Articles 2020

As a result of a recent amendment to the Employment Standards Act as part of Bill 88, employers with 25 or more employees will be required to adopt a written policy on electronic monitoring.  Given the significant number of new obligations, businesses should begin preparing for Bill 88’s implementation now.

It was another busy week for the Court of Appeal of Ontario.  Here are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions released for the week of July 18, 2022.

Following are this week's summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 11, 2022. There were many interesting cases this week.

Restrictive covenants can be an essential feature of a franchise agreement, but how will they be enforced? Recent developments in the law have cast some confusion and inconsistency on the interpretation, scope, and enforceability of these clauses, including the test for obtaining injunctions. In this article the authors review recent decisions, and weigh in on the debate.

Section 11 of the Wishart Act is a protective provision preventing any waiver or release of rights. The Courts have interpreted the section strictly, presenting challenges in practice around ensuring enforceability of contractual releases. This article discusses the legal developments interpreting s. 11 and recent decisions clarifying its scope.

In “The Litigator and Mental Health“, Chief Justice Strathy writes about mental health in our profession and what we can do to improve it. Unfortunately, practicing law can be damaging to one’s mental health. In fact, there is a strong correlation between traditional markers of success in the law and depression in lawyers.

For many lawyers, time is everything. But time is hard to manage, particularly when you are busy dealing with a slew of phone calls, emails, invoices and document preparation, which, unfortunately, are not typically billable. In this article, I’ll be taking a look at 5 unique ways to manage your growth and expand your law firm while being cost effective and without, in fact, expanding the number of people working in your law firm.

Please find our summaries of the civil decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 4, 2022.

Mobile applications have become synonymous with organizations’ outreach initiatives. The recent joint investigation by federal and provincial privacy authorities into the Tim Hortons app emphasizes the need for companies to consider Canadian privacy laws when designing their apps.