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Ontario Court Reaffirms That Compensable Loss Is A 'Fundamental Prerequisite' To Certification Of A Class Action

The Ontario Superior Court denied the certification of the proposed class action in Donegani v. Facebook, Inc. due to lack of evidence for compensable loss.

Canada Litigation

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Class Actions Landscape In Canada: 2025 Mid-year Update

Class actions continue to shape the Canadian legal landscape. As we head toward the end of 2025, we note the following developments emerging from the class actions landscape across Canada so far this year

Canada Litigation

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Torys LLP

High Costs For Hardball: Barry v. Anantharajah

For many litigators, the notion that costs awarded by the court will be proportional to the actual success by the winning side is the gospel truth.

Canada Litigation

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McCague Borlack LLP

Place Laurier Ltd. v. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, 2025 ONSC 4172

The Applicant Place Laurier Ltd. ("PLL") appealed an arbitration award pursuant to section 45 of the Arbitration Act, 1991, SO 1991, c. 17.

Canada Litigation

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Whitelaw Twining

La Cour suprême du Canada refuse d'autoriser l'appel dans deux affaires d'arbitrage

Canada Litigation

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Objective Evidence, Not Bystander Reaction, Key In Workplace Psych Injuries: Alberta Decision

Canada Litigation

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Bennett Jones LLP

Tips To Deal With The End Of Daylight Savings Time

Canada Litigation

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Gluckstein Lawyers

Take Me Out By The Ball Game! An Overview Of Spectator Liability

Canada Litigation

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Siskinds LLP

Protecting Public Interest Expression

Canada Litigation

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Pallett Valo LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 20 – 24, 2025)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Injured Abroad? Supreme Court Of Canada Draws The Line On Jurisdictional Overreach

Canada Litigation

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MLT Aikins LLP

Class Actions: Top Ontario And Federal Cases In Q3 2025

Canada Litigation

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Common Injuries From Rear-End Collisions And What They're Really Worth

Canada Litigation

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McLeish Orlando LLP

The Continuing Challenge Of Causation In Climate Litigation

Canada Litigation

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Fasken

Contracts For Services vs. Contracts For Goods In Ontario

Canada Commercial

Pacific Legal PC

A Canadian Tax Lawyer's Updated Guide On Non-Resident Trusts In Canada

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Webinar: The End Of The Billable Hour? Building Cost Certainty With Procido's Fixed Annual Fee Model

Canada Law Practice

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Procido LLP

Reality Check: Alberta Court Weighs Costs Award Against Counsel For AI-Generated Case Law Hallucinations

Canada Technology

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

BC Supreme Court's Recent Cowichan Decision

Canada Litigation

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

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Disclosure & Electronic Discovery & Privilege

Tax Court Rejects The CRA's Attempt To Obtain Documents Protected By Solicitor-Client Privilege: Stack v The King, 2024 TCC 137

In Stack v The King, 2024 TCC 137, the Tax Court of Canada blocked the Canada Revenue Agency's attempt to obtain various documents, including an email record, that were protected by solicitor-client privilege.

Canada Litigation

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Selective Disclosure = Full Exposure: BC Court Expands Privilege Waiver In Coverage Case

The Insurer's ‘liberal' approach to document production opened the door to wider waiver of privilege in Pacific Sands Beach Resort v. Co-Operators General Insurance Company, 2025 BCSC 858.

Canada Litigation

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

AI Notetaking In The Legal And Business Context: Does It Risk Confidentiality Or Privilege?

As businesses modernize, many are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to increase productivity and lower costs. One such tool is AI notetaking—automated meeting transcriptions...

Canada Technology

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Bennett Jones LLP

Be Careful What You Waive: Partial Disclosure Of Privileged Documents Can Create Unintended Consequences

Canada Insurance

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MLT Aikins LLP

Sexual Abuse Survivors Beware — The Defamation Risk

Canada Litigation

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Lerners LLP

Protecting Privilege In Privacy Breach Investigations: 2025 Privacy Breach Insights – Part 4

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Lawyer Did Not Breach Privilege By Disclosing Confidential Email To Former Clients' Trustee In Bankruptcy (Milot Law v. Sittler)

Canada Insolvency

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Defamation In Academia: A Legal And Practical Limit On Academic Freedom

Worldwide Litigation

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WeirFoulds LLP

Estate Administration And The Issue Of Privilege

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Lindsay Kenney LLP

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Place Laurier Ltd. v. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, 2025 ONSC 4172

The Applicant Place Laurier Ltd. ("PLL") appealed an arbitration award pursuant to section 45 of the Arbitration Act, 1991, SO 1991, c. 17.

Canada Litigation

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Whitelaw Twining

La Cour suprême du Canada refuse d'autoriser l'appel dans deux affaires d'arbitrage

Le 18 septembre 2025, la Cour suprême du Canada a refusé d'autoriser l'appel dans deux affaires d'arbitrage bien en vue.

Canada Litigation

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Le tribunal d'arbitrage reconnaît le caractère rémunérable du travail d'analyse de demande en période de garde

Le Tribunal d'arbitrage, saisi d'un grief du Syndicat des professionnelles et professionnels municipaux de Montréal contre la Ville de Montréal...

Canada Employment

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Bélanger Sauvé

Lessons From The Air Canada Strike's Dramatic End

Canada Employment

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Bernardi

"Final" Means Final: Foreclosing Appeals From Arbitration Decisions May Be Easier Than You Think

Canada Litigation

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Caster Semenya Decision Reshapes Standard Of Review In Sports Arbitration

Canada Media & IT

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Abusive Arbitration Clauses: What Businesses Can Learn From The Dispute Between Hydro-Québec And Terrassement St-Louis

Canada Commercial

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Miller Thomson LLP

Clauses d'arbitrage abusives : ce que les entreprises doivent retenir du litige entre Hydro-Québec et Terrassement St-Louis

Canada Commercial

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Miller Thomson LLP

Ontario Court Of Appeal Clarifies Approach To Dispute Resolution Timelines

Canada Litigation

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Gowling WLG

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Court Procedure

Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 20 – 24, 2025)

The appellants argued that the motion judge erred in her contextual analysis.

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 13 – 17, 2025)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of October 13, 2025.

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 6 – 10, 2025)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of October 6, 2025.

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 29 – October 3, 2025)

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

No Offer, Big Costs: ONCA Upholds $300K Costs Award On $15K Damages

Canada Litigation

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SBA Lawyers LLP

Updated Proposals For Changes To Ontario's Rules Of Civil Procedure Are Coming

Canada Litigation

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

New Rules, New Game: Proposed Reforms To The Ontario Rules Of Civil Procedure (Video)

Canada Litigation

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SBA Lawyers LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 22-26, 2025)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

"Fasten Your Seatbelts" For Civil Procedure Rules Reform

Canada Litigation

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

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Sovereign Immunity: Public Sector Government

Conflit d'intérêts dans l'administration d'une succession : ce que l'affaire Virdi Estate (Re) enseigne aux exécuteurs testamentaires

Lorsque dynamique familiale et administration de succession s'entrechoquent, les conséquences peuvent être complexes, tant sur le plan émotionnel que juridique.

Canada Litigation

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Miller Thomson LLP

Here's The Drill: R. v. Sudbury Wrap-Up: Essential Takeaways For Construction Stakeholders

The Ontario Court of Appeal has recently issued what appears to be a final decision in the R. v. Sudbury saga; an important line of cases shaping how industry stakeholders understand their health and safety obligations on construction projects in Ontario

Canada Litigation

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WeirFoulds LLP

Due Diligence Delivered: The End Of The Saga For R V Greater Sudbury (City)

After six years, one trial, two decisions of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, two decisions by the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a decision...

Canada Employment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Class Action And Mass Torts Are Effective Tools In Personal Injury Cases

Canada Litigation

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Gluckstein Lawyers

Learning From Losing: Debriefing Under The Public Procurement Act

Canada Government

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Cox & Palmer

New, Complex Rules For Public Sector Gifts, Hospitality, And Entertainment Coming July 1st

Canada Media & IT

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Fasken

AODA: Meeting Design Of Public Spaces Accessibility Standards During Reconstruction – Part 1

Canada Litigation

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Miller Thomson LLP

Navigating Through eDiscovery Challenges In The Hybrid Workplace

Canada Compliance

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Ricoh Canada

Trends To Watch In Tort Liability For 2022: BC Supreme Court Confirms Private Entities Can Rely On Statutory Authority As A Shield To Tort Claims Brought By Aboriginal Rights Holders

Canada Government

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Dentons Canada LLP

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Latest Videos

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Class Actions In Canada: At The Forefront Of Pharma Litigation (Video)

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Fasken

Marco P. Falco Featured In Coffee With Convery Podcast

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Torkin Manes LLP

Richard Halpern - Advocating For Families Impacted By Birth Injuries (Video)

GP

Gluckstein Lawyers

International Rescue – What You Can Do If Global Supply Chains Break Down (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Les actions collectives au Canada : les sujets d'actualité qui façonnent les litiges dans le secteur des technologies (Video)

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Fasken (French)

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