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Osler Update Mar 1, 2024

Canada’s new Online Harms Act (C-63): what you need to know

The Government of Canada introduced its long-anticipated online harms legislation, Bill C-63, on February 26. We look at the key duties the bill...

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Canada’s new Online Harms Act (C-63): what you need to know
Osler Update Jun 9, 2022

Canadian Federal Court issues dynamic website-blocking injunction to combat unauthorized hockey webcasts

Holders of Canadian broadcast rights to National Hockey League games scored a victory in their fight against online piracy with a novel dynamic...

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Canadian Federal Court issues dynamic website-blocking injunction  to combat unauthorized hockey webcasts
Osler Update Dec 17, 2021

Cineplex awarded $1.2 billion by Ontario court for ‘busted deal’

In a highly anticipated decision, an Ontario Court has held that Cineworld improperly terminated its December 2019 agreement to purchase Cineplex’s...

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Cineplex awarded $1.2 billion by Ontario court for ‘busted deal’
Blog Oct 18, 2019

CBC lawsuit against CPC raises questions about use of copyrighted media content in partisan election advertisements

The CBC has commenced a court proceeding against the Conservative Party of Canada (“the CPC”) and others alleging that their unauthorized...

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Osler Update Oct 4, 2018

Print Three offers glimpse of a post-Raibex world

In this post-Raibex case, a request for summary judgment on a rescission claim was refused because the evidentiary record was insufficient to...

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Blog Jun 26, 2018

Ontario and Alberta face-off in multijurisdictional hockey player class action

Parallel class proceedings – where the same or similar causes of action and allegations are advanced by plaintiffs in support of proposed class...

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Osler Update Nov 23, 2016

Québec introduces new French language requirements for public signage

The Québec government recently announced new regulations amending the rules under the Charter of the French Language and introducing new French...

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Osler Update Apr 28, 2016

Ontario Securities Commission narrows private party standing for public interest applications in contested transactions: The Corus Entertainment decision

In the Matter of the Catalyst Capital Group Inc. and In the Matter of Corus Entertainment Inc., the OSC determined not to grant standing to The...

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