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When the Smoke Clears: Business Interruption Claims from Wildfire Evacuations Without Physical Damage

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Over the past three to four summers, the insurance industry has seen a significant increase in wildfire evacuation claims (also known as civil authority). The Insurance Bureau of Canada ranked the summer of 2024 as the...more

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The COVID-19 Virus Does Not Trigger Business Interruption Insurance Coverage

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In 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) released its highly anticipated decision in Workman Optometry Professional Corporation v Certas Home and Auto Insurance Company (Workman). The Court’s decision,...more

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Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts—An Assessment of Ontario Judgments Three Years On

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Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses began to scrutinize force majeure clauses in their commercial contracts and leases. Such contractual clauses, when engaged, either permanently or temporarily relieve the...more

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An Update on COVID-19 Class Actions in Canada

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Nearly 2 years after the launch of more than 30 proposed class actions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic upended the Canadian class action landscape, pandemic-related class actions risk, and ongoing litigation appear to have...more

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Ontario’s COVID-19 Response: A History of Announced Measures, 2020-2022

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The following is a complete accumulation of our blog postings on Ontario COVID-19 restrictions since 2020, in reverse chronological order. ...more

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New Québec Restrictions as of 5 p.m. today: Restaurant Indoor Dining prohibited, Sunday Closure of Non-essential Businesses and 10...

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As of 5 p.m. today, Québec will impose further restrictions on business and the general public which include the following: closure of restaurant dining rooms; take-out, drive-thru and delivery only permitted...more

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Cineplex Awarded $1.24 Billion in Lost Synergies from Failed Cineworld Acquisition: Company’s Pandemic Response Not Out of the...

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In a highly anticipated decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice – Commercial List held that Cineworld wrongly terminated its arrangement agreement to acquire Cineplex, which was awarded substantial damages....more

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Québec Imposes More New Restrictions as COVID-19 Situation Deteriorates

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The Québec Government has decided to reimpose certain restrictions on business because of the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases associated with the Omicron variant. ...more

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Canada: Peel and Toronto Issue Orders Regarding COVID-19 Expedited Closures

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On April 20, 2021, Peel Public Health (Peel) and the City of Toronto Public Health (Toronto) announced they would be issuing Orders directing business closures in certain circumstances.  These Orders, which have now been...more

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Clause d’arbitrage : rejet d’action collective fondée sur l’interruption des affaires en raison de la COVID-19

Le 14 janvier 2021, le juge Gary D.D. Morrison de la Cour supérieure du Québec (la « Cour ») a rendu une décision clé dans le cadre de laquelle il a décliné compétence à l’égard d’une demande visant à autoriser une action...more

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Court Applies Arbitration Clause to Dismiss Class Action Launched in the Wake of Covid-19 Business Closures

On January 14, 2021, Justice Gary D.D. Morrison of the Superior Court of Quebec (Court), issued an important decision, declining jurisdiction over an application to authorize (certify) a class action (Application) brought by...more

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A Look at COVID-19 Class Actions in Canada

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The COVID-19 pandemic upended the class actions landscape in 2020, with over 30 COVID-19 related class actions launched in Canada since the pandemic took hold in March. While that number pales in comparison to the hundreds of...more

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Tour de Force: Force Majeure in Civil Law Jurisdictions – A Superior Force Majeure Doctrine?

As COVID-19-related force majeure litigation continues to arise in both common and civil law jurisdictions, we take a first look at the approach to force majeure in civil law jurisdictions as compared to the common law...more

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Business Interruption Insurance and COVID-19 in Ontario

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, most businesses have suffered losses caused by business interruption, whether related to staff falling ill, loss of customers or suppliers, or governments requiring new forms of compliance. Some...more

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International Lawyers Network: Force Majeure

This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of force majeure in the requisite jurisdictions.... This guide describes the law in force in the requisite jurisdictions at the dates of preparation. This may be some time ago...more

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Ontario, Canada: At Critical Moment in Fight to Stop Spread of COVID-19, Government Narrows List of Essential Businesses

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On March 23, 2020, the Government of Ontario ordered the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective March 24, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. On April 3, 2020, in response to the advice of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer...more

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The Coronavirus: Key Business and Legal Implications

The far-reaching effects of COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus, have not spared the business community or the global economy. This unprecedented epidemic is quickly growing into a health crisis with increasing risks...more

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