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Victory of Ex-Wal-Mart employees – What’s next?
3 juillet 2014
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
On June 27, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision that is of much interest to the majority of the workforce and employers and that presents a significant impact on certain well established legal principles. In 2001, Wal-Mart...
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Settlement Privilege and Mediation Contracts
27 juin 2014
Blogue de l'équipe de litige
This decision originating from Quebec may be of interest for Canada’s legal community. In the judgment Union Carbide Canada Inc. v. Bombardier Inc. authored by Justice Wagner (with no dissents) and released on May 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of...
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SEC v. Citigroup and No-Contest Settlements
24 juin 2014
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Blogue de l'équipe de litige
The recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, SEC v. Citigroup, has implications for Ontario’s new “no-contest” settlement policy. The Second Circuit overturned Judge Rakoff’s decision in the Citigroup case and confirmed that “no-contest” settlements...
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New Human Rights Commission Policy on Mental Health and Addiction
20 juin 2014
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Author: Alex Heaslip On June 18, 2014, the Ontario Human Rights Commission released a new policy titled the Policy on preventing discrimination based on mental health disabilities and addictions. The policy is aimed at bringing attention to the “considerable and...
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Communicating with Experts
19 juin 2014
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Blogue de l'équipe de litige
As evidenced by the recent case of Moore v. Getahun, the scope of permissible interactions between counsel and expert witnesses is a recurring issue that arises from time to time when experts are called to testify at trial. The Advocates’...
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Ontario Auto Policy Can’t Drag Alberta Defendants to Ontario
18 juin 2014
Blogue : Droit des assurances
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has released a decision dealing with whether Ontario has jurisdiction over a case stemming from a motor vehicle accident in Alberta. In Tamminga v. Tamminga, an Ontario resident was injured when she fell off...
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EVENT: Setting the Table of Success
12 juin 2014
Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
Food Processors: Going Global and the Productivity Imperative Do you want to know more about the global expansion strategies that Canadian food processors are investigating to improve their productivity and bottom line? Curious about how your peers are navigating the...
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Laches Returns to Loss Transfer
30 mai 2014
Blogue : Droit des assurances
Eight months ago, a Superior Court judge held that the equitable doctrine of laches does not apply to loss transfer claims. Three days ago, another Superior Court judge held that it does apply. And he applied it to bar a...
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Buyer’s Remorse Does Not Allow Plaintiff to Avoid Mediated Settlement
28 mai 2014
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
Morant v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada 2014 ONSC 2876 The plaintiff commenced an action against Sun Life seeking payment of LTD benefits. The action was settled at mediation. All parties were represented by counsel at the time the...
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Updating Plant Breeders’ Rights, Part III – Changes to the Scope of Plant Breeders’ Rights
27 mai 2014
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Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
by Aimee Schalles (Vancouver) and David G. Gerecke (Saskatoon) In our last post, we outlined the rights granted to plant breeders under the current Plant Breeders’ Rights Act (PBRA). In this blog post, we propose to outline how Bill C-18,...
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