Personal Injury
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August 28, 2025
Canada amends vessel operation regulations for more local management
The federal government is amending the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations so local authorities can more efficiently manage issues such as excessive speed, shoreline erosion and community safety concerns.
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August 27, 2025
Law Foundation of Ontario celebrates 50 years in 2024 annual report
The Law Foundation of Ontario is marking its golden anniversary as part of its annual report for 2024. Last year marked the Law Foundation of Ontario’s 50th anniversary — making that year’s report a milestone paper in the life of the organization. In their joint introductory message, chair Linda Rothstein and CEO Lisa Cirillo stated that 2024 represented the organization’s “largest single granting year.”
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August 27, 2025
Bayer agrees to $9M settlement in class action over birth control side effects
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has agreed to pay $9.05 million to settle a class actions concerning allegations that two of its oral contraceptive products cause blood clots and gallbladder disease.
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August 26, 2025
Reasonably late? Ontario court clarifies investigative duties in priority disputes
In Intact Insurance Company v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, Court File No. CV-22-00690361-0000 (May 7, 2025), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice upheld an arbitration decision allowing Aviva to pursue its priority dispute against Intact despite serving its Notice of Dispute nearly three years after the 90-day deadline had passed.
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August 26, 2025
Otsuka, Lundbeck agree to settle antipsychotic drug class action for $4.75M
Pharmaceutical companies Otsuka Canada and Lundbeck Canada have agreed to a proposed $4.75-million settlement in a class action alleging that their antipsychotic drug Rexulti may cause compulsive behaviours, including hypersexuality, compulsive gambling and binge eating.
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August 21, 2025
‘Inadequate’ pay deters outstanding jurists from federal bench; $28,000 boost needed: commission
Canada’s 1,198 federally appointed judges should get a substantial lump sum salary increase — $28,000 — as their pay package is no longer enough to attract “outstanding” private bar lawyers to the bench, says the federal Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission, echoing warnings made by federal judicial leaders over the past few years.
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August 14, 2025
DEI dilemma: U.S. state bars grapple with DEI programs, language amid legal threats
State bar leaders across the U.S. are wrestling with whether to stand firm on their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs or quietly rework programs and language as they face rising political pressure and potential legal challenges.
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August 14, 2025
Bar ramps up campaign to end ‘Zoom-only’ policy & get intervener counsel back into SCC’s courtroom
Prominent intervener groups are telling the Supreme Court of Canada that its 2022 practice direction confining their counsel to Zoom and barring intervener lawyers from making submissions in person before the judges is hurting their advocacy and restricting access to justice for public interest groups. However, the top court says it’s sticking with its current policy since “virtual appearances have proven to be an effective means of supporting equal access.”
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August 13, 2025
What to make of the Wapekeka courtroom shooting, part two
Systemic issues run deep. The longstanding failure of Canadian policing systems to address the needs of Indigenous communities has been documented in numerous reports and legal inquiries. For instance, Canada’s Supreme Court affirmed in Quebec (Attorney General) v. Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan, [2024] S.C.J. No. 39 that Quebec’s refusal to adequately fund First Nations policing violated its duty to negotiate in good faith and breached the honour of the Crown.
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August 12, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal upholds unlimited liability in 2020 Ukraine International Airlines disaster
In what one lawyer describes as a “turning point” for global aviation safety,” the Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a trial judge’s finding that Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) was negligent in allowing Flight PS752 to depart Tehran on Jan. 8, 2020, confirming the airline faces unlimited liability under the 1999 Montreal Convention for the deaths of all 176 people on board when the aircraft was shot down by Iranian missiles.