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Canadian courts confirm significant limits on privacy class actions

For businesses operating in Canada, 2021 brought welcome guidance: courts across the country repeatedly exercised their gatekeeping role to put a...

Leave requirement in securities class actions: “More than a speedbump, less than the Matterhorn”?

The Ontario courts have confirmed their willingness to dispose of unmeritorious secondary market proceedings at a preliminary stage.

Class actions in British Columbia: Go west, young plaintiffs, go west

British Columbia has long been a plaintiff-friendly forum for class proceedings in Canada. Under these amendments, proposed representative plaintiffs...

A dynamic year for capital markets enforcement

Despite ongoing pandemic-related slowdowns, 2021 saw significant capital markets enforcement activity from regulators and prosecutors, including...

White-collar defence: Increasing risks and enforcement activity

For businesses, this year was marked by continued increases in compliance risks relating to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.

Look before you leap: Impact of recent developments in Indigenous law

Indigenous law in Canada has evolved significantly over the last decade, and 2021 was no exception. Read more about the changes.

Supreme Court ends uncertainty over constitutionality of federal carbon pricing framework

Even before the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (the GGPPA) received royal assent in June 2018, questions arose about the federal government’s...

Carbon capture and hydrogen development central to Western Canada’s energy transition

In 2021, Canada increased its commitments under the Paris Agreement and formalized its goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050.

Canada’s freight train of privacy legislative reform continues

Over the past year, legislative reform was the key focal point in the highly dynamic Canadian privacy arena.