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The federal government has introduced Bill C-11 the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020, into Parliament. Bill C-11 aims to modernize the framework for the protection of personal information in the private sector and provide individuals with greater control over their information.

In Makris v. Endo International PLC, Justice Glustein approved a settlement of the class action but rejected the request for an honorarium payment to the representative plaintiff. He noted that honorarium payments were “exceptional” and “rarely done,” and available only when a representative plaintiff had “gone well above and beyond the call of duty,"

The significance of the Court of Appeal's decision in 3113736 Canada v Cozy Corner transcends issues of actual versus adequate notice, and leaves open the question of when, or whether a class member who does not wish to be bound by a class action can bring a motion to opt out of the class proceeding on the basis of lack of notice, and the test to be applied in those circumstances.

The rule in Foss v. Harbottle (1843), 67 E.R. 189 (U.K.H.L.) stipulates that a shareholder of a corporation does not have a personal cause of action for a wrong done to the corporation. The recent appeal by Bloorston Farms Ltd. of the ruling by the Superior Court of Justice in favour of Sang Thi Tran was dismissed by the Ontario Court of Appeal, which assessed the well-established rule in Foss v. Harbottle and its limitations and rationale.

This article reviews the pros and cons of operating as an unincorporated association.

This article reviews how donating preferred shares to a registered charity may be a tax efficient option for transferring wealth, but charities should conduct due diligence prior to acceptance.

Even though we have yet to emerge from the pandemic, we have already learned (or in some cases, relearned) a number of lessons of critical importance to any in-house legal team. Here are some thoughts by Michael Rusek, senior legal counsel at OMVIC, regarding 'lawyering' and regulating during a global pandemic.

These are certainly challenging times. A reckoning by many accounts. Lawyers are not immune to these turning tides. As in-house counsel, we have witnessed firsthand the impacts of the recent social upheavals, first as a result of the pandemic and then, over the summer, due to the growing call to address racial inequalities, first in the US and then across the globe.

Please find below our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for the week of November 9, 2020.