Information Technology
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August 23, 2024
Canadian parking reservation platform HONK faces action over alleged drip pricing
Parking reservation platform HONK Mobile Inc. is facing a proposed class action over allegations that its failure to disclose its service fees at the outset of the parking reservation process on its platform constitutes false and misleading advertising.
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August 22, 2024
Federal Court of Appeal affirms invalidity of patent claims in infringement action against Videotron
The Federal Court of Appeal has affirmed that five patent claims allegedly infringed by Montreal-based telecom firm Videotron were invalid, ruling they were anticipated and/or obvious when considered along with prior art and common knowledge of a person skilled in the field.
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August 15, 2024
B.C. judge freezes assets of accused ‘mastermind’ behind $140 million stock fraud
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has sided with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in agreeing to freeze the assets of a Vancouver businessman accused of being the mastermind behind a complex, multimillion-dollar stock fraud.
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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 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 01, 2024
Privacy commissioner launches probe into cybersecurity breach at Ticketmaster
Canada’s privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a cybersecurity breach at Ticketmaster in which the personal information of millions of customers may have been compromised.
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July 31, 2024
Class action certified against medical imaging company for alleged financial misrepresentations
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted leave to commence a secondary market misrepresentation action against a company offering medical imaging services, certifying the case as a class action.
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July 31, 2024
Federal political parties collecting sensitive voter data in a regulatory void, warns report
In a British Columbia courtroom this past May, the country’s three main political parties came together in common cause: to maintain unregulated access to sometimes sensitive voter information collected by a mushrooming industry of political consultants.
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July 30, 2024
Competition Bureau to host conference on competition and artificial intelligence in September
The Competition Bureau has announced that it will be hosting a summit this September on an artificial intelligence (AI) and competition featuring a virtual keynote address by U.S. Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan.
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July 25, 2024
Federal Court rejects Competition Bureau's 'excessive' production order in Amazon investigation
The Federal Court has rejected an ex parte application by the Commissioner of Competition for an order that Amazon companies provide 36 data fields in regards to potentially hundreds of millions of products to establish whether Amazon turns “a blind eye” to fake reviews to enhance business.