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Payments and work changes in Integrated Project Delivery

February 20, 2020 | Antonio Iacovelli, Jonathan Martin

Breaking Ground: MT Construction Law Western Canada

This series continues our overview of the CCDC 30 Integrated Project Delivery (“IPD”) Contract. The first article explained the unique tools that Integrated Project Delivery contracts provide for realizing the full potential of Building Information Modeling (“BIM”) and other similar […]

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BC Supreme Court hears CBA legal challenge

February 20, 2020 | Raman Atwal, Charles W. Bois

Breaking Ground: MT Construction Law Western Canada

The Supreme Court of British Columbia heard arguments from February 3 to 7, 2020 from a coalition of British Columbia’s largest construction associations (the “Coalition”) who are challenging the provincial government’s labour framework for the building of public infrastructure projects. […]

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Drip pricing: StubHub enters into $1.3M consent agreement with Competition Bureau

February 18, 2020 | Kelly Harris, Eugenia (Evie) Bouras

Marketing, Advertising & Product Compliance Communiqué

On February 7, 2020, StubHub Canada Ltd. and StubHub Inc. (collectively “StubHub”) entered into a consent agreement with the Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) after the Bureau’s investigation concluded that StubHub was advertising unattainable ticket prices on its websites, emails and […]

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A recent example of the importance of proper will planning

February 11, 2020 | Jennifer A. N. Corak

Wealth Matters

In Ontario, if an individual dies without a valid will, their estate will pass in accordance with the laws of intestacy, which are set out in the Succession Law Reform Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.26 (the “SLRA”).  This is, for […]

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Hospital Naming Directive revoked

February 11, 2020 | Karima Kanani, Meg Berkovitz

Health Communiqué

In 2017, the then Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care issued a Hospital Naming Directive (“Naming Directive”) setting out naming criteria and approval processes that all Ontario Hospitals were required to follow to change their corporate name or obtain […]

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RegTech: How technology can revolutionize compliance

February 11, 2020 | Myron A. Mallia-Dare, Brandon Meyer

Financial Services & Restructuring Communiqué

Highly regulated industries, such as the financial services industry, have faced ever increasing regulatory compliance obligations. Technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), that can be utilized to innovate the manner in which these organizations operate can lead to additional challenges […]

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Challenges to benefit plan distinctions

February 11, 2020 | Kim Ozubko

A.M. Pension Blog

As discussed at our last A.M. Pension Webinar in December 2019, following the 2018 decision of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in Talos v. Grand Erie District School Board (“Talos”), employees and unions continue to challenge age-based benefit plan distinctions. […]

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New Airbnb regulations following waterfront condo deaths

February 10, 2020 | Justin McLarty

MT Condominium & Strata Brief

The tragic shooting that resulted in three deaths at a Waterfront Toronto Airbnb condo on January 31, 2020 has brought safety concerns associated with Airbnb rentals back into the public spotlight. The response to this issue is developing rapidly, with […]

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Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure: Simplified procedure actions

February 6, 2020 | Mark De Sanctis

Breaking Ground: MT Construction Law Ontario Edition

On January 1, 2020, amendments to section 108 of the Courts of Justice Act[1] came into force to eliminate trials by jury under Simplified Procedure.[2]  Further amendments to Rule 76 of Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure, which governs actions brought […]

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Making a claim under the new Interim Adjudication Regime

February 6, 2020 | Michael McCluskey, Trenton D. Johnson

Breaking Ground: MT Construction Law Ontario Edition

As of October 1, 2019, the Interim Adjudication regime has come into effect. Given that a few months have now passed since implementation, an important question needs to be asked: how does the process actually work? ADR Chambers, and specifically […]

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