The Complete Brief
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March 28, 2025
Lavery welcomes two new lawyers
Maxime Duval-Charland and Frédéric Bolduc have joined Quebec-based firm Lavery.
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March 28, 2025
Canadian travellers beware: Increased scrutiny when entering U.S.
On Jan. 20, 2025, an executive order introduced stricter security screening and vetting procedures for individuals seeking U.S. visas, entry or immigration benefits. This policy aims to enhance national security but also raises concerns about increased delays and heightened scrutiny for all incoming travellers, including Canadians.
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March 27, 2025
Supreme Court denies leave to appeal dismissal of canned tuna class action over alleged price fixing
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal challenging the dismissal of a proposed class action concerning an alleged price-fixing conspiracy in Canada’s canned tuna market.
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March 27, 2025
Ontario court overturns arbitrator’s costs award citing consumer protection legislation
The Ontario Superior Court has set aside an arbitrator’s decision requiring a purchaser to pay substantial indemnity legal costs to a vendor in a dispute concerning a cancelled condominium project.
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March 27, 2025
Alberta Court of Appeal upholds order that former energy minister be questioned in mining dispute
The Alberta Court of Appeal has denied the province’s stay application in a legal battle involving several coal mining companies, upholding a previous decision compelling former provincial energy minister Sonya Savage to be questioned in the case.
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March 27, 2025
‘A bit of a mystery’ as to what Alberta hopes to accomplish with infrastructure law: legal expert
Alberta’s government has introduced legislation to amend several laws already on the books — but one aspect of the province’s move is being noted as much more controversial than the other.
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March 27, 2025
IMK adds former law clerk Anthony Breton
IMK has welcomed Anthony Breton to its team.
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March 27, 2025
Nicholas Backman named partner at LRMM
Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon (LRMM) has promoted Nicholas Backman to partner.
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March 27, 2025
SENTENCING - Homicide - Second degree murder - Imprisonment - Parole ineligibility
Appeal by Sheepway from life sentence with 13 years of parole ineligibility following a conviction for second-degree murder.
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March 27, 2025
Unreliable (perhaps) sexting evidence should often be admitted | Peter Sankoff and Steven Penney
In our view, Reimer shows no lack of understanding of sexting, nor does it undermine the rape shield law. On the contrary, it is a rigorous application of evidentiary principles that should serve as a model for future cases.