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May 26, 2025  |  Publications
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…

May 26, 2025  |  Publications
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…

May 26, 2025  |  Publications
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…

April 14, 2025  |  Publications
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…

March 19, 2025  |  Publications
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…

March 6, 2025  |  Publications
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…

March 3, 2025  |  Publications
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…

February 27, 2025  |  Publications
New Build, New Beginnings: Information for Buying from a Builder in Ontario

By Danyka Simard

Introduction Tarion, the consumer protection organization responsible for administering and enforcing the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act, R.S.O.…

February 7, 2025  |  Publications
Key Considerations for Agreements of Purchase and Sale – Multi-Unit Rental Properties

By Selena Saikaley

If you are buying or selling a multi-unit residential property, it is critical that all pertinent matters relating to the purchase of the property are…

February 5, 2025  |  Publications
Canada Affirms Border Security Amid Rising Concerns Over Privacy and U.S. Policy Changes

By Warren L. Creates

Effective midnight on February 4, 2025, the United States threatened to impose a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, citing concerns over illegal…

February 4, 2025  |  Publications
Canadian Trademark Office to send notices to random trademark owners to prove use of their marks

By Richard Whissell

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office issued a practice notice on January 20, 2025, announcing that the Registrar of Trademarks will start to randomly…

January 29, 2025  |  Publications
Ontario Court of Appeal affirms Employee’s claim for Aggravated/Moral Damages despite lack of Expert…

By Katrina Bekkers

Last year, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Krmpotic v Thunder Bay Electronics Limited,[1] which addressed an employee’s claims for…