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Court upholds internal investigation privilege

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 14 2009

The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently upheld a claim for common law litigation privilege asserted by Canadian National Railway Company (CN) over documents created in the course of carrying out an internal investigation of the collision of two trains

Manitoba hunting case sheds light on Métis rights

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 14 2009

In the recent decision R. v. Goodon, 2008 MBPC 59, the Provincial Court of Manitoba dismissed a charge of unlawful possession of wildlife against the accused on the basis that he belonged to a Métis community that held an aboriginal right to hunt for food in the area

The long arm of the Minister of National Revenue grows another foot - disclosure in eBay Canada

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 15 2009

The Federal Court of Appeal ("FCA") judgment in eBay Canada Ltd. and eBay CS Vancouver Inc. v. M.N.R., 2008 FCA 348 ("eBay") is the latest in a series of decisions extending the power of the Minister of National Revenue ("Minister") to compel disclosure of confidential taxpayer information

Encroaching on privacy in the name of privacy

  • Torys LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 15 2009

Unlike the United States, Canada has comprehensive federal privacy legislation that applies to businesses namely, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA

GAAR: has the approach changed?

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 16 2009

On Thursday January 8, the Supreme Court of Canada released its much- anticipated decision in the case of Lipson v. The Queen, the third decision of the nation's highest court interpreting the general anti-avoidance rule contained in the Income Tax Act (ITA

New duties for real estate developers under money laundering legislation

  • WeirFoulds LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 16 2009

On February 20, 2009, a key amendment to regulations under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, 2000, c.17 will come into force

Northern exposure?

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 4 2013

Davit Akman and John Norman suggest that a recently commenced investigation into alleged "product switching" and statements by the Interim

OBA EM&C: Creative Commons commercial exploitation

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 15 2013

More than a decade after the initial release of Creative Commons licenses, they remain widely used in a wide range of cultural activities - but are

Supreme Court of Canada dismisses application for leave to appeal patent listing decision

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 15 2013

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed Gilead's application for leave to appeal the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal (Gilead Sciences

Wright v. College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (Appeals Committee) 2012 ABCA 267

  • Field Law LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 1 2013

In the November 6, 2012 edition of Perspectives for the Professions we reported on the decision of the Court of Appeal referenced above. In this case