Articles on Litigation - Regulatory & Public Law

A United States Supreme Court decision holding that the State of Maryland’s tax scheme was unconstitutional because it didn’t offer credit to residents for taxes paid in other states could also have repercussions in Canada. “While American jurisprudence is of course not binding on ...

It has the cloying rhyme of a bad rap refrain — and a long history in American legal thought as one of four defined torts for invasion of privacy. Depending on your view, the Ontario Court of Appeal either defied or transcended Canadian legal tradition to recognize a new tort of ...

If regulation in agribusiness has been relatively stable over the years, that in the blossoming cannabis industry is still on the boil. In October — one year after cannabis was legalized for recreational use in Canada — cannabis edibles, extracts and topicals were likewise legalized. ...

In Ottawa, the Honourable Madam Justice Suzanne Côté was sworn-in as a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, having been appointed from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Montreal. Côté fills the seat previously occupied by Justice Louis LeBel who retired last year. She ...

Patrick McCann , a criminal law specialist, joined Fasken Martineau as counsel. He is a member of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution group and focuses on white collar crime.

The Supreme Court of Canada is very much alive to business and its concerns: that's the clear message from Lexpert 's 2014 top business decisions, which, for the first time, has all 10 cases on the list emanating from the high court. Having said that, it's perhaps surprising ...

In a less than stellar year for business, only the decisions relating to privilege, certification and leave can be seen as decidedly positive in our Top Ten Cases of 2015 list. Canada’s courts delivered body blows to several other issues It was decidedly not a banner year for business in ...

After the disappointing jurisprudential results experienced by Canadian business in 2015, the landscape more than evened out this past year — which is not to say that Canadian appellate courts ignored anti-business arguments: while five of our top 10 business decisions can be regarded as ...

COMPANIES CEASELESSLY COLLECT customers’ personal data because they can — and because they know their competitors can. These companies know that whoever has the most data, and conducts the best analysis, can make impressive gains in the competition for revenue, profit and investment. ...