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July 8th, 2021

Protection of personal information: main takeaways one year later

Almost one year ago, two bills were introduced: one in the National Assembly of Quebec, Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (“Bill 64”) in June 2020, and another in the House of Commons, Bill C-11, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the […]

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June 22nd, 2021

Recognition of the validity of legal fee reimbursement clauses in a loan contract: principles to keep in mind

Context On April 6, 2021, in its decision in Bank of Nova Scotia v. Davidovit,1 the Quebec Court of Appeal had the opportunity to rule on the validity of a legal fee reimbursement clause contained in a term loan and suretyship contract. In addition to clearly summarizing the law applicable to this type of provision, the […]

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June 16th, 2021

The challenges of remote work after the pandemic

This article first appeared in French in the June 2021 issue of the Journal des Parcs industriels of the Corporation des parcs industriels du Québec. At the current vaccination rate, the imminent lifting of restrictions, including those requiring remote work, is a real possibility. Several legitimate questions will then arise for employers. Here are some […]

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June 15th, 2021

Privacy rights at the frontier of the burden of proof of injury

Background On March 26, 2021, the Superior Court ruled on Lamoureux c. Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), 2021 QCCS 1093,1 a landmark loss of personal information decision in which the Court dismissed the class action brought by plaintiff Danny Lamoureux. This decision is the first judgment in Canada on the merits of a class […]

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May 31st, 2021

CUSMA: A wind of change in copyright

Following the official signing of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) during the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Buenos Aires in November 2018, the new agreement came into force on July 1, 2020. The CUSMA now replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement, which had been in place since 1994. At the time, NAFTA created the largest […]

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May 27th, 2021

Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec (“Bill 96”) and professional bodies

On May 13, 2021, the Minister of Justice and Minister Responsible for the French Language, Simon Jolin-Barrette, tabled Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec (“Bill 96”). The purpose of this bill is to affirm that the only official language of Quebec is French and that French is the […]