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Martin Felsky Of Counsel July 28, 2026   Canada (Commissioner of Competition) v Canadian Real Estate Association [2026 FC 574]   Summary The most interesting aspect of a recent Federal Court decision involving 26,000 privilege claims may not be the law of privilege, but rather what the case reveals … Read more »

Kelly Friedman Partner April 30, 2026   Digital evidence often looks authoritative. A system-generated report, an email chain, a spreadsheet, or a chat export can appear objective and complete. But in litigation, the real question is not whether digital evidence looks reliable. It is whether its rel … Read more »

Martin Felsky Senior Counsel April 28, 2026   The long-standing view that electronic discovery and disclosure can be treated as purely procedural or technical exercises distinct from the law of evidence is no longer tenable. That position was already difficult to sustain in an era of emails and data … Read more »

Martin Felsky Senior Counsel January 20, 2026   Large-scale production orders are no longer exceptional. What is surprising is how often sophisticated litigants underestimate what courts now expect when those orders arrive. The Federal Court’s recent decision in Commissioner of Competition v Amazon. … Read more »

Martin Felsky Senior Counsel September 15, 2025   The portable document format (PDF) was a breakthrough for the legal profession. It allowed lawyers to share contracts and pleadings in a consistent, easily readable format regardless of the software used to create them. For preserving the appearance … Read more »