Issues of personal jurisdiction are inherently fact specific. But the First Circuit’s recent decision in Putnam v. EPR Properties, No. 25-1857 (1st Cir. Apr. 28, 2026), offers broader lessons applicable to future disputes over personal jurisdiction—both before the district
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UN ALSO CARES ABOUT SENIORS: Principles for Older Persons **
By Allan Gold
UN ALSO CARES ABOUT SENIORS: Principles for Older Persons **
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By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney
Vol. 17, #4 – April 30, 2026
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Who also cares about seniors? The United Nations – that’s who!…
AI Ethics: Court Overturns Arbitration Decision
In a bombshell of a case, a Quebec Court recently overturned an arbitration decision based on the arbitrator’s use of generative artificial intelligence in writing reasons for decision. The decision in Association des ressources intermédiaires d’hébergement du Québec (ARIHQ) c.
Four B.C. men fined $3.5 million in Quebec pump-and-dump stock fraud case
Quebec’s financial markets tribunal has fined four British Columbians a total of $3.5 million after finding they carried out an international pump-and-dump scheme involving shares of a mining company. The ruling also imposes market bans and governance restrictions in Quebec,…
Former SNC-Lavalin executive ordered to serve additional 10-year sentence after failing to pay $24-million fine
Former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi has been ordered to serve an additional 10-year prison term after failing to pay a more than $24-million fine imposed as part of his earlier sentence for fraud, bribery, and laundering the proceeds of crime.…
Québec: New Framework Limiting the Duty of Religious Accommodation of Private Sector Employers
Quick Hits
- On April 2, 2026, the National Assembly of Québec assented to Bill 9, which enacts the new Loi favorisant le vivre-ensemble et encadrant les accommodements pour un motif religieux (roughly translated as “Law promoting social cohesion and regulating
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Zero Tolerance in Canada: Alcoholism Is Not a Shield Against Dismissal
The Superior Court of Québec recently rendered a decision arising in the heavy vehicle transportation sector that should capture the attention of any employer maintaining a zero-tolerance policy for alcohol or drug consumption.
The Nancy Guthrie case: Tough measures needed so it never happens again!**
By Allan Gold
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By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney
Vol. 17, #3 – March 31, 2026
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I hope and pray that Nancy Guthrie is okay and she’ll be returned safe and sound to her family. This is…
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (MARCH 23-27)
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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of March 23, 2026.
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Two Arrested in Gatineau in Alleged Police Impersonation Fraud
Police in Gatineau, Quebec, say they interrupted an alleged police impersonation scam in progress and arrested two young men from the Montreal area. Investigators say the suspects were collecting victims’ bank cards as part of a broader fraud tactic that…