The Registration, Inspections and Examinations Division (“RIE”) of the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) has released its 2025 examination priorities, which are informed by the OSC’s 2024-2030 Strategic Plan as well as risk…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
Whether AI can be an “inventor” was the key issue in an important recent ruling of the Canadian Patent Appeal Board (the “PAB”). In Thaler, Stephen L. (Re), 2025 CACP 8, the PAB had to decide whether Canadian Patent Application…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
In the recent Wigdor v Facebook Canada Ltd. and Meta Platforms, Inc., 2025 ONSC 4051 decision (the “Decision”), which has not yet been reported, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice upheld the enforceability of restricted stock…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
On June 25, 2025, the Government of Québec published a Regulation that clarifies the obligations of merchants and manufacturers with respect to the warranty of availability of replacement parts and repair services. These…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
On June 19, 2025, Canada’s Drug Agency (“CDA”) opened a public consultation to gather input on a proposed list of essential prescription drugs and related products. This initiative is part of the agency’s responsibilities under…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Indigenous Peoples
In Grains Boivins inc. v. Élevages St-Georges inc. (2025 QCCS 25), a decision dated January 10, 2025, the Superior Court handed down a decision reminding landlords that they must negotiate with tenants in good faith when…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial
B.C. recently introduced and passed Bill 14 – the Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Indigenous Peoples
En 2023, une cyberattaque d’envergure a exposé les données génétiques personnelles de millions d’utilisateurs de 23andMe, une société américaine offrant des services d’analyse du code génétique aux particuliers, poussant les…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 5, 2025, Ontario’s Special Economic Zones Act, 2025 (“SEZA”) came into force. This legislation gives the Ontario cabinet regulatory authority to designate special economic zones (“SEZs”) in which designated proponents or…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On June 26, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published their 2025-2028 business plan (the “Plan”), which sets out the priorities that the CSA have committed to pursuing over the next three years…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) recently announced certain amendments to the dealer registration exemptions for not-for-profit angel investor groups and eligible early-stage businesses that had been developed to…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Nonprofit Law, Securities Law
The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) has published final rules (the “Final Rules”) that will create a new statutory framework to facilitate the distribution of funds that the OSC receives under disgorgement orders to harmed…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
We continue to follow the U.S.-Canada trade dispute, in the context of the changing global trade situation, and will continue to update the following as required. This post updates the situation to include (i) the U.S…
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/ International Law & Trade
On June 10, 2025, Health Canada initiated a public consultation on proposed revisions to its Guidance Document: Information and Submission Requirements for Biosimilar Biologic Drugs. A notable update is the proposal to remove…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) published for comment proposed amendments to OSC Rule 48-501 Trading during Distributions, Formal Bids and Share Exchange Transactions and proposed changes to the related companion…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
