Articles: 1-10 of 113
Commercial Litigation Insights : Ocean’s 01: AI Just Proved It Can Pull Off a Crypto Heist
Canada - December 17 2025 Are fraudsters going to be the next group to lose their jobs to Generative AI ("AI")? It certainly seems that way with recent reports of AI…
Commercial Litigation Insights: Don’t Hide Behind the Messenger - ONCA Upholds Judgment Despite Intermediary Conveying Fraudster’s False Messages
Canada - November 17 2025 The Ontario Court of Appeal recently upheld a summary judgment finding several defendants liable for civil fraud, in relation to a $3.2 million…
Commercial Litigation Insights: From Banks to Blockchain: Could Exchanges in Receipt of Stolen Digital Assets be Liable as Constructive Trustees?
Canada - February 4 2025 The lines between banks and cryptocurrency exchanges are blurring as an increasing number of digital transactions intersect between traditional and…
Commercial Litigation Insights: Vexatious Litigant Proceedings Reformulated
Canada - August 7 2024 On August 2, 2024 , O.Reg. 322/24 made numerous changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure (“RCP”) and prescribed forms to establish a new framework for…
Commercial Litigation Insights: Beyond the Veil: A Reminder from the Court of Appeal that Corporate Separateness is the Rule
Canada - June 27 2024 Corporations are separate legal persons, capable of suing and being sued, much like natural persons. Unlike natural persons, however, corporations…
Commercial Litigation Insights: Settlement Privilege and the Limits of ‘With Prejudice’ Communications in Ontario
Canada - May 29 2024 During a litigious dispute, parties often have strategic reasons to send communications on a 'with prejudice' basis - i.e. With the intention of…
Commercial Litigation Insights: Navigating Legal and Ethical Duties in Business Partnerships
Canada - May 22 2024 In a recent decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal, 7868073 Canada Ltd v 1841978 Ontario Inc, 2024 ONCA 371 (“786“), the Court emphasizes the…
Suing the Crown in Ontario: Special Rules Apply
Canada - February 14 2023 Any party planning to sue the provincial Crown in Ontario should carefully review the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act, 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 7…
Court of Appeal Clarifies Scope of the Tort of Intrusion Upon Seclusion in Cases of Data Breaches
Canada - January 10 2023 On November 25, 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal released a trilogy of decisions (Owsianik v Equifax Canada Co., 2022 ONCA 813, Obodo v TransUnion…
Supreme Court of Canada: Arbitration agreements may be inoperative where ‘chaotic arbitral processes’ would compromise resolution of a receivership
Canada - December 13 2022 The Supreme Court of Canada’s (“SCC“) recent decision in Peace River Hydro Partners v Petrowest Corp., 2022 SCC 41 (“Peace River“), clarified whether…
About Commercial Litigation Insights
Featured authors
