Business
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June 17, 2025
CAO report: Five years after ACA, employment barriers remain for Canadians with disabilities
Employment has, in general, not become more accessible to people with disabilities, five years after the enactment of the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), according to a report released by the Chief Accessibility Officer (CAO) on June 17.
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June 17, 2025
Federal information commissioner singles out three departments for criticism in annual report
Information Commissioner of Canada Caroline Maynard says the Department of National Defence (DND), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) remain among the worst performing federal departments when it comes to information transparency.
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June 17, 2025
CBA backs constitutional amendment to constrain federal use of Charter’s ‘notwithstanding’ clause
In a rare move, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has thrown its support behind a Senate public bill (S-218), which proposes a constitutional amendment to restrict and structure the discretion of the federal government to breach Charter rights via the contentious s. 33 “notwithstanding” clause.
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June 17, 2025
$11-million proposed settlement reached in securities class action
Quebec company Lightspeed Commerce Inc. has announced that it has reached an $11-million proposed settlement in a securities class action against it.
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June 17, 2025
Proposed $7M settlement reached in RBC duplicative NSF fee class action
A proposed $7.05-million settlement has been announced in an ongoing class action against Royal Bank of Canada relating to alleged charging of multiple non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees on an attempted transaction.
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June 17, 2025
23andMe data breach a ‘cautionary tale’ for all organizations, warns OPC
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has warned that the global data breach at 23andMe serves as a “cautionary tale for all organizations about the importance of data protection in an era of growing cyberthreats.”
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June 17, 2025
Legal harmonies: Exploring law through the lens of symphonic masterpieces
Symphonic music, with its grand scale and emotional depth, has long been a powerful medium for expressing complex societal themes. As a mirror to society, symphonic music has long reflected cultural, political and legal norms.
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June 17, 2025
The importance of a well-drafted confidentiality clause, and the dangers of AI
A recent US$3.1-million award by a Florida jury in favour of Pliteq, Inc. (Pliteq, Inc. v. Mostafa, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60316), a Canadian international engineering services and manufacturing enterprise, against a high-ranking Dubai-based employee who stole trade secrets demonstrates that — despite cross-border tensions — Donald Trump’s America may still be a favourable place for Canadian businesses to seek and obtain justice.
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June 17, 2025
Your job as lawyers? Take the A out of AI
You may have heard news recently that the driving law in Canada will be changing federally. You’ve probably seen a Facebook post, an Instagram story or even a news story on a website indicating that there will be national changes to driving laws in Canada beginning on July 1, 2025.
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June 16, 2025
Canadian IP Office advances online tools, cuts application backlog: report
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has tabled its 2023–2024 annual report in Parliament noting progress it made in that fiscal year, including developing over 200 online intellectual property (IP) tools.