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This post updates our earlier commentary on the decision of the BC Supreme Court in Gate Gourmet Canada Inc. v Unite Here, Local 40, 2024 BCSC 1528. The British Columbia Court of Appeal (the "BCCA") has weighed in on the...more
In Purolator Inc. v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers, 2025 ONCA 565, a split Court of Appeal for Ontario addressed whether a company that is not itself in a labour dispute must proceed under the specialized labour-injunction...more
On January 30, 2025, the Québec Court of Appeal rendered a judgment in Salko c. Financière Banque Nationale inc., 2025 QCCA 74 (Salko) providing clarity on the application of the Quebec Consumer Protection Act (QCPA) and on...more
In InvestorCOM Inc. v. L’Anton, 2025 BCCA 40, the BC Court of Appeal upheld the chambers judge’s decision not to strike the plaintiff’s claim because of a parallel action in Ontario that also sought certification as a...more
The Divisional Court’s recent decision in Gay Co. Ltd. v Sayers Foods Ltd., 2024 ONSC 6123 addressed two noteworthy issues for stakeholders in the Ontario construction industry, particularly industry participants who use the...more
Pugliese v Chartwell, 2024 ONSC 7146 (Chartwell) explores the limitations of notice provisions under class proceedings legislation. Justice Morgan refused to authorize a notice plan providing for direct notice to proposed...more
As of September 22, 2024, the final provision of Law 25, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, will take effect, establishing a new right to data portability for...more
A recent decision from the Supreme Court of British Columbia underscores the Court’s cautious approach to certifying class actions in nuisance cases, particularly when the alleged harm arises from varied and diffuse conduct....more
Le Conseil canadien sur la reddition de comptes (le « CCRC ») a récemment modifié ses règles (les « Règles ») applicables aux cabinets d’experts-comptables prenant part à son programme de surveillance. Il s’agit des premières...more
The Canadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB) recently amended its rules (Rules) applicable to accounting firms that participate in its oversight program. This marks the first amendment to the Rules since they were...more
On March 5, 2019, the Superior Court of Québec authorized (i.e., certified) a class action against the operators of various hotel booking websites. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants violated various provisions of...more
What Canadian process is available for mass torts when a class action cannot be certified? That is one question addressed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Carcillo v Canadian Hockey League (Carcillo)....more
As of June 2024, Canada added certain provisions to its Competition Act that explicitly target the practice of greenwashing. In particular, according to the Canadian Competition Bureau, these amendments: (1) “requir[e] that...more
For many reasons, including delays in the litigation system, choice of decision-maker and procedural flexibility, arbitration appears to be increasing in popularity as a means to resolve commercial disputes. But what happens...more
The author of the lyrics for Canada’s national anthem, “O Canada,” probably didn’t have trademarks in mind when he wrote “we stand on guard for thee.” But a recent trademark infringement win for a Maryland-based U.S....more
In Shirodkar v Coinbase Global, Inc. et al., 2024 ONSC 1399 (“Coinbase”), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the “Court”) stayed a proposed class action against one of the four proposed defendants – Coinbase Canada Inc. –...more
In London District Catholic School Board v. Weilgosh, 2024 CanLII 20606 (ON SCDC), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court (Divisional Court) rejected an employer’s argument that the Human Rights Tribunal of...more
In Lochan v Binance Holdings Limited, 2023 ONSC 6714 (Binance), the Ontario Superior Court dismissed a motion brought by Binance Holdings Limited (Binance), the world’s largest crypto trading platform, to stay a proposed...more
The United States and Canada have long been great trade partners, and not only with respect to hockey players. As commerce in general and employee mobility in particular increases, employers with operations in the United...more
In a recent decision, Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., 2023 WL 8225346 (9th Cir. Nov. 28, 2023), the Ninth Circuit held that a Canadian-based company, Shopify, which provides a web-based payment processing platform to merchants...more
Multiple provinces in Canada increased their general minimum wages effective October 1, 2023. The provinces that made such increases and their new minimum wages are as follows:...more
The recent Court of King's Bench of Alberta decision in 2329716 Alberta Ltd v. Randhawa [Randhawa] considered whether the court has jurisdiction to hear an interim injunction where the contracting parties agreed to resolve...more
Parallel class actions filed in multiple provincial jurisdictions are a common feature in Canadian class action litigation that often frustrate one of the very purposes of class proceedings—to support judicial economy....more
En octobre 2022, le Tribunal des droits de la personne de l’Ontario (le « Tribunal ») a rendu une décision provisoire dans l’affaire Weilgosh v. London District Catholic School Board (l’« affaire Weilgosh »). Le Tribunal...more
In October 2022, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (Tribunal) released its interim decision in Weilgosh v. London District Catholic School Board. The Tribunal held that it has concurrent jurisdiction with labour arbitrators...more