TORONTO — The regulatory body for Ontario's lawyers and paralegals has released a guide to help legal professionals better understand the legal rights, history and culture ... Read more

Toronto criminal lawyer Jill Presser is asking the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) to protect citizens from having their digital information handed over to police by people with ... Read more

The European Union’s new rules for data protection will change the way Canadian companies do business there, says privacy lawyer Peter Dillon . The General Data ... Read more

A Supreme Court of Canada ruling on resolving international custody disputes didn't clearly settle the issues it intended to clarify, says Toronto family lawyer Ryan McNeil . ... Read more

In the absence of a shareholders’ agreement, a corporation and its shareholders face a number of potentially negative consequences, Toronto business lawyer Anton Katz ... Read more

Car dealerships must take care when offering extended warranties to customers, Toronto licensing and compliance lawyer Anar Dewshi tells AdvocateDaily.com . “It can ... Read more

Thunder Bay wills and estates lawyer Rene Larson says discussing estate matters with an aging family member isn’t easy, but it’s a vital conversation. Larson, ... Read more

Debtors aren’t permitted to transfer their property to someone else in order to avoid paying a creditor — but in order to establish a fraudulent conveyance, you need ... Read more

Toronto class-action lawyer Margaret Waddell is representing a plaintiff who has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against an Ontario auto insurer over allegedly using ... Read more

The Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA) is calling on the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) to update its antiquated rules around the transfer of funds in real estate ... Read more

Divorce financing can help tackle family law’s access-to-justice crisis, Markham family law lawyer Andrew Feldstein tells AdvocateDaily.com . In a recent edition of ... Read more

Due diligence and about $25 could have saved a world of aggravation surrounding a sizeable townhouse title mix-up, Toronto real estate lawyer Daniel Bernstein tells ... Read more

After many years as an expert witness in medical malpractice cases, Toronto facial plastic surgeon Dr. David Ellis says it’s not easy to successfully sue a doctor in ... Read more

By Joseph Neuberger Whatever the circumstances, being arrested or detained by the police is stressful. Regardless of what lead to the situation that resulted in the arrest, you have certain ... Read more

By John McLeish and Joe Gaynor Examination for discovery is one of the most important steps in the litigation process. Examination for discovery allows a party in a civil case to examine, ... Read more

By Lisa Gelman The Ontario Court of Appeal recently grappled with the important question of when a common-law partner’s claim for a constructive trust interest in a home may or may ... Read more

By Barry B. Fisher In this matter , the judge had a case where a manager sought to set aside a release that she had signed upon being terminated with allegations of just cause. Had cause not ... Read more

By Laura Williams Bill 3, the Pay Transparency Act, 2018 (the Act), has completed the Ontario legislative process and will receive Royal Assent and become law imminently. The Act establishes ... Read more

By Bram Lecker and Simon Pelsmakher What happens to your employment after your company changes ownership? The new owners are called successor employers and this is a time when employees are ... Read more

By Suzana Popovic-Montag Unless there’s an unexpected shift or delay by our government, the Cannabis Act will make the use of cannabis for recreational purposes legal sometime this summer. ... Read more

By Doug MacLeod In 2013, the issue of whether an employer can unilaterally implement random drug testing was addressed by the Supreme Court of Canada . Bottom line: there are very few ... Read more

By Alexey Manasuev Part III: Asset value threshold for FATCA reporting U.S. citizens who are currently living in Canada or abroad are required to file Form 8938 (FATCA form) if they meet ... Read more

By Kate Dewhirst Every health care organization receives complaints. A complaint is any negative feedback received from a patient or family member of a patient about your services. Health ... Read more

By David Hollingsworth What do product liability and garage sales have in common? Springtime brings new beginnings. When the warm weather finally comes, we are all anxious to open the doors and ... Read more

By Jacob Stilman On July 27, 2013, Const. James Forcillo of the Toronto Police confronted Sammy Yatim, who was armed with a knife, yelling in a threatening manner, while standing alone inside ... Read more

By Mitchell Rose Spring brings further changes to provincially regulated Ontario workplaces. These latest changes arise from last November when the Legislature passed “Bill 148” ... Read more