In-House Counsel
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February 12, 2025
Blaney McMurtry welcomes new associate
Blaney McMurtry LLP has announced that Zarin Zahra is now an associate in the firm’s Health Law group. Zarin’s health law practice involves the defence of health professionals in regulatory and discipline matters before their respective College, including complaints, investigations, and registration issues.
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February 12, 2025
What you should know about severance package anti-rehire agreements
Employees faced with signing an anti-rehire agreement in a severance package should first understand all their legal options.
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February 11, 2025
Canada sanctions two Sudanese leaders linked to human rights violations
Ottawa is sanctioning two Sudanese leaders of opposing warring groups who are linked to the ongoing violence against civilians in Sudan, where more than 12 million people have been displaced as a result of the country’s internal conflicts.
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February 11, 2025
Canada signs on to legally binding European convention governing AI development
Canada has joined the European Union and 11 other countries in signing the first legally binding international agreement aimed at ensuring that artificial intelligence (AI) systems respect human rights, democratic values and the rule of law throughout their life cycle.
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February 11, 2025
Landmark U.S. copyright decision and its implications for AI and canadian copyright law
The legal profession has entered a new frontier in the intersection of artificial intelligence and copyright law. On Feb. 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware issued a landmark decision in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v Ross Intelligence Inc, No 1:20-cv-613-SB, ruling in favour of Thomson Reuters in the first major fair use copyright case involving AI. The decision, which found that ROSS Intelligence unlawfully used Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw headnotes to train its legal AI research tool, raises profound questions about the future of AI training, data access, and copyright law.
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February 11, 2025
Deportable offenders | Michael Crowley
Following a lengthy hearing at a minimum security prison, I turned to my colleague and asked “Do you believe this is an individual who has to die in a Canadian prison?”
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February 10, 2025
C.J. Wagner says top court ‘exploring’ provision of mediation in cases where leave to appeal denied
Lawyers say they want to know specifics about the out-of-the-blue disclosure from Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner that he has asked his staff to “explore the possibility” of the top court providing “mediation” for litigants in cases where the apex court denies leave to appeal, and his suggestion that family law cases might lend themselves to a potential mediation initiative.
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February 10, 2025
Transport Canada now requiring auto manufacturers to publish safety recall information
The federal government has announced new amended safety regulations under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act “requiring all vehicle and vehicle equipment manufacturers to publish safety recall information on their websites.”
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February 10, 2025
$30M settlement reached in proposed class action against Ontario cannabis company
A proposed $30 million settlement has been reached in a global investor class action against Ontario-based cannabis company Aphria Inc. and certain of its former officers and directors for alleged misrepresentations.
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February 10, 2025
Increasing regulations depressed economic and job growth, says StatCan study
In a new study on the potential impact of regulations on the economy, Statistics Canada has found that an increase in regulatory provisions from 2006 to 2021 was associated with a 1.7 percentage point reduction in gross domestic product growth and a 1.3 percentage point reduction in employment growth.