The Court of Appeal for Ontario (‘ONCA’) recently released its decision in Wigdor v. Facebook Canada Ltd., 2026 ONCA 572 (‘Wigdor’) on August 7, 2026. This case involved a wrongful dismissal matter in which the Appellant, Dr. Daniel Wigdor, successfully appealed the application judge’s decision to dismiss his claim for the value of Restricted Stock […]
By Warren L. Creates
“From Permanent Resident to Canadian Citizen: A State of Perplexity” by Warren L. Creates was presented at the Canadian Bar Association…
By Martin Y. St-Onge
In Ontario, the Land Transfer Tax Act provides that every time a person acquires an interest in land, by either registered or unregistered transfers, land…
By David J. Lowdon
Effective February 1, 2008, a series of changes was made to what may be generally called the takeover bid regime in Canada (the “Bid Regime”). The…
By Robert P. Kinghan
Over the past few decades, franchising has been the dominant small-business strategy in Ontario for the expansion of businesses and distribution of…
By Joël M. Dubois
Parliament has made some changes to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (the “BIA”) which are likely to have a significant impact on personal…
By Paul W. Braunovan
Many of us are familiar with the concept of a trade-mark. A trade-mark is defined in the Trade-marks Act as “a mark that is used by a person for the…
Finally, there is a glimmer of hope for foreign nationals in Canada on work and/or study permits who deserve a little special treatment for their…
We are one step closer to an immigration program that has common sense. In February of this year I wrote in this column with great anticipation about a…
By Margaret R. Truesdale
Last year I wrote a brief article outlining changes that were to be made to the Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code). At that point the timing of the…
By Christopher P. Morris
Consider the following hypothetical situation: You require access to a neighbouring property in order to repair or make improvements to your property or…
By Alain D. Bourassa
The problems with “cybersquatters”, persons known to register domain names with the sole intention of profiting from them, is a serious issue…
The Internet not surprisingly, is an area incubating new forms of unfair competition, as well as adapted versions of old tricks. Therefore, it follows…
