In a decision written by Abella and Cromwell JJ., the Court was asked to determine whether Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) infringes a union’s right to freedom of expression.
The Supreme Court has just released a much awaited decision concerning non‑competition and non-solicitation clauses in an agreement for the sale of assets, in the situation where the purchaser undertakes to the vendor to employ the vendor after they enter into the sale contract.
A long-awaited decision of the Quebec Superior Court in the Timminco CCAA matter has decided upon the priority ranking of pension deemed trusts.
On January 16, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered an important decision in class action matters in the case of Vivendi Canada Inc. v. Dell’ Aniello, 2014 SCC 1.
On December 13, 2013, in the matter of IBM v. Waterman, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered a judgment that illustrates the importance of pension-plan related issues following a dismissal.
Statistics show that fraud by employees is a significant problem for Canadian businesses. For example, 25% of internal fraud cases result in losses of a million dollars on average – even though, with advances in technology and computer science, fraud should be much easier to eliminate, given the new resources available to employers for investigating and proving it.