Business
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August 13, 2024
Scope of judicial oversight of arbitral awards limited
In Clayton v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 ONCA 581, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal of a set-aside application on jurisdictional and public policy grounds, confirming that the grounds on which arbitral awards may be set aside are narrow.
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August 13, 2024
Trade Tribunal to mull renewal of anti-dumping measures for copper tubing
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has announced it is initiating an expiry review of its 2019 orders regarding the dumping of circular copper tube on the Canadian market from Brazil, Greece, China, Korea and Mexico.
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August 13, 2024
Will C-suite executives be replaced by AI? Not so fast!
A recent New York Times article, “If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your C.E.O.,” posited that the apparent wave of development into artificial intelligence could lead to the outsourcing of a significant portion of C-suite duties. However, unlike previous concerns of the moving of work overseas, this article suggests that this outsourcing would instead be an “uploading” to machine artificial intelligence (AI). That said, the article clearly suggests that AI is a potential threat to some executives. And it got this executive employment lawyer thinking.
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August 12, 2024
New human rights chief ‘steps down’ following law firm probe of his history & hiring
Federal Justice Minister and Attorney General Arif Virani has accepted Birju Dattani stepping down as the chief federal human rights watchdog, following a report from an independent law firm that the recently hired head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), among other things, failed to disclose during the hiring process his sometime-use of an alternative name “Mujahid Dattani” on Twitter (now known as X) and in other public fora.
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August 12, 2024
New short-term rental rules for Nova Scotia taking hold in September
In efforts to address its own housing crunch, Nova Scotia is about to put in play new regulations for short-term rentals — including fines of up to $100,000 for operators who break the rules.
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August 12, 2024
Medical device maker may pay up to $140,000 per patient to settle hip implant class action
Medical device manufacturer Biomet Inc. has entered an agreement to settle a class action concerning allegedly defective hip implants under which affected patients are set to receive up to $140,000 in addition to reimbursement for expenses.
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August 12, 2024
BCSC panel finds crypto trading platform defrauded customers of $13M
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has found that a crypto trading platform based out of the province committed fraud by “lying to its customers and diverting about $13 million of their assets to gambling.”
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August 12, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal dismisses canned tuna price-fixing class action citing lack of evidence
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a class action alleging a price-fixing conspiracy in Canada's canned tuna market, ruling that the claim lacked sufficient facts to extend a U.S.-based conspiracy to Canada.
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August 12, 2024
Six First Nations file application challenging Ontario’s Mining Act as unconstitutional
Six First Nations have launched a court challenge against Ontario's Mining Act regime, charging that the province's free-entry mining system has been “flooded with newly registered mining claims” on lands that they govern, infringing on their treaty rights and Charter equality rights.
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August 12, 2024
It started with a tattoo: Is your independent contractor really an employee?
The British Columbia Supreme Court decision in Dibble v. Creative Music Therapy Solutions Inc., 2024 BCSC 1066, reiterates the “if it walks like a duck” analysis when determining when an employee is really an independent contractor or the “intermediate classification” of dependent contractor. The “independent contractor,” Christine Dibble, was a music therapist who began working for Creative Music Therapy Solutions Inc. (CMTS) in 2010 pursuant to a written contract.