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In 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued important
decisions and guidance regarding the validity and interpretation of
CASL
CASL creates a comprehensive regime of offences, enforcement
mechanisms and potentially severe penalties designed to prohibit
the sending of unsolicited commercial electronic messages (CEMs),
the unauthorized commercial installation and use of computer
programs on another person s computer system, and other forms
of online fraud. Following are some key aspects of CASL:
CASL creates an opt-in regime that
prohibits, subject to limited exceptions, the sending of a CEM
5:30 pm on Monday 19th October, 2020
What did the seminar cover?
Appeals are characterised by a tension between two competing
considerations. On the one hand, appeals serve an important public
and private function in correcting errors by trial judges. On the
other, appellate courts must be cognisant of their natural
limitations and must give due respect to the advantages enjoyed by
trial judges. How this dichotomy between appellate obligation and
appellate restraint is resolved determines not only how appellate
courts decide appeals, but also how counsel argue appeals.
Attendees joined an English Court of Appeal judge and
experienced counsel in a discussion of the diverging approaches to
Jones Day If the recommendations in the JPC report are implemented, they will constitute the most substantive reform to the Australian class action regime in its nearly 30-year history.
Swaab
Families going through separation may be aware of recent news announcements of changes to the Family Court system.
Ramsden Lawyers
Parties must take special care when preparing offers to settle and notices of objection in response to costs statements.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
The Australian class action landscape has undergone significant change in the last five years and will continue in 2021.
Holding Redlich
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As we entered a new decade in 2020, Canada saw significant
developments in labour and employment law, some of which related to
COVID-19. This Insight provides an overview of 14 key 2020
developments, with links to more detailed articles and
commentary:
Ontario Superior Court recognized a new invasion of
privacy tort: publicity which places the plaintiff in a false
light in the public eye.
The recognition by Ontario s Superior Court of the new false light privacy tort in a family law case,
, was significant to employers. The
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Stikeman Elliott represented the sellers of Fairstone
Financial in the first case in which a Canadian court has ordered
specific performance of a major M&A deal and the first Canadian
case to consider the impact of COVID-19 on an
acquisition.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a notable increase in actual
and contemplated M&A litigation, as buyers under acquisition
agreements signed before the pandemic consider their obligations to
close and sellers seek to compel performance. At issue in these
cases are two key contractual risk allocation mechanisms widely