Waiver of tort is not available as a tool to force disgorgement of profits in cases under British Columbia’s consumer protection legislation, the BC Court of Appeal held last week ... [more] Full article

In a surprise move, the Competition Bureau cleared the Maple Group's bid to acquire TMX Group, Alpha Group, and Canadian Depository Services on July 4, 2012. On the same day, the OSC issued a recognition order regulating the Maple Group. These approvals leave Canada with one stock exchange that will operate as a regulated monopoly. [more] Full article

In its decision released on June 21, 2012 in Bowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd., 2012 ONCA 425, the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that where an employer has agreed to continue paying salary to a dismissed employee for a fixed period in a written employment agreement, that is the obligation and it will be enforced. [more] Full article

The Competition Bureau's clean-up of the Montreal sewer bid-rigging conspiracy continued with the announcement that a second company and one of its executives pleaded guilty. [more] Full article