The Complete Brief
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June 27, 2025
CRYPTOCURRENCIES - Application of securities laws - Prospectus requirements or exemption
Appeal by appellant (Shirodkar) from court decision dismissing his action against respondent (Coinbase).
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June 27, 2025
Show me the money
For smart people, when it comes to getting paid, lawyers can be stupid.
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June 27, 2025
Aurora Cannabis faces consumer class action, possible investor action after $8M settlement in U.S.
A proposed investor class action against Edmonton-based Aurora Cannabis Inc. has been kept alive following a recent Alberta Court of King’s Bench decision, just weeks after an Ontario court certified a consumer class action alleging the company negligently failed to warn consumers about the risk of contracting a cannabis-related illness through its products.
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June 27, 2025
Limit oral discovery rather than eliminate it, group says in response to Ontario civil rules review
The association representing trial lawyers in Ontario is raising concerns over proposals to radically revamp Ontario’s civil rules, raising concerns that it is being done without the support of proper data.
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June 27, 2025
Bill C-5 and the Building Canada Act: Deregulation in a ‘national interest’ costume?
On June 6, 2025, the federal Liberal government tabled Bill C-5 — the One Canadian Act — containing two parts: a free trade framework and the Building Canada Act. As of June 26, 2025, this bill is now federal law.
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June 27, 2025
Ontario Divisional Court confuses relocation law
In Diallo v. Bah, 2025 ONSC 2106, released May 28, the Ontario Divisional Court has undercut, or possibly even overruled, a long-standing precedent for the resolution of interim or temporary relocation cases. Said Justice Harriet Sachs for the court: “The factors set out in Plumley, which was decided in 2014, have been overtaken by the amendments to the Divorce Act. The reasoning in Barendregt makes this clear.”
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June 27, 2025
Socrates v. the Republic of Greece and Olympus Bigpharm Ltd.
Did Socrates really die after ingesting that hemlock? Huge evidence just surfaced that he survived. Check out Socrates v. the Republic of Greece and Olympus Bigpharm Ltd., a decision of the Ancient High Court of Southern Athens, recently discovered by anthropologist lawyers.
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June 27, 2025
IMMIGRANTS - Appeals to Immigration Appeal Division - Jurisdiction
Appeal by Pepa from a judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal which affirmed a decision dismissing her application for judicial review.
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June 27, 2025
Aggressive contract negotiations don’t always add up to bad faith
In Canada, a lot of judicial ink has been spilled on the exact meaning of the idea that all parties to a contract have a duty to perform their contract in good faith.
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June 27, 2025
Why Ontario appeal court took ‘drastic step’ in impaired case
Can a revolving door be slammed in a person’s face? As unlikely as that might seem, it is what the Ontario Court of Appeal did to self-represented Melissa Hart in its recent judgment, R. v. Hart, 2025 ONCA 451.