In-House Counsel
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September 16, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal to hear appeals concerning major junior hockey abuse class action
The Ontario Court of Appeal has rejected a motion to quash an appeal related to a proposed class action concerning allegations of systemic hazing, bullying and sexual and physical abuse in major junior hockey.
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September 13, 2024
Appeal court finds ‘largest custodial bank’ breached contract in market pricing data agreement
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed a cross-appeal in a dispute over who the "client” was in a 1999 contract in which the “world’s largest hedge fund administrator” provided market data to the world's largest custodial bank and securities services provider.
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September 13, 2024
Unifor says Walmart workers at Mississauga warehouse reach voting threshold to form union
A Walmart warehouse in suburban Mississauga, Ont. is a step closer to becoming the retail giant’s first unionized facility in Canada after workers voted to join Unifor.
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September 13, 2024
Canada Bread lawsuit against Maple Leaf Foods ‘largely unprecedented’: competition law expert
One of Canada’s most experienced competition law experts says that Canada Bread’s decision to sue Maple Leaf Foods in a bid to recover costs associated with a long-running bread price-fixing case is “largely unprecedented” and will be watched closely by both the Competition Bureau and the federal Department of Justice (DOJ).
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September 13, 2024
Non-competes in the U.S. are business as usual after FTC rule stricken
Sept. 4 has come and gone. The non-compete ban adopted by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) never took effect after a fast-paced legal challenge by Ryan LLC, a tax services firm and the United States Chamber of Commerce in a Texas federal court. In the United States, it’s business as usual when enforcing non-competes, and the law remains state by state and employee by employee.
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September 12, 2024
Canadian securities regulators issue guidance on new business conduct rules for derivatives market
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published a staff notice addressing frequently asked questions (FAQ) from derivatives market participants related to business conduct rules set to come into force on Sept. 28, 2024.
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September 12, 2024
B.C. Court of Appeal: Voluntarily laid off employee was not terminated, as work was available
The B.C. Court of Appeal has held that an employee who initiated a layoff was not entitled to compensation under deemed termination provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA), citing an arbitrator’s finding that work was available to him upon request.
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September 12, 2024
Clarification of causes of action against database defendants
On Nov. 25, 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal released three decisions declining to apply the tort of intrusion upon seclusion to “database defendants” — i.e., organizations that collect and store personal information in the course of carrying on commercial activity and whose databases are “hacked” by unauthorized third parties. On July 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada denied the plaintiffs’ motions for leave to appeal, representing a significant development for database defendants.
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September 12, 2024
Disclosure, arbitrator bias in international commercial arbitrations: The Aroma case
In the previous articles in this four-part series on international commercial arbitrations, we focused on the United Kingdom, Canada and the IBA Guidelines. This article digs deep into an important Canadian case.
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September 12, 2024
Minimizing bias in GenAI interactions | Connie L. Braun
During our lifetimes, every one of us has developed propensities and biases toward life, people, institutions and organizations — pretty much everything. These biases shape how we interact with technology and can be particularly apparent in our interactions with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Since the humans who make AI are biased, it may be natural to conclude that AI also is likely to be biased.