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Mobile apps: What businesses should know a year after the Tim Hortons data tracking scandal

July 12, 2023 | David Krebs, Kristen Ward

MT Cybersecurity Blog

Many businesses are tapping into the digital economy by creating mobile apps to enhance customer experience, build brand awareness, and boost marketing outcomes, which often includes collecting (sometimes very detailed) information from users. However, creating and deploying these apps comes […]

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Alberta Court of Appeal reduces damage award to account for insured’s actual loss

July 12, 2023 | Caitlin VanDuzer, Derren Roberts

MT Insurance Law Blog

Introduction In Shelter Canadian Properties Limited v Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2023 ABCA 74, the Alberta Court of Appeal reduced an indemnity payment for loss of rental income to account for the increase in the net rental income of […]

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Driving down Canada’s transportation emissions: Federal Clean Fuel Regulations now in force

July 11, 2023 | Selina Lee-Andersen

MT Biosphere™

Canada’s long-awaited Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) came into force on July 1, 2023.  Efforts to develop a national clean fuel standard began in 2016, the objective of which is to incentivize the adoption […]

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Demystifying claims assignment in Québec

July 11, 2023 | Luc-Antoine Manneh, Angelo Mandeville-Sacco

Structured Finance and Securitization Communiqué

Introduction Claims assignment is often used in the business world across Canada, particularly in the context of structured financing.[1]  In Québec, claims assignments are governed by the Civil Code of Québec (the “C.C.Q.”).  In this bulletin, we will review some […]

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The class has spoken: Ontario court decertifies employment misclassification class action

July 11, 2023 | Genevieve Cantin

Labour and Employment Communiqué

Can a procedural regime designed to foster access to justice become a vehicle for denial of justice?  In Navartnarajah v. FSB Group Ltd., 2023 ONSC 2574, Justice Morgan answered “yes” to this question and proceeded to decertify a class action […]

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Licences to be required for temporary help agencies and recruiters in Ontario

July 11, 2023 | Arjun Gandhi

Labour and Employment Communiqué

The Government of Ontario has announced that, as of January 1, 2024, temporary help agencies (THAs) and recruiters will be required to hold a licence to operate in the province. Every legal entity that operates as a THA or that […]

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Enhanced superpriority for farmers – Lenders beware

July 6, 2023 | Kenneth R. Rosenstein, Victor Cornea

Financial Services & Restructuring Communiqué

Lenders beware, Canada is one step closer to establishing a framework that will provide significant enhanced protections for suppliers of perishable food items. Bill C-280, or the Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act (the “Act”), has passed […]

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ONCA Fast Facts: New Amendments to the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act

July 5, 2023 | Karima Kanani, Michele Szynkaruk

Health Communiqué

On June 8, 2023 Bill 91, Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (“Bill 91”) received Royal Assent. Bill 91 includes a series of amendments to the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 (the “Act” or the “ONCA”) which will be […]

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BC Court of Appeal clarifies law on accruing interest on builder’s lien security and the allocation of risk in cost plus contracts which incorporate estimates

July 4, 2023 | Cobi Dayan, Danielle M. Bouchard

Breaking Ground: MT Construction Law Western Canada

In the recent decision of Highridge Homes Ltd. v de Boer, 2023 BCCA 74, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (“BCCA”) granted an appeal on the issue of accruing interest, finding that funds which had been paid into trust as […]

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Five things learned during SF Canada 2023

June 29, 2023 | P. Jason Kroft, Shaun Parekh, Simon Igelman

Structured Finance and Securitization Communiqué

On May 24, 2023, members of Miller Thomson’s Structured Finance and Securitization team had the opportunity to attend the Structured Finance Association (SFA) SF Canada 2023 conference. Miller Thomson team members in attendance were Jason Kroft, Ahmad Adam, Shaun Parekh, […]

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