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Sealing the Record? Not as Easy as You Think
It is not unusual for a party in commercial litigation to want a sealing order, particularly when commercially or competitively sensitive information is going to be produced. In 2002, the…
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Privilege at Risk: How Pleading Lack of Legal Understanding Can Backfire
What happens when a party claims it misunderstood the legal consequences of a contract, but had in fact obtained legal advice at the time it was executed? The short answer…
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Partial Summary Judgment Remains Exceptional: Lessons from Kotsopoulos V. Toronto
A recent decision from Ontario’s highest court has yielded an unusual result regarding Ontario’s ever-evolving summary judgment regime. Typically, motions for partial summary judgment are difficult to advance and, in…
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Lundin Mining v. Markowich: How the Supreme Court Is Shaping Disclosure Practices
In Lundin Mining Corp. v. Markowich, 2025 SCC 39, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified how issuers must identify and meet their disclosure obligations regarding “material changes” under Canadian securities…
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Spousal Privilege: ‘Til Litigation Do Us Part
For spouses who find themselves named as co-defendants, a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice is a warning about the limits of spousal privilege. A convenient plot…
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Lending to Limited Partnerships: Lessons from the Cerieco Decision
By Alan Litwack
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision in Ontario Securities Commission v. Bridging Finance Inc. et al. (for the purposes of this article, the “Cerieco decision”) arose out of a…
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CSA Proposes Semi-Annual Financial Reporting Pilot for Eligible Venture Issuers
Introduction On October 23, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) released a Notice of Publication and Request for Comment regarding proposed Coordinated Blanket Order 51-933 Exemptions to Permit Semi-Annual Reporting for Certain…
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TikTok’s Privacy Blunders: A Wake-Up Call for Business Owners
New guidance from the offices of the Canadian Privacy Commissioner and the Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta Privacy Commissioners (collectively, the “Offices”) has been published through the recently released decision…
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Tax Planning Misstep? Ontario Court of Appeal Says No to Rectification
By Ellad Gersh
A recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal is a good reminder that courts won’t bail you out just because a tax plan didn’t go as expected. In Pyxis…
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The Partition Act: A Powerful Tool for Resolving Jointly Owned Property Disputes
By Ellad Gersh
In the recently released decision of Ross v. Luypaert, 2025 ONCA 236, the Ontario Court of Appeal reaffirmed that a co-owner of real estate can compel the sale of jointly…