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British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal Finds Employer Discriminated Against Transgender Employee Based on Their Gender Identity...

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In Nelson v. Goodberry Restaurant Group Ltd. dba Buono Osteria and others, 2021 BCHRT 137, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found that a restaurant and its managers that refused to use a server’s pronouns, among...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Poursuites-bâillons : la CSC confirme l’intérêt public du contre-discours avançant les droits à l’égalité des jeunes transgenres

Le 19 mai 2023, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a publié sa décision dans l’affaire Hansman c. Neufeld (l’« arrêt Hansman »), soit la plus récente affaire hautement médiatisée portant sur les poursuites « anti-SLAPP »...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Canada’s Top Court Confirms Anti-SLAPP Motions Protect Speakers, Not Plaintiffs

The Supreme Court of Canada, in commenting on anti-SLAPP legislation for the third time in the span of three years, has confirmed that even potentially meritorious claims must be dismissed if the public interest in the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

SCC Affirms the Public Interest in Counter-Speech That Advances the Equality Rights of Transgender Youth in Anti-SLAPP Decision

On May 19, 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada (Court) released its decision in Hansman v. Neufeld (Hansman), the latest high-profile anti-SLAPP case in Canada. Hansman clarifies the circumstances in which courts will dismiss a...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

New NASDAQ Board Diversity Disclosure Rules

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As discussed in more detail here, on August 6, 2021, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) approved NASDAQ Rules 5605(f) and 5606, which require each NASDAQ listed company (subject to certain narrow...more

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