Meta’s US$25 Billion New Mexico Penalty Puts Privacy Promises Under Pressure
A privacy representation can reach millions of people. New Mexico’s case against Meta shows how that scale can translate into extraordinary statutory exposure.
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New Zealand Court Sets Aside Puberty-Blocker Regulations Over Consultation and Discrimination
A government’s decision to restrict medical treatment must satisfy the legal requirements governing how that decision is made.
Read articleUS Supreme Court Leaves Transgender Prisoner Injunction in Place While Litigation Continues
The US Supreme Court has declined to suspend an injunction protecting access to gender-affirming care for transgender federal prisoners while litigation proceeds.
Read articleBelo Sun’s Brazilian Licence Suspension Puts Consultation Risk at the Centre of Project Planning
A resource project’s financing and construction timetable depend on the legal durability of its approvals.
Read articleCoinbase Ireland Accepts €3.25 Million Sanction Over Safeguarding and Outsourcing Failures
The absence of customer losses does not establish that safeguarding controls worked as required.
Read articleCanadian Tariffs Face a New Court Challenge: What Section 338 Actually Authorizes
A US food importer has brought a new challenge to President Donald Trump’s tariff powers - and Canadian goods are at the centre of the dispute.
Read articleECHR Opinion Warns Against Automatically Excluding an Absent Lawyer’s Defence
A disciplinary regulator may require a lawyer to attend personally. But absence alone does not necessarily justify refusing to hear the lawyer’s representative.
Read articleCanada’s Equal-Treatment Wage Rules Are in Force: What Federal Employers Must Review
A different employment status is no longer a sufficient explanation for a lower wage rate where the new federal comparison requirements are met.
Read articleInstacart Recruitment Settlement Shows How Application Barriers Create Legal Risk
Advertising a vacancy does not necessarily give every applicant a comparable opportunity to pursue it.
Read articleFour Recusals Leave a Major Copyright Judgment Standing - Without Supreme Court Reasons
A consequential copyright dispute has reached an unusual ending at the US Supreme Court: four justices did not participate, leaving the Court without a quorum.
Read articleAlberta Referendum Results Reject a Path Toward Separation: What Changes Legally?
Alberta’s preliminary referendum results show a clear preference for remaining in Canada. Understanding the legal significance requires looking carefully at what voters were asked.
Read articleUS Supreme Court Takes a School-Admissions Case About How Discrimination Is Proved
Can a challenge to an allegedly discriminatory admissions policy fail because the targeted group’s overall admissions numbers do not show a particular form of disadvantage?
Read articleHome-Distilling Case Takes Congress’s Taxing Power to the US Supreme Court
A dispute about making spirits at home is heading to the US Supreme Court with a much broader constitutional question: how far can Congress go to support the collection of taxes?
Read articleTaranto Steelworks Review Shows How Environmental Orders Can Shape an Industrial Rescue
An industrial rescue depends on whether the business can operate. At Italy’s former Ilva steelworks, that question is closely tied to environmental litigation.
Read articleAlberta’s Separation Referendum: What Can the October 19 Vote Actually Change?
Alberta is voting on its constitutional future. But the ballot cannot deliver independence.
Read articleUber Defeats £340 Million Claims: The Limitation Lesson for Litigators
A claim can involve serious allegations, thousands of potential claimants and substantial losses - and still fail before the court decides whether the alleged wrongdoing occurred.
Read articleAlbertsons’ US$8 Billion Kroger Trial Tests Who Bears a Failed Merger’s Regulatory Risk
The merger failed. The dispute over who should absorb the loss is now reaching trial.
Read articleEU-UK Competition Agreement: What Coordinated Enforcement Could Mean for Businesses
Separate competition authorities can investigate the same business conduct. A formal cooperation agreement gives that parallel scrutiny a more structured framework.
Read articleToronto’s Written Bail Release Pilot Begins - with Judicial Approval Still Required
When the Crown and defence agree on a straightforward bail release, the remaining process can still consume courtroom time.
Read articleSweden’s Classified-Documents Ruling Shows Why Seniority Can Matter to Criminal Culpability
Leaving sensitive documents behind can be more than a workplace mistake. Whether it crosses into criminal liability depends on the governing offence and the seriousness of the conduct.
Read articleU.S. Russia Sanctions Waiver Has No Automatic 60-Day Expiry
The review may take 60 days. The waiver does not automatically expire when that period ends.
Read articleCanada Proposes Broader Technology-Investment Powers for Financial Institutions
How far should a bank be allowed to move into technology businesses - and what should keep that expansion connected to financial services?
Read articleFrance’s Mass-Arrest Response Puts Individual Detention Decisions in Focus
A minister can call for a firm prosecutorial response. That does not make pretrial detention automatic.
Read articleSupreme Court Clarifies Sexual-History Evidence in Sexual-Services Prosecutions
Evidence concerning previous sex work cannot be assessed solely by attaching the label “sexual history.” Its proposed use matters.
Read articleEngland and Wales Set November 6 Start for New Pornography Offences
New content offences taking effect next month require careful attention to what the legislation covers - and how material is possessed or shared.
Read articleDivided Tenth Circuit Upholds Oklahoma Environmental-Program Approval
A provision enacted in a transportation statute two decades ago continues to shape environmental administration on tribal lands.
Read articleFifth Circuit Finds FCC Lacked Authority to Create Telecom Fund Administrator
A public program can survive a constitutional challenge and still face a fundamental statutory problem: whether its administrator was lawfully created.
Read articleAir Canada Pricing Appeal Puts Consumer Remedies Before Supreme Court
A displayed price rises during booking. Even if that practice violates consumer law, what must the customer establish to obtain a price reduction?
Read articleDNO Yemen Ruling Highlights Indirect Sanctions Risk in Award Payments
A payment’s named recipient may be absent from a sanctions list. That does not necessarily end the inquiry.
Read article3M Plans Threshold Challenge to Australia’s PFAS Lawsuit
A large environmental claim must establish more than the existence of contamination. It must identify a legal route to recovery that survives challenge.
Read articleOntario Place Appeal Tests Limits on Government Protection From Lawsuits
How much protection from lawsuits can a government write into legislation governing its own project?
Read articleIndia’s Supreme Court Rejects Yes Bank AT1 Bond Write-Off
A financial instrument can expose investors to substantial losses without making every decision to impose those losses lawful.
Read articleU.S. Judge Declines to Block Federal-Contractor DEI Order
A court’s refusal to block an executive order can matter as much for its interpretation of the order as for the immediate result.
Read articleApple Challenges US$5.7 Billion Patent Verdict Over iPhone Haptics
A jury’s verdict can produce a headline-making number. Whether that number survives judicial scrutiny is a separate question.
Read articleToronto Bike-Lane Advocates Plan Supreme Court Leave Application
Does the Charter constrain a government decision to remove infrastructure that people rely on for safety?
Read articleJudge Preserves White House Access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
Government control over access to its premises raises a different constitutional question when the stated objection concerns what journalists publish.
Read articleSupreme Court Hears Diggs Appeal on Prison Lockdowns and Habeas Corpus
A person held in custody cannot leave the institution. But what happens when staffing shortages also restrict the freedom they retain inside it?
Read articleReddit Seeks to Disqualify Proskauer in Perplexity AI Litigation
Before a court resolves a dispute over AI’s use of online content, it may have to resolve who can represent one of the parties.
Read articleOntario Launches Single-Judge Case Management Pilot for Complex Criminal Cases
Complex criminal cases require sustained attention to disclosure, applications and scheduling. Ontario’s latest procedural pilot aims to provide more continuity in that work.
Read articleStelco Layoffs Put Investment Canada Act Job Commitments to the Test
Stelco disputes Ottawa’s interpretation of takeover job commitments. Explore the Investment Canada Act enforcement process and implications for counsel.
Read articleHamilton Encampment Charter Challenge Gets a New Hearing After Ontario Appeal
Ontario’s Court of Appeal orders a new hearing in Hamilton’s encampment Charter case, identifying credibility errors and inadequate constitutional analysis.
Read articleSupreme Court Considers Privacy Rights and Religious Freedom in Vabuolas Appeal
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in Vabuolas, a case about privacy-regulator access to religious records and the review of Charter-sensitive decisions.
Read articleCanada Opens Charity Regulation Consultation on CRA Enforcement and Revocation
Finance Canada and the CRA seek feedback on charity registration, sanctions and revocation. Submissions close December 3, 2026.
Read articleOntario Arbitration Appeal Bar Applies Despite Tribunal’s “Award” Label
In Grace v. Mexico, Ontario’s Court of Appeal held that a jurisdictional award’s label did not avoid the statutory appeal bar.
Read articleEU Council Backs Greater ESMA Supervision of Major Financial Markets
Europe’s effort to integrate its capital markets is moving toward a different allocation of supervisory authority.
Read articleChristian Bittar’s Conviction Overturned Despite Guilty Plea in Euribor Case
A guilty plea usually brings a criminal proceeding toward its conclusion. Christian Bittar’s successful appeal raises a harder question: what happens when the legal foundation of that conclusion is later challenged?
Read articleYukon Firearms Bill Proposes an Advocate for Lawful Owners
Yukon is proposing a dedicated voice for lawful firearms owners within its territorial institutions.
Read articleQuebec’s Oath Law Faces Injunction Request: A Constitutional Dispute Beyond the Monarchy
A request for interim relief over Quebec’s oath law raises questions about constitutional amendment authority and participation in legislative proceedings.
Read articleCanada Plans MAID Changes: Mental Illness Exclusion and Advance Requests
Canada’s proposed MAID changes concern eligibility and advance requests. The announced direction is not yet a change to federal law.
Read articleOntario Family Law Update: Key Changes in 2026
A plain-English look at Ontario family procedure in 2026 - and proposals that should not be mistaken for enacted law.
Read articleCanadian Legal News Roundup: October 2026
A snapshot of October’s early legal developments, with clearly dated regulatory and court background from earlier in 2026.
Read articleSuncor Supreme Court Argument Tests the Reach of State Climate Lawsuits
The hardest climate-liability question may be which level of government gets to decide.
Read articleSuncor Climate Lawsuit Reaches U.S. Supreme Court: Can State Law Address Global Harm?
Can a city use state tort law to make an energy company pay for climate-related harm - or does federal law prevent those claims from proceeding?
Read articleSupreme Court of Canada to Hear Cross-Border Bitcoin Restraint Case
A Canadian fraud investigation traced bitcoin to an overseas exchange. How far can an Ontario court’s freezing order reach?
Read articleOntario Court of Appeal Appoints Myers, Harris and Nishikawa
Ontario’s appellate bench has three new members with experience spanning commercial disputes, criminal appeals and public law.
Read articleLawyer Civility Applies to Emails: Alberta Court Rejects a “Private Communications” Defence
An email to opposing counsel remains a professional communication when no judge is copied.
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