Business
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July 18, 2025
Tehran’s strategic blindness: The political fallout of Iran’s 12-day war with Israel
In the early hours of June 13, 2025, the Islamic Republic of Iran was jolted into a geopolitical reckoning. What began as a sudden Israeli air and cyber campaign — Operation Rising Lion — rapidly escalated into a 12-day war that exposed critical weaknesses in Iran’s military command, foreign policy posture and internal political cohesion.
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July 17, 2025
Court sets aside tribunal decision on chick prices for inadequate reasons
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice Divisional Court has set aside a decision of the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal for mishandling competing expert evidence in its decision on prices of chicks.
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July 17, 2025
Gordon Van Vliet joins Miller Thomson’s real estate team
Miller Thomson has welcomed Gordon Van Vliet as a partner in its real estate transactions and leasing group.
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July 17, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador invests $420,000 in AI-powered wearable gas detector for safety
Newfoundland and Labrador is providing $420,000 in funding to a company developing a wearable safety device that can detect multiple gases and enhance workplace safety in high-risk sectors, according to a release issued on July 16.
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July 17, 2025
Wide-open-door policy ‘is not how we roll,’ Federal Court of Appeal judge tells would-be interveners
The Federal Court of Appeal’s senior puisne judge says those applying to intervene at the national intermediate appellate court should ask themselves whether their presence “will advance our work.”
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July 17, 2025
WeirFoulds adds associate Caelan MacDonald to litigation team
WeirFoulds LLP has welcomed Caelan MacDonald as an associate in its commercial litigation practice group.
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July 17, 2025
Court revives Clearview AI class action, finds query-based class identification not ‘opt-in scheme’
The Federal Court of Appeal has revived a proposed class action against facial recognition firm Clearview AI, ruling that a process requiring potential class members to query the company to confirm their inclusion does not undermine the “opt-out” nature of Canadian class actions.
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July 17, 2025
Court awards $400K in trial costs after successful appeal of Nigerian oil and gas case
The Ontario Court of Appeal has awarded $400,000 in trial costs relating to a failed oil and gas bid in Nigeria by an Ontario company, finding numerous errors in the trial judge’s findings.
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July 17, 2025
Ecofeminism and Canadian law: An emerging alliance
Imagine a world where caring for the land means caring for people, where the health of farms and natural resources is inseparable from the well-being of citizens in our legal system. This vision lies at the heart of ecofeminism, which advances a critical legal perspective that foregrounds the interdependence of ecological health and social equity.
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July 17, 2025
Psilocybin access: FCA rules government must explain policy change
Government policy — especially science-based policy — is not supposed to stand still. But when policy changes, it is not enough for an administrative decision-maker to simply reference the change when making a decision that is clearly inconsistent with prior determinations on identical issues. That was the conclusion of the Federal Court of Appeal in Toth v. Canada (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health), 2025 FCA 119 — a case that concerned a discretionary exemption for access to psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms.