Civil Litigation
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November 26, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: what lawyers really think about their profession
Find out what lawyers really think about their profession in Law360 Canada Pulse’s Lawyer Satisfaction Survey.
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November 26, 2025
Retrospective review of Criterion 8 cases
The Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) has released a steady stream of decisions addressing catastrophic impairment claims under Criterion 8, which concerns mental or behavioural disorders under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule. A review of the decisions for the period of 2023 through 2025 reveals evolving patterns in applicant success rates and recurring themes in how adjudicators assess evidence and apply the AMA Guides, Fourth Edition.
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November 26, 2025
Budget 2025 introduces business and international tax changes, part two
On Nov. 4, 2025, the federal government tabled Canada Strong: Budget 2025 (Budget 2025), marking Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s first budget tabled under the leadership of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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November 25, 2025
Court grants church injunction in dispute over 30-day lease termination clause
The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted a church an injunction preventing its landlord from terminating its long-term lease until after an appeal concerning the validity of a 30-day termination clause is decided.
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November 25, 2025
Associate joins Harper Grey
Harper Grey LLP welcomes new associate Suzy Flader to their health law group.
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November 25, 2025
Court approves $26-million CIBC settlement over trailing commissions to discount brokers
The Ontario Superior Court has approved a $26-million settlement resolving claims that CIBC improperly paid trailing commissions to discount brokers on behalf of investors in CIBC and Renaissance mutual funds.
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November 25, 2025
Budget 2025 introduces business and international tax changes
On Nov. 4, the federal government tabled Canada Strong: Budget 2025 (Budget 2025), marking Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s first budget tabled under the leadership of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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November 25, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: lawyers grapple with stress amid financial strain, long hours
The legal profession is going through seismic change as it grapples with things like artificial intelligence, but one issue that has been around for centuries still remains — stress. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 85 per cent of associates say they are at least sometimes stressed by their finances, along with 77 per cent of those at small firms.
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November 25, 2025
Legal battles in the digital age: Copyright claims in the era of AI
AI-driven models have transformed everything from health care to finance, by leveraging massive datasets improving efficiency and innovation. The use of online news content as training data, however, without proper authorization has sparked significant debate. News organizations throughout North America and abroad are arguing that scraping their content both violates copyright law and undermines their ability to generate revenue through subscriptions and advertising. A growing number of legal cases are emerging pointing at the unauthorized scraping of online news and other content to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.
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November 25, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Appeals - Standard of review - Contempt of court
Appeal by appellant from an order declaring him in civil contempt. The appellant failed to provide adequate responses to several undertakings he was ordered to satisfy.