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Adapting to Tariffs and Other Trade Policy Shifts Under the Trump Administration
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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
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Shifting Dynamics in Private Equity
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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
TheraPsil, a patient advocacy organization, and 73 healthcare practitioners (HCPs) have succeeded in the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) to overturn the refusal of the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate...more
On May 5, 2025, the Ontario government introduced Bill 11, the proposed More Convenient Care Act, 2025 (“MCCA”), a legislative initiative aimed at supporting the province’s long-term healthcare goals for first reading. Bill...more
We previously reported on Canada’s first-ever National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases, which included up to $1.4 billion in funding for provinces and territories, to be negotiated through bilateral agreements. This...more
Friday, the Federal Government issued correspondence to the provinces and territories regarding its newly introduced Canada Health Act Services Policy. As set out in this correspondence from the Minister of Health, the CHA...more
A national class action on behalf of multiple Canadian governments to recover opioid epidemic healthcare costs simplifies the aggregation, prosecution, and determination of claims that span geographic boundaries. That is what...more
On July 1, 2024, most of the provisions of Québec’s Bill 3, An Act respecting health and social services and amending various legislative provisions took effect. Now known as the Act respecting health and social services...more
Le 1er juillet 2024, la plupart des dispositions de la loi québécoise intitulée Loi sur les renseignements de santé et de services sociaux et modifiant diverses dispositions législatives (la « Loi ») sont entrées en vigueur,...more
On July 1, 2024, most of the provisions of Quebec’s Act respecting health and social services information and amending various legislative provisions (Act) entered into force, along with two related regulations. The Act...more
As we have previously reported, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) announced that it will launch the first phase of consultations on new guidelines. On November 10, 2023, the PMPRB published its Scoping Paper...more
On June 9, 2023, the Ontario government published a draft regulation (Draft Regulation) to operationalize the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act, 2023 (ICHSCA). The ICHSCA was introduced through Bill 60 as part...more
In the decision of Alberta Health Services v Johnston, 2023 ABKB 209 (“AHS v Johnston”), an Alberta court established a new tort of harassment. Background Facts - Alberta Health Services (“AHS”) and two named...more
The Court of Appeal for Ontario in Levac v James, 2023 ONCA 73 [Levac] has unanimously upheld a trial judgment in a common issues trial regarding an infectious disease outbreak in respect of which the allegedly negligent...more
The one-and-only Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference (BBHIC) took place in Toronto last week. Investors and healthcare companies from around the world gathered to discuss the state of the market, meet one-on-one...more
As of October 14, 2022, Ontario made the following changes to its COVID-19 requirements for long term care (LTC) homes, as set out in its COVID-19 guidance document....more
Inflation Reduction Act: Stakeholders and commentators continue to review H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act), which became law on Aug. 16, 2022. Republican leaders on the House Energy & Commerce and...more
In Ontario (Health) v. Association of Ontario Midwives, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (OCA) was satisfied with the reasonableness of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario’s (HRTO) finding that the Ministry of Health (MOH)...more
We provide a further update on developments regarding biosimilars in Canada (approvals, pending submissions, litigation, regulatory, market access and competition) since our last update in October 2021....more
Since the last edition of the QCC, there has been a series of dramatic developments in the criminal antitrust enforcement space in the U.S. from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Division)....more
In Stewart v. Demme, the Ontario Divisional Court (the “Court”) overturned the certification of an intrusion upon seclusion claim in a data breach class action against a hospital, where a nurse used patient health records to...more
On February 4, 2022, Nova Scotia announced that as part of the Nova Scotia biosimilar initiative, Nova Scotians enrolled in Pharmacare programs will have 12 months (until February 3, 2023) to work with their healthcare...more
In Sutter Hill Management Corporation v. Mpire Capital Corporation (Sutter), the British Columbia Court of Appeal found that the acquiror of an Abbotsford, B.C. care home had breached the purchase and sale agreement by...more
British Columbia recently announced new public health requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccinations for those working at long-term care and seniors’ assisted living facilities. In the announcement, Dr. Bonnie Henry, British...more
On September 28, 2020, the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made under the Food and Drugs Act (Sale of a New Drug for Emergency Treatment) (Regulations) came into force. Health Canada subsequently published a Notice,...more
On September 24, 2020, FDA announced that it was taking action to help lower prescription drug prices by issuing a final rule and a final guidance aimed at facilitating the safe importation of certain prescription drugs....more
Since COVID-19 hit, almost every aspect of our lives has been touched by the pandemic, including the way health care is provided. Remote health solutions (aka digital health solutions, virtual care, telemedicine or...more