Thursday, March 13, 2025 @ 1:44 PM
An Ontario Court of Appeal judge has criticized laws brought in by the province to protect against so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs, calling them poorly drafted, confusing and in need of significant revamp. ... [read more]
Thursday, March 13, 2025 @ 6:14 PM
The B.C. government has introduced legislation empowering the cabinet to remove or amend barriers to interprovincial trade and to impose tolls or fees on non-Canadian commercial vehicles using provincial public infrastructure such as highways in response to the United States’ imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods. ... [read more]
Thursday, March 13, 2025 @ 5:53 PM
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that generic drugmaker Apotex is not entitled to damages for the delayed entry of a generic drug that was based on a patent held by Eli Lilly, despite the fact that the patent was invalidated in a separate action by Teva. ... [read more]
Thursday, March 13, 2025 @ 5:37 PM
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal of an injured veteran’s conditional class action certification, finding that the motion judge made a procedural error that was “central to the certification process.” ... [read more]
Thursday, March 13, 2025 @ 5:05 PM
Ottawa says it is again asking a court to give it more time to replace an unconstitutional citizenship law, but in the meantime it is offering a “discretionary grant of citizenship” to certain categories of people affected by the Citizenship Act’s "first-generation limit" to citizenship by descent. ... [read more]
