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Nouveau projet de loi fédéral visant le financement des tiers, la publicité et la désinformation dans le contexte électoral

Le 20 mars 2024, le ministre de la Sécurité publique, des Institutions démocratiques et des Affaires intergouvernementales a présenté le projet de loi C-65, Loi modifiant la Loi électorale du Canada (le « projet de loi ») à...more

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Canada’s New Elections Bill to Limit Third-Party Financing, Advertising and Disinformation

On March 20, 2024, the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs tabled Bill C-65: An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (Bill) in the House of Commons. The Bill’s proposed amendments...more

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Ninth Circuit Limits Jurisdiction Over Web-Based Platforms

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In a recent decision, Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., 2023 WL 8225346 (9th Cir. Nov. 28, 2023), the Ninth Circuit held that a Canadian-based company, Shopify, which provides a web-based payment processing platform to merchants...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: August 2023 #4

Friday: July 28, 2023: Seventh Circuit: ADA Requires Employers To Consider Accommodating Employee Commutes To Work - Rejecting the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the employer, the United States Court of...more

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Refresher on Election Rules for Toronto Mayoral Race

Toronto’s mayoral by-election officially started last week, with an election day of June 26, 2023. With over two dozen candidates vying to be elected mayor of Canada’s largest city, many voters will be looking to do more than...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Canadian Forum on Global Economic Sanctions - September 22nd - 23rd, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Canadian Institute’s 7th Annual Canadian Forum on Global Economic Sanctions returns to Toronto in-person and via livestream on September 22-23! Join a Canadian and international faculty of government of officials,...more

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Ontario Election Advertising Rules Upheld by Court; Refresher on Third Party Obligations

As Ontarians prepare to head to the polls on June 2, 2022, businesses and organizations who engage or are planning to engage in the political process should be mindful of Ontario’s Election Finances Act (EFA) and the rigorous...more

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Ontario Passes New Third Party Advertising Restrictions in Election Finances Act Using Notwithstanding Clause

On June 8, 2021, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down recent amendments to Ontario’s Election Finances Act, RSO 1990, c E7 (EFA) that restricted third party spending on political advertising and related...more

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[Virtual Event] U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance For Canadian Operations - January 26th - 27th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

For a whole decade, ACI’s U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance for Canadian Operations conference continues to stand apart as the only practical, comprehensive event of its kind for the export compliance community in Canada. ...more

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Elections Advertising—What You Need to Know About the Third-Party Advertising Rules

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On Monday, October 21, 2019, Canadians will head to the polls to vote in the 43rd federal election. This will be the first election under the new provisions of the Canada Elections Act (the "Act"). Introduced through the...more

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Countdown to July 1, 2020: Getting Ready for the New Patented Medicines Pricing Regime

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On August 21st, the long-awaited amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations were published in Part II of the Canada Gazette. We have prepared an unofficial consolidated version of the Regulations incorporating the...more

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Under Helms-Burton Act, Entities With Business Ties to Cuba Now at Risk of Lawsuits

In April 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. government would allow a private right of action, created by Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (also known as...more

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US Lawsuits Commence against Non-US Persons for Confiscated Cuban Property, EU Raises Concerns

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On May 2, 2019, claimants began filing lawsuits for the first time under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act against third parties alleged to be "trafficking" in property of US nationals confiscated by the Cuban Government...more

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Rx IP Update - January 2019

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IN THIS ISSUE: -Abbott/Takeda permitted to plead that a third party’s patent would be infringed by alleged non-infringing alternative - PMPRB News: **PMPRB issues a Notice of Hearing for allegations of excessive...more

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Abbott/Takeda permitted to plead that a third party’s patent would be infringed by alleged non-infringing alternative

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On the eve of a section 8 trial, the Ontario Superior Court granted Abbott and Takeda leave to amend their pleadings to assert that Apotex’s purported non-infringing alternative (NIA) was unlawful as it would have infringed a...more

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Apotex fails to establish it would have obtained non-infringing perindopril from foreign third-party suppliers; original $61+...

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Servier and its related company ADIR were successful in another chapter of patent litigation relating to perindopril (Servier’s COVERSYL): the Federal Court again dismissed Apotex’s non-infringing alternative defence, finding...more

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Canada releases proposed amendments to Regulations governing patented medicines pricing

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On December 2, 2017 Canada’s Governor-in-Council published proposed Regulations Amending the Patented Medicines Regulations (“the proposed Regulations”). The 75-day consultation period ends February 15, 2018. The proposed...more

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Anonymous Poster of Defamation Unmasked

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Anonymity on the Internet has encouraged some to feel they live in a culture that feels no responsibility for what might be posted and where there may be no consequences for what one posts. That is, however, not the case as...more

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Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act, 2005, Part I: Is Your Business Subject to the Law’s Customer Service Standards?...

This is the first installment in a three-part series of articles focused on employers’ duties under Ontario’s Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. Part one addresses the scope and applicability of the law...more

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Change in Limitation Period Law Significant for Construction Projects

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In Whitecourt Power Limited Partnership v Elliott Turbomachinery Canada Inc., 2015 ABCA 252 (Whitecourt Power), the Alberta Court of Appeal interpreted a recent amendment to the Limitations Act that changed the limitation...more

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Third-Party Funding Gains Traction in Ontario Class Actions

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Ontario class counsel are increasingly entering into third-party funding arrangements to hedge against the risks of adverse costs awards. The practice was recently reviewed and summarized by Justice Perell in Bayens v....more

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Third Party Funding Gains Traction in Ontario Class Actions

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Ontario class counsel are increasingly entering into third party funding arrangements to hedge against the risks of adverse costs awards. Though the concept of third party funding remains a "work in progress", the current...more

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Limitation Changes in British Columbia

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A new Limitation Act came into force in B.C. on June 1st, 2013. The Limitation Act, SBC 2012, c 13 (the “New Act”) is intended to simplify the process for civil claims and bring B.C.’s limitation periods in line with the...more

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