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Bennett Jones LLP | Canada | 1 Jun 2023
Ontario's Dismissal for Delay Regime the Year in Review
Early 2022 decisions interpreting Ontario's new mandatory dismissal for delay regime were glad tidings for defendants, suggesting the regime would be…
Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 1 Jun 2023
Overtime rules for commercial drivers in Ontario
The Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) and the federal Canada Labour Code (“CLC”) specify the overtime rules for provincially-regulated…
Bennett Jones LLP | Canada | 1 Jun 2023
The Lack of Present Injuries and Reliable Scientific Evidence Proves Fatal in North American Pharmaceutical Impurity Litigation
After reports were made regarding the presence of nitrosamines in certain pharmaceutical products in 2018 and 2019, and subsequent precautionary…
Bennett Jones LLP | Canada | 1 Jun 2023
The Ontario Court of Appeal Confirms the Narrow Confines of the Tort of Intrusion Upon Seclusion
2022 continued to be positive for institutional clients involved in privacy breach class actions, with the Ontario Court of Appeal refusing to expand…
McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada, Global | 31 May 2023
No need for a de novo hearing on an application to set aside an international arbitral award: All Communications Network of Canada v. Planet Energy Corp., 2023 ONCA 319
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal from a lower court’s decision upholding an arbitral award. The…
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | Canada | 31 May 2023
Ontario Court of Appeal provides guidance on the meaning of ‘material change’ under the Securities Act
On May 24, 2023, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released two decisions, Peters v. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc (SNC) and Markowich v. Lundin Mining…
McMillan LLP | Canada | 31 May 2023
OSC Seeks Extension of Relief for Well-known Seasoned Issuers
On May 18, 2023, the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC”) announced local OSC Rule 44-502 Extension to Ontario Instrument 44-501 Certain…
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Canada | 31 May 2023
The Power to Pierce: New Guidance on Piercing the Corporate Veil and the Oppression Remedy
The Ontario Court of Appeal (Court) recently provided guidance on claims against directors based on relief-seeking to pierce the corporate veil and…
Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 31 May 2023
Ontario Court of Appeal affirms that the “true nature of a claim” will impact duty to defend
In Butterfield v Intact Insurance Company, 2023 ONCA 246, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed that Intact Insurance Company (“Intact”) did not have…
Emond Harnden | Canada | 31 May 2023
Plaintiff’s Surreptitious Recording of Termination Meeting Leads to Damages for Employer’s Breach of the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
Earlier this year, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice rendered its decision in Teljeur v. Aurora Hotel Group. This case, which involved an…
