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Province changes course on FOI rules for hospitals
Governments often slip little-noticed and seemingly unrelated items into their spending plans, but just a single line in the recent provincial budget measures bill is causing a split within Ontario’s...
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OTTAWA — Supporters took their fight to keep a site where heroin users can safely inject their drug to Canada’s highest court on Thursday, arguing that the provincially sponsored facility was saving...
View ArticleWoman heads to B.C. court in battle for biological data
A Toronto, Ont. woman will appear before the British Columbia Court of Appeal Feb. 14 in a long-running legal battle to overturn a law that stops her from accessing information about her biological...
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Former St. Mike’s GC sets up niche practice
After seven years working in-house, Alan Belaiche has left his role as general counsel with St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto to open his own law practice focused on health care.Operating under the...
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Feds to appeal assisted suicide ruling
The Federal government will be appealing the British Columbia Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Criminal Code ban on assisted suicide.This afternoon, Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson...
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This week at the SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear five appeals this week, including a case in which the attorney general is challenging the courts’ authority regarding fees for amicus curiae and today’s emotional...
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This week at the SCC
It’s going to be a busy week at the Supreme Court of Canada with nine appeals scheduled to be heard.May 13 — Federal Court — Eli Lilly Canada Inc. v. Novopharm Ltd.Intellectual property law: This case...
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Trudeau scholars tackling fascinating legal issues
How do courts assess whether brain-damaged babies should receive aggressive treatments? Is there a place for emotions in judicial decisions? Can we achieve equality for LGBT communities in criminal...
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Survey says: litigation to drive law firm growth
Litigation and corporate law will be the driving force behind future law firm growth, according to a new Robert Half Legal survey.The survey, released today, asked 175 big firm lawyers in Canada and...
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Province changes course on FOI rules for hospitals
Governments often slip little-noticed and seemingly unrelated items into their spending plans, but just a single line in the recent provincial budget measures bill is causing a split within Ontario’s...
View ArticleSupreme Court to decide whether injection site can close
OTTAWA — Supporters took their fight to keep a site where heroin users can safely inject their drug to Canada’s highest court on Thursday, arguing that the provincially sponsored facility was saving...
View ArticleWoman heads to B.C. court in battle for biological data
A Toronto, Ont. woman will appear before the British Columbia Court of Appeal Feb. 14 in a long-running legal battle to overturn a law that stops her from accessing information about her biological...
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Former St. Mike’s GC sets up niche practice
After seven years working in-house, Alan Belaiche has left his role as general counsel with St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto to open his own law practice focused on health care.Operating under the...
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Feds to appeal assisted suicide ruling
The Federal government will be appealing the British Columbia Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Criminal Code ban on assisted suicide.This afternoon, Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson...
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Chaoulli at centre of Alberta health-care challenge
Two Albertans who sought care outside Canada after suffering in pain while on waiting lists are launching a constitutional challenge to the Alberta government’s health care system calling it a...
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Doctors can’t unilaterally pull the plug on life support: SCC
Ontario doctors have no right to unilaterally withdraw life support from a patient if the family objects, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in a case centered on a Toronto man who has been in a...
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Class actions for exaggerated health claims on the rise: report
Defence lawyers in Canada are sounding the alarm over a surge in class actions in the United States related to food and health claims — a trend beginning to creep its way north of the border.Lawyers in...
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Sperm is ‘property,’ rules B.C. appeal court
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has determined that human sperm is “property” under the terms of a provincial statute that regulates the storage of goods.The court ruled against the University of...
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Mid-size Canadian companies need to get ready for Obamacare
Canadian companies with at least 50 employees working in the United States could face lawsuits and painful tax fines if they fail to immediately upgrade their benefit systems to comply with Obamacare...
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Mid-size Canadian companies need to get ready for Obamacare
Canadian companies with at least 50 employees working in the United States could face lawsuits and painful tax fines if they fail to immediately upgrade their benefit systems to comply with Obamacare...
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