Filtres
En quoi consiste ce recours collectif? Dans ce recours collectif, il est allégué que les défendeurs ont comploté de façon illégale afin de fixer, augmenter, et/ou maintenir les prix des filtres à carburant, d’huile, d’air, et de transmission vendus en tant que filtres de rechanges pour des automobiles, camions et autres véhicules («Filtres de marché...
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Éclairage de Véhicules de Marché Secondaire En quoi consiste ce recours collectif? Dans ce recours collectif, il est allégué que les défendeurs ont comploté de façon illégale afin de fixer, augmenter et/ou maintenir les prix pour les produits d’éclairage de véhicules de marché secondaire qui ont été vendus au Canada. Les produits d’éclairage de véhicules...
Continue reading the post titled Éclairage de Véhicules de Marché SecondaireChocolat
PRODUITS DE CHOCOLAT Le recours collectif concernant les Produits de Chocolat allègue que les défendeurs ont comploté pour augmenter, fixer et/ou maintenir les prix auxquels les Produits de Chocolat ont été vendus au Canada. Le terme «Produits de Chocolat» désigne des produits de confiserie à base de chocolat de Cabdury, de Hershey, de Mars ou...
Continue reading the post titled ChocolatIs Your Franchise Disclosure Document Up to Date?
What is a Franchise Disclosure Document? Franchise legislation in Canada (BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and PEI) requires that franchisors offering franchises for sale in those provinces provide prospects with a franchise disclosure document (“FDD”) prior to selling a franchise to that prospect (technically, the FDD must be delivered prior to accepting a non-refundable...
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Understanding data protection agreements: Key concepts and benefits
Data protection agreements – specifically, what are they, and as a business, should I have them? Three types of data Generally, your business signs data protection agreements with third-parties when you are providing important data to them. Here, data is referred to as one of three types: Data protection agreement: Protection, privacy and security Data...
Continue reading the post titled Understanding data protection agreements: Key concepts and benefitsPrivacy and the use of electronic medical and dental records
Physicians, dentists and other health practitioners have professional, legal and ethical responsibilities to keep the personal health information of their patients confidential and private. These obligations are governed and imposed by the regulatory body of each profession as well as various legislation including the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). PHIPA imposes obligations on Health...
Continue reading the post titled Privacy and the use of electronic medical and dental recordsTerminating Employees on Job-Protected Leaves: Can I do it?
I recently blogged about the Expanding World of Job-Protected Leaves. In short, over the course of the last 12 years, new job-protected leaves have been added to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”) at an ever-increasing pace. Employers sometimes call me expressing concern about such leaves. Business conditions have changed. Performance concerns have arisen. Employers need flexibility to...
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In urban environments, land and resources are finite and are, as a result, often faced with conflicts over the appropriate development and use of land. Such conflicts are particularly bitter when they concern proposed condominium development and “big box” store developments in the downtown core. Communities are often resistant to new condos developments, which can contribute...
Continue reading the post titled Is there a “right to light?”Silence Is Golden: What happens when confidentiality provisions are breached?
Settlements with employees often include confidentiality provisions. What happens when those confidentiality provisions are breached? A recent decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario inTremblay v. 1168531 Ontario Inc. provides some useful guidance. The employer operated a Subway store in Cornwall, Ontario and Trish-Ann Tremblay was one of its employees. Following her termination by...
Continue reading the post titled Silence Is Golden: What happens when confidentiality provisions are breached?$70,000 in fines for breach of PCB regulations
On July 27, 2016, the Ontario Court of Justice levied $70,000 in fines against a Hamilton company for contravention of the federal PCB regulations and for failing to comply with an Environmental Protection Compliance Order, issued under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). Under the PCB regulations, PCBs can only be used in particular...
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