Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 72 - Cultural Roots, Belonging, and the Fear of Change: What’s Next for Inclusion?
Daily Compliance News: June 24, 2025, The Questions, Questions, and More Questions Edition
Hot Topics in International Trade - Tariff Mitigation Strategies
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Adapting to Tariffs and Other Trade Policy Shifts Under the Trump Administration
A Brief Primer on Tariffs Under the Trump Administration
Protect, Prepare, Prevail: Navigating a Complex Cybersecurity World
Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
Patent Considerations in View of the Nearshoring Trends to the Americas
Examining E-Discovery in Competition Law
No Password Required: Education Lead at Semgrep and Former Czar for Canada’s Election Security
Shifting Dynamics in Private Equity
4 Key Takeaways | Major U.S. Supreme Court Trademark & Copyright Decisions
Hidden Traffic : New Human Trafficking and Child Labor Regulation in Canada with Sean Stephenson
[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
[Podcast] USMCA in Review, with C.J. Mahoney, Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Episode 4 - USMCA and the trade relationship between the U.S.A, Mexico, & China
Five Questions, Five Answers: Electric Mobility Canada on Its Promises for a Cleaner Economy
Five Questions, Five Answers: The Voice of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
Le 21 mai 2025, le gouvernement du Québec a déposé à l’Assemblée nationale le projet de loi 109 intitulé Loi affirmant la souveraineté culturelle du Québec et édictant la Loi sur la découvrabilité des contenus culturels...more
On May 21, 2025, Bill 109, An Act to affirm the cultural sovereignty of Québec and to enact the Act respecting the discoverability of French-language cultural content in the digital environment (Bill) was introduced in the...more
Le 15 novembre 2024, le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (le « CRTC ») a publié l’Avis de consultation de radiodiffusion CRTC 2024-288 (l’« avis »), qui invite le public à déposer des...more
On November 15, 2024, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2024-288 (Notice), which invites comments from the public on the regulation of...more
Le 4 juin 2024, le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (le « CRTC ») a publié la Politique réglementaire de radiodiffusion CRTC 2024-121 (la « Décision »), laquelle impose une exigence de...more
In a unanimous decision recently released in Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v Named Person, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) allowed, in part, the appeal from the Court of Appeal of Québec (QCA), which had sealed virtually all...more
On June 4, 2024, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2024-121 (Decision), which imposes a base financial contribution requirement of 5% of “annual...more
Le 6 mai 2024, le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (le « CRTC ») a publié une version mise à jour du plan réglementaire en vue de moderniser le cadre de radiodiffusion du Canada (le « plan...more
On May 6, 2024, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) published an updated version of its Regulatory plan to modernize Canada’s broadcasting framework (Updated Plan)....more
Le 29 septembre 2023, le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (le « CRTC ») a rendu ses deux premières décisions réglementant les entreprises de radiodiffusion en ligne, lesquelles comprennent...more
On September 29, 2023, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued its first two decisions regulating online broadcasting undertakings, which include video and audio streaming services, and...more
On August 16, 2023, Canada published Regulation SOR/2023-180 under the Canada Labour Code (CLC) (Amending Regulation). The Amending Regulation exempts certain classes of employees in the banking, telecommunications and...more
Le 27 avril 2023, le Parlement du Canada a adopté le projet de loi C-11 (le « projet de loi »), également connu sous le nom de Loi sur la diffusion continue en ligne (la « Loi »). La Loi, qui a suscité beaucoup d’intérêt,...more
On April 27, 2023, the Canadian Parliament passed into law Bill C-11 (Bill), also referred to as the Online Streaming Act (Act). The Act, which has attracted considerable attention, implements several consequential amendments...more
Le 3 novembre 2020, le gouvernement du Canada a présenté le projet de loi C-10 intitulé Loi modifiant la Loi sur la radiodiffusion et apportant des modifications connexes et corrélatives à d’autres lois (le « projet de loi...more
On November 3, 2020, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (Bill). The Bill was introduced with the goal of updating...more
In most jurisdictions, copyright owners often face numerous challenges when seeking to enforce their rights against media pirates. These challenges may include suffering ongoing harm pending judgment, the difficulty of...more
On May 31, 2018, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued its report on the future of programming distribution in Canada. The report examines Canadian broadcast distribution market trends...more
On February 20, 2018, the Federal Court of Appeal issued its judgment in Bell Canada v Lackman (2018 FCA 42), declaring that an interim injunction authorising the shutdown and seizure of piracy websites and an Anton Piller...more
On September 28, 2017, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, delivered a long-awaited speech on the future of Canadian cultural and creative industries. Together with a policy framework document...more
As the calendar turns the page from 2016 to 2017, we take the opportunity to review Canadian IP law and practice highlights from the past year....more