Business
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March 05, 2025
Three new partners for Aird & Berlis
Stephen Leonard, Sabrina Spencer and Demetre Vasilounis are new partners at Aird & Berlis.
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March 05, 2025
Factors in obtaining summary judgment
While motions for summary judgment may be unsuitable if there are contested issues involving credibility or significant facts, Rules 20.04(2.1) and (2.2) of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure provide a motion judge with the discretion to determine if the need for a trial can be avoided by weighing the evidence, evaluating the credibility of a deponent, or drawing any reasonable inference from the evidence. One additional factor that is often considered by the motion judge in such cases is whether all parties have agreed to have matter determined by summary judgment.
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March 05, 2025
Manitoba appeal asks if police action rose to level of implied threats, other questions
In December 2022, a judge sentenced Kyle Pietz to 16 years in prison for killing office cleaner Eduardo Balaquit. In May of that year, a jury convicted Pietz, then 37, of manslaughter in the 2018 killing. Balaquit’s body has never been found. Pietz denied killing Balaquit, and the whereabouts of his remains are unknown.
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March 04, 2025
Canada hits U.S. with counter-tariffs, vows support for workers, businesses hurt by Trump trade war
Canadians must unite to fight back against the “very dumb” tariffs U.S. president Donald Trump has imposed under the “bogus” pretext of stopping fentanyl from entering the U.S. through Canada’s southern border, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in announcing retaliatory tariffs and pledging to provide federal support for hard-hit workers and businesses, as well as to legally pursue trade remedies, if “unwarranted and unreasonable” U.S. tariffs last longer than “a few hours or a few days.”
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March 04, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal rejects lower court decision, ruling EDC client info may be kept secret
The Federal Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by Export Development Canada (EDC), finding that certain information regarding its customers, who are exporters, is not subject to disclosure under the Access to Information Act.
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March 04, 2025
Aird & Berlis expands to Vancouver
Aird & Berlis has opened a new Vancouver office, home base to 12 lawyers who practise in the areas of Aboriginal law, financial services, real estate, energy, mining, natural resources, corporate, M&A, procurement, construction and infrastructure.
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March 04, 2025
Why court upheld Licence Appeal Tribunal decision for car salesperson
An Ontario law requires that a car salesperson be licensed. An applicant seeking registration under the Act is not entitled to be licensed if that person’s past conduct affords reasonable grounds for believing that the salesperson will not conduct business under the law and with integrity and honesty (Motor Vehicle Dealers Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 30 s. 6).
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March 04, 2025
Trademarks must be assessed as a whole
Decision of the Federal Court allowed an appeal from the Trademark Opposition Board on the ground that the board did not assess the respective marks in their totality but instead conducted a side-by-side comparison based only on their first components (T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. v. Glidepath Technologies Inc.2025 FC 179).
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March 03, 2025
NWT law society rolls out professional conduct ‘guidelines’ for lawyers' use of generative AI
The Law Society of the Northwest Territories has issued, for the first time, “Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in the Practice of Law,” following a similar move by several Canadian legal regulators that have provided AI-specific guidance for lawyers’ professional conduct and practice over the past year.
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March 03, 2025
Feds launch Joint Operational Intelligence Cell to further strengthen border protection
The federal government has announced its launch of the Joint Operational Intelligence Cell (JOIC), which brings together Canadian security departments, agencies and law enforcement to enhance border protection.