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Comment on Back-of-the-Napkin Cultural Policy: The Government’s $600 Million Streaming Plan Copies the CRTC Decision It Killed at More Than Double the Cost by Jeromy Bayer

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R v Saddleback: The Threshold for Circumstantial Evidence as Inadmissible Hearsay

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Introduction A second-degree murder conviction was set aside after the trial judge improperly relied on an out-of-court statement to establish a critical part of the Crown's timeline.  In R v Saddleback, 2026 SCC 18 [Saddleback], the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) considered whether the trial Judges... more »

Business Interest and Referrals as “Suspicious Circumstances”: A new category of Conflict of Interest?

AvoidAClaim: Claims Prevention & Practice Management for Lawyers

Note: A leave application has been filed with the Supreme Court of Canada, with the proposed appeal specifically addressing the conflict-of-interest aspect of the below case. In Anroop v. Naqvi 2026 ONCA 142, the Court of Appeal considered a challenge to a 2022 will prepared by a lawyer that benefit... more »

Entretiens Jacques Cartier &#8211; Conférences sur les enjeux de souveraineté numérique, UQAM (Montréal)(10 novembre 2026)

Vincent Gautrais

09h15 ― Conférences sur les enjeux de souveraineté numérique Michel Cheminat, Professeur agrégé de physique appliquée, Université Clermont Auvergne – Clermont Auvergne INP – ISIMA (en visio) Vincent Gautrais, Professeur titulaire, Université de Montréal – Droit Sébastien Gambs, Pro... more »

The Intersection Between Privacy Law and Contract Law: Consent and Public Policy Concerns in the Age of Patronscan

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By: Jassmine Girgis Matter Commented On: CBC article, “Woman flagged by ID scanner as nationwide ‘public safety concern’ after incident in Winnipeg bar” PDF Version: The Intersection Between Privacy Law and Contract Law: Consent and Public Policy Concerns in the Age of Patronscan Access to g... more »

Court of Appeal affirms robust interpretation of academic freedom exclusion in Alberta

All About Information

On October 28, 2025, the Court of Appeal of Alberta affirmed that the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (the OIPC) acted unreasonably in narrowly construing the teaching and research records exclusion in the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA... more »

TLC Lunch Bites: Building Self-Awareness to Improve Efficiency and Productivity

Attorney With a Life

We are excited to publish our second episode of The Lawyer Coach’s Lunch Bites! TLC Lunch Bites are short videos on a variety of topics that come up commonly in coaching conversations with lawyers. These short videos provide an opportunity to learn useful coaching nuggets quickly. As lawyers, we k... more »

Michael Woods and Wayne Garnons-Williams Honoured to Say Hello to former PM Jean Chrétien

Woods, LaFortune LLP

During their meeting at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, a few days before Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (September 30th). Wayne Garnons-Williams and Michael Woods reviewed the work of the International Inter-Tribal Trade and Investment Organization (IITIO) [https://iitio.org/] in pr... more »