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April 5th, 2024

Needed guidance from the Court of Appeal on the question of the quasi-constitutional protection of parental status in Québec

Introduction In this matter, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (the “Union”), which represents bus drivers and related services employees employed by the Réseau de transport de Longueuil (the “Employer”), alleged, through a group grievance, that a provision of the collective agreement concerning the granting of attendance credits discriminated against employees who had taken maternity […]
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March 27th, 2024

Bug in the Bot: Businesses’ Liability for False or Misleading Representations by Their Chatbots – A Québec Perspective (Part I)

Do you use chatbots to provide services to your customers or employees? Or are you thinking about implementing one? If so, you have come to the right place. In this multi-part series, we explore the key legal considerations of setting up and maintaining a chatbot. Up first: our commentary of a recent decision in British […]
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March 22nd, 2024

Trademark owners: Get ready for the changes to the Charter of the French language – update

On January 10, 2024, the Government of Québec published a Draft Regulation under the Charter of the French Language (the “Charter”), which clarifies certain changes to signage exceptions involving trademarks in languages other than French. This article seeks to clarify certain issues raised in two of our previous articles on this topic: “Trademark owners: Get […]