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Keeping What’s Yours: How Gifts and Inheritances Are Treated in Separation

By Jack Song

Am I required to share my gifts and inheritances with my spouse upon separation? When married couples separate, their “net family property” (the…

Employer Considerations for Job Postings: The Effects of Bills 149 and 190

By Mira Nemr

On November 14, 2023, Bill 149, Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 was first read in the Legislative Assembly. Introduced by the Honourable David Piccini,…

Jansen v. DiCecco: Court Awards $899,811 in Retroactive Child Support for Egregious Non-Compliance

By Alexandra Fleck

In a recent Superior Court decision released April 9, 2025, Jansen v. DiCecco[i], Justice Sherr ordered a retroactive child support award of $899,811…

Key changes to the Construction Act: what owners, contractors, and subcontractors need to know

By Noémie Ducret

On November 6, 2024, the Ontario government gave royal assent to Bill 216, Building Ontario For You Act (the “Bill”), following consultation with…

Employer Costs for Long-term Illness Leave in Ontario

By Karin Pagé

Changes to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA 2000) created a new unpaid job protected long-term illness leave for employees who are unable…

Problems at the U.S. Border

By Warren L. Creates

Key Background Chronology On 20 January 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed two (2) Presidential Executive Orders: #14159, Protecting the American…

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l. Recognized as Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers…

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l. is pleased to share that we have been recognized as one of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers…

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l. lawyers recognized in the 2025 Canadian Legal Lexpert…

We are excited to share that two partners of our legal team have been recognized for their expertise by their peers across Canada and have been included…

License to Sell: How Failing to Get a Vendor’s License When Selling a Home Can Lead to Costly Fines and…

By Blake Bochinski

Imagine that you build the home of your dreams for you and your family. Construction is nearly complete but then you receive some bad news: you lost your…

AI Notetaking for Corporate Governance: Best Practices and Legal Considerations

By Désirée Estephan-Saliba

For a few years now, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of those recurring topics that kept finding its way into the board meeting – it may…

National Capital Region’s Top Employer for 2025

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l. is thrilled to announce that for the 13th consecutive year, we have been recognized as one of the…

Ontario Court of Appeal Reinforces Waksdale and Alludes to a new Standard for Employment Contracts in Ontario

By Katrina Bekkers

The recent Court of Appeal decision in Dufault v The Corporation of the Township of Ignace 2024 ONCA 915 (“Dufault”) follows a series of rulings that…