Effective September 22, 2024, Quebec's data portability right will come into force, marking the final phase of the implementation of the amendments to the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Changes affecting the approval of medical devices in Canada are coming. Health Canada has released a notice on Proposed Changes to the Guidance on Recognized Standards for Medical Devices along with a Draft List of Recognized…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Products Liability
Draft Guidance and a Draft Section 66 Agreement Regarding Data Compensation in the Context of Re-Evaluations and Special Reviews -
On September 10, 2024, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Authority (PMRA) published…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
Valuing a commercial asset is a tricky business.Often, in the eyes of a purchaser, an asset's value is tied in part to the likelihood of future events—a significant customer order, a change in purchasing patterns, a government…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The world of intellectual property (IP) underwent some significant transformations this summer, with recent changes from the U.S. Federal Circuit and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) reshaping the landscape of…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Whether a strata corporation has the standing to bring representative Real Estate Development Marketing Act, SBC 2004, c 41 (REDMA) claims on behalf of owners has been a long-standing issue in strata property law. The B.C. Court…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Procedure, Real Estate - Residential
British Columbia is often referred to as a "no costs" jurisdiction for class proceedings because section 37 of the B.C. Class Proceedings Act creates a presumptive no-costs regime in British Columbia for certification…
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/ Civil Procedure
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools can be incredibly beneficial for businesses, enhancing productivity by streamlining administrative tasks, reducing redundancy, automating processes and improving data analysis…
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/ Privacy, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
We are in the midst of a digital transformation of all aspects of the real estate industry, including development, marketing, transactions, financing and management. The convergence of property and technology, known as…
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/ Business Organizations, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Science, Computers, & Technology
SaskPower has created a nuclear subsidiary called SaskNuclear to advance the province’s small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear project from a business and regulatory standpoint. SaskPower is planning the development of its first…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
In Walid c. Compagnie Nationale Royal Air Maroc, 2024 QCCS 2674, the Superior Court of Quebec refused to approve a settlement agreement because Class Counsel’s fees were unreasonable and excessive, even though the settlement was…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure
On August 23 and 26, 2024, Canada announced a series of measures to address the threat of increased imports of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), and steel and aluminum products and promised additional consultations on the…
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/ Business Torts, International Law & Trade
On August 1, 2024, the First Nations Power Authority (FNPA) issued a Request for Supplier Qualifications (RFSQ) for the right to develop a 100 MW Solar Project to be located in South Central Saskatchewan (Project)…
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/ Business Organizations, Energy & Utilities, Indigenous Peoples
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has released an updated list of trade compliance verification priorities effective July 2024. The CBSA periodically sets verification priorities which reflect its evaluation of the risk…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade
Ontario recently announced the largest competitive energy procurement in its history. This follows on the heels of its recently completed procurement process that secured nearly 3,000 megawatts (MW) of capacity in the province…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
