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Publications

July 29th, 2024

Law 5: a new paradigm in health and social services information governance (part I)

On July 1, 2024, the Act respecting health and social services information and two related regulations finally came into force. Law 5 is an extensive and complex new statute that brings significant changes to personal health information governance in the public and private sectors.

Publications

July 23rd, 2024

Does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply to Indigenous governments?

In Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10 (“Dickson”), the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Supreme Court”) addressed complex issues affecting the coexistence of collective Indigenous rights and the individual rights guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms1 (the “Charter”).

Publications

July 22nd, 2024

Adoption of Bill C-58: Regulating the use of replacement workers in conflict situations (strikes or lockouts) for federally regulated employers

On June 20 2024, Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012, which aims to regulate the use of temporary replacement workers in Canada, has passed the final stage of the legislative adoption process by receiving Royal Assent (the "Act").

Firm news

July 15th, 2024

Interview – Heat waves and employee refusal to work

An interview with partner Laurence Bourgeois-Hatto

Representative work

July 15th, 2024

Langlois supports Victoriaville & Co.’s U.S. expansion

This transaction underscores our firm’s expertise in navigating complex business operations.

Publications

July 15th, 2024

Legal framework for artificial intelligence: What are the statutory protections against deepfakes?

Deepfakes can be defined as manipulation using advanced artificial intelligence (“AI”), that allows images, voices, videos, or text to be digitally altered, or even generated entirely, to create highly realistic representations or sounds of fake events.