A family doctor’s four-month suspension shows the danger of dabbling in narcotics prescribing and treating family members, Toronto health lawyer Lonny Rosen tells ... Read more

Unbiased estate and trust accounting for large estates, or those being disputed, should be handled by independent accountants rather than within law firms that don’t have an ... Read more

Employers seeking Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) could fall afoul of human rights legislation after a tribunal ruled businesses cannot discriminate against job ... Read more

Self-defence homicide is developing in Canada, as two recent cases show — but it's not a simple tactic for a criminal defence team to apply, says Toronto criminal lawyer ... Read more

Individuals are less likely to be unfairly disadvantaged by incidents in their past when a new law limiting what can be turned over in police background checks finally comes into ... Read more

With the digital universe expected to double in size every two years going forward, the demand for lawyers versed in the technical aspects of electronic discovery (eDiscovery) is ... Read more

TheJudge Global ’s arrival in Canada has transformed the local capacity for commercial litigation insurance, says Katie Armstrong , the firm’s director of ... Read more

The termination of an employee is fraught with dangers for employers, Toronto labour, employment, and human rights lawyer Christopher Achkar tells AdvocateDaily.com . ... Read more

The increasing number of units being used as short-term rentals is causing headaches for condominium boards, says Toronto condominium lawyer Audrey Loeb . And she predicts ... Read more

A little bit of education can go a long way for procurement teams in the healthcare sector, Toronto health lawyer Michael Gleeson tells AdvocateDaily.com . Gleeson, a ... Read more

There’s much more to a commercial dispute than the legal issues, Toronto lawyer and mediator Eric Gossin tells AdvocateDaily.com . Gossin, managing partner with ... Read more

The state of employment for separating spouses can factor into how the court will determine support payments, Toronto family lawyer Rick Peticca tells AdvocateDaily.com . ... Read more

Voice verification, used in conjunction with GPS monitoring, is proving to be an effective way to monitor compliance of people with bail conditions prohibiting them from leaving ... Read more

By Inga Andriessen Another day, another data breach by hackers targeting a large company – that’s how it feels anyway, am I right? No one wants the hassle of dealing with canceling ... Read more

By Marcus Sixta There is a lot of misinformation out there about spousal support , or alimony, as we have come to know it due to the influence of American TV. Spousal support is an amount of ... Read more

By Gene C. Colman In Part 1 , I applauded the positive measures in this new government initiative - Bill C-78. Unfortunately, there are a number of serious deficits in this proposed reform of ... Read more

By John McLeish Household fire products are used in homes and backyards across Ontario for cooking or and for lighting, both indoors and out. This summer, many Ontarians will gather around a ... Read more

By Marcel Strigberger The greatest job in the world is to be a police officer. Specifically, I am referring to the cops who serve at sporting events and enjoy the game while getting paid for this ... Read more

By Ryan Handlarski One of my favourite books of all time is the children’s book ‘ Oh the Places You’ll Go ’ by Dr. Seuss. I read this book to my son almost every week and ... Read more

By Nicole Simes At face value, anything under official letterhead seems legal and final. However, the conditions of your termination may well be negotiable. So, while being fired can be a ... Read more

By Lisa Gelman An Ontario court recently considered a case where the mother sought interim child support and spousal support from the father. In granting the mother’s motion, the ... Read more

By Kate Dewhirst Decision 69 of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario was recently released. A former hospital employee (registered health professional who was employed as a ... Read more

By Laura Williams As many employers are aware, the use of medical marijuana in the workplace must be treated as an accommodation issue in the same manner that employers treat the use of any ... Read more

By Stuart Rudner Previous court decisions have confirmed that an employee’s conduct outside of work may form the basis for the termination of their employment. However, not all ... Read more

By Andrew Feldstein In this case , the court was tasked with making an interim custody order and access arrangement for a six-year-old and four-year-old. This is a case where the maternal ... Read more

By John Fennel Anyone who knows anything about bail in Toronto knows that delays are the rule. Nevertheless, Mayor John Tory recently blamed fictional speedy releases on bail for some of the ... Read more