The Complete Brief
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April 15, 2025
Feds announce new measures to support businesses affected by U.S. tariffs
The federal government has announced new measures for businesses and other entities impacted by the Canada-U.S. tariff dispute, including remission of some countermeasure tariffs that Canada announced in response to the U.S.-imposed tariffs on Canadian products.
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April 15, 2025
New CBA course aims to aid legal professionals in serving trans clients
During one of the most hostile periods in recent history for trans rights, the Canadian Bar Association has launched an online course to help legal professionals better serve trans people.
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April 15, 2025
BLG expands its eDiscovery team with two new counsel
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP has welcomed Lauren Fishman as eDiscovery practice lead and Corry Lomer as counsel, eDiscovery services.
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April 15, 2025
Judge ‘reluctantly’ rejects certifying class action alleging various solvent products were identical
The British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed an application to certify a class action in a case where the plaintiff alleged that the defendant was selling multiple products with the same chemical makeup at different prices.
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April 15, 2025
Are we inadvertently creating a surveillance state? Part two
Canada is quietly becoming a nation where your face isn’t just yours anymore — it’s a data point in some corporate or government database, and nobody’s asking permission. The time is ripe to have an adult conversation about facial recognition technology in Canada.
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April 15, 2025
Rules review recommendations would ‘fundamentally change’ framework for Ontario civil claims: lawyer
A revamp of Ontario’s justice system could soon be in the offing after a task force set up to look at the province’s Rules of Civil Procedure recommended a number of changes that would have a major impact on legal practice.
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April 15, 2025
Family lawyers: How to identify qualified divorce coaches
As a family lawyer, you’ve likely encountered the growing trend of divorce coaching. And the thought of having any dealings with this unregulated profession probably makes you feel like you’re galloping into the Wild West bareback on a rogue stallion, without a map.
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April 15, 2025
Amicus program supporting self-represented litigants relaunched
The Court of Appeal of Ontario and Pro Bono Ontario (PBO) have announced the relaunch of PBO’s Amicus at the Court of Appeal Program.
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April 15, 2025
APPEALS - Misapprehension of or failure to consider evidence - Substitution of verdict - Right of - By Crown
Appeal by Crown from the trial court's acquittal of the charge of transmission of sexually explicit material against the Respondent.
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April 15, 2025
Spousal support and foreign divorces
Family lawyers have all experienced the frustration of advising a spouse that our courts do not have jurisdiction, either under the Divorce Act or the Family Law Act, to grant spousal support if a valid divorce has been granted in a foreign jurisdiction.