. Olivia Dixon,...

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Federal Court determines criteria for Court to appoint arbitrator
Blog October 19, 2023

Restrictive covenants since non-competition prohibition

When drafting restrictive covenants, employers must balance their need to protect their legitimate business interests with the reasonableness of the...

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Blog October 19, 2023

Class counsel fees in Québec: No more open bar

Québec courts are increasingly scrutinizing fee agreements submitted by plaintiff lawyers in class actions, placing greater importance on fairness...

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Class counsel fees in Québec: No more open bar
Osler Update October 18, 2023

Addressing Canada’s housing attainability crisis

The laws of supply and demand have not been revoked: if home prices and rents are rising faster than the price of everything else, then demand for...

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Addressing Canada’s housing attainability crisis
Webinar October 18, 2023

Women in Emerging and High Growth Companies Leadership Series: A Guide to Negotiating Contracts

Join Osler’s Christine Jackson (Partner, Technology and Retail) and Jennifer Humphrey (Associate, Emerging and High Growth Companies) for an...

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Women in Emerging and High Growth Companies Leadership Series: A Guide to Negotiating Contracts
Osler Update October 17, 2023

It ended before it began: first private party sought leave to bring an ‘abuse of dominance’ application under the Competition Act

Just two weeks after applying for leave to the Competition Tribunal seeking a remedial order under the Competition Act “abuse of dominance”...

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Blog October 13, 2023

BCCA grants partial stay of class proceeding in favour of arbitration

A recent proposed class action alleged that loot boxes in video games were illegal under Canadian law. Lauren Tomasich and Andrea Korajlija explain...

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BCCA grants partial stay of class proceeding in favour of arbitration