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Most executives understand the importance of preserving evidence after a significant incident, but fewer appreciate that, in some...

What Happened? In the B.C. Supreme Court decision of Chowanetz v. Ivor Forest Products Ltd., 2026 BCSC 1760, an existing employee signed...

Litigation Comes at a CostLitigation is expensive in more than just monetary terms. It consumes management time, creates uncertainty, and...

What the Court Decided The Federal Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Kebaowek First Nation v. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories provides...

In 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) concluded that much of the federal scheme under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) was...

Summary of AmendmentsThe Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have published final amendments to National Instrument 52-112 –...

A recent Alberta King's Bench decision, Reagan v. Bushell, 2026 ABKB 723, highlights a little-known procedure that allows the Court to...

Law firms, courts and legal regulators everywhere are grappling with the same question: how do we take advantage of generative AI while...

AI is rapidly becoming an energy story as much as a technology story. Behind every new data center is a need for significant and reliable...

Tribunal Dismisses Complaint After Fair and Reasonable Offer Rejected In a recent case out of the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal, Silva v...

A lawsuit can start with a strong claim and still end in dismissal if it is not prosecuted diligently. Recent Alberta decisions continue...

National Instrument 26-101: Information Technology System Integrity On October 1, 2026, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)...