Civil Litigation
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December 03, 2024
Copyright developments in the fall of 2024
In this blog entry, we deal with copyright developments in the last few months.
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December 02, 2024
Alberta to end ‘cash cow’ photo radar on highways in 2025
The Alberta government has announced it will end photo radar ticketing on numbered provincial highways effective April 1, 2025, saying photo radar will be eliminated where revenue is generated with no traffic safety benefit.
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December 02, 2024
Transport Canada faces possible class action over alleged water contamination in Newfoundland town
A proposed class action against Transport Canada has been filed in the Federal Court concerning microplastic forever chemicals found in the drinking water of a Newfoundland and Labrador community.
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December 02, 2024
Federal Court dismisses beekeepers’ class action over U.S. bee package import prohibition
The Federal Court has dismissed a class action brought by commercial beekeepers over Canada’s alleged negligence in prohibiting imports of live honeybee packages from the continental United States after 2006.
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December 02, 2024
Hot wheels, cold facts: BC Court rules against insured for misrepresenting material facts
Media West Zny Inc. v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2024 BCSC 625, provides clarity on the law regarding material misrepresentations in insurance contracts. The decision emphasizes that while a plaintiff’s lack of credibility or reliability alone may not warrant dismissing their claim for coverage, the inability to provide evidence supporting the alleged misrepresentation as factually accurate can prove decisive against their case.
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December 02, 2024
2 judicial appointments announced in Newfoundland and Labrador
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment of Glen L.C. Noel as a judge of the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador and of Dean A. Porter as a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, a Nov. 29 news release announced.
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November 29, 2024
SCC rules B.C. law allowing multi-Crown class action to recover opioid-related costs is valid
In a groundbreaking judgment that confirms that multi-governmental class actions that reach across provincial and territorial boundaries are possible under Canada’s constitutional structure, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled provinces have the constitutional competence to enact multi-Crown class action legislation.
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November 29, 2024
Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement
A group of Canadian news publishers that includes Torstar, Postmedia, the Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC/Radio-Canada has filed a lawsuit against tech firm OpenAI, alleging that the company illegally used their news content to train its AI-based generative model, ChatGPT.
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November 29, 2024
Grupo Bimbo targets Maple Leaf Foods in $2B action over Canada Bread acquisition
Grupo Bimbo, the Mexico-based owner of Canada Bread Co. Ltd., has filed a $2 billion claim against Maple Leaf Foods for alleged fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation during the process of selling Canada Bread to the plaintiff, or restitution for unjust enrichment, in connection with a long-running controversy over alleged bread price-fixing.
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November 29, 2024
Alberta taking Ottawa to court over Impact Assessment Act for the second time
Alberta is once again taking the federal government to court over Ottawa’s legislation outlining the process for assessing the impact of resource projects.