The Complete Brief
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January 22, 2026
Algorithmic pricing poses risks to competition, fairness: Competition Bureau consultation
Stakeholders have warned that algorithmic pricing could enable anticompetitive conduct and that insufficient data transparency may harm consumers, workers and competition, according to feedback from a recent Competition Bureau consultation.
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January 22, 2026
BCSC panel finds company investing millions carried out pump-and-dump scheme
A B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has found that a Vancouver company and numerous associated people carried out a pump-and-dump scheme for artificial inflation of the share price of B.C. issuers.
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January 22, 2026
Court upholds stay of enforcement against Webuild pending Italian liability ruling
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a stay of proceedings seeking to enforce a Chilean arbitration award against Webuild, ruling that whether the company assumed the underlying liability through an acquisition must first be decided by Italian courts.
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January 22, 2026
Court allows appeal in restaurant dispute for unjust enrichment
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal regarding an alleged unjust enrichment claim for chattels used by a restaurant despite its refusal to complete an asset sale agreement.
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January 22, 2026
Lawyers punished for failure to upload to Case Center
For several years now, judges, lawyers and law clerks have been forced to pivot from paper to digital documents. In litigation, Case Center (formerly CaseLines) is the only game in town. If a party or their lawyer wants their case heard, their material must be uploaded to Case Center.
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January 22, 2026
Two former justice ministers among Alberta lawyers criticizing province’s ‘unacceptable behaviour’
Two former Alberta justice ministers are among a group of lawyers and articling students attacking the provincial government for what they call “unacceptable behaviour” and urging Albertans to “use their voices to preserve our democratic institutions.”
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January 22, 2026
What I learned about artificial intelligence in the 1990s
My law firm had a thriving real estate practice in the 1980s. When the real estate market tanked from 1989 until about 1996, they were not happy times. We did not hire any real estate lawyers in those days.
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January 22, 2026
Nova Scotia issues new summary offences, fines for illegal fishing
Nova Scotia is clamping down on illegal fishing in the province by adding dozens of new offences and hiking fines.
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January 22, 2026
New group to take on animal welfare in Saskatchewan
The job of protecting animals in Saskatchewan is changing hands.
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January 22, 2026
Student paper snapshots in animal law
For the past 10 years, I have enjoyed teaching animal law as an adjunct professor at UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law in Vancouver. This year, I am showcasing snapshots from some of the thought-provoking research papers my students have produced.