Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in August.
Civil Litigation
Ontario’s Alarming Spike in Transport Truck Collisions
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
Doing the Right Thing the Wrong Way
– Anthony McGlynn, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP
Condominium Law
Should Condo Owners be Allowed to Inspect Proxy Forms?
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
New Regulations Applicable to Condo Pools
– Jocelyn Duquette, Condo Adviser
2,000 Condominiums Have Yet To File Their Returns With The CAO!
– Melinda Andrews, Davidson Condo Law
Claim by Landlord Against Tenant For Unauthorized Airbnb
– James Davidson, Davidson Condo Law
Corporate Commercial Law
Cannabis Retail is Coming to Ontario
– Mark Asfar, Momentum Business Law
Criminal Law
August 2018 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Employment & Labour Law
HRTO creates new rule for employers regarding citizenship-based recruitment criteria
– Andrew Vey, Vey Willetts LLP
Assessment of Damages in Sexual Assault Cases
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Managing Marijuana at Work
– Alayna Miller, Mann Lawyers
Do You Have to Put Up With “Locker-Room” Talk in the Workplace?
– Karine Dion, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Denying Employees’ Benefits Based on Age is Discrimination and Unconstitutional
– Karine Dion, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Family Law
Polyamorous relationships and the best interests of the child
– David Ang & Paul Taylor-Sussex, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Health Law
Health Canada invites public comments on new post-market reporting regulations
– Ben Pearson & Karl Racine, Gowling WLG
Indigenous Law
Discrimination in Canada’s Prisons: Risk Assessment Tools and Indigenous Prisoners
– Natasha Chettiar & Paul Taylor-Sussex, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
IP & Copyright Law
Standard of Review: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Will the Canadian Voltage Reverse Class Action Now Fizzle?
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
More On Mass Copyright Litigation in Canada – Part I
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Practice Management
Partner succession and law firm ownership
– Jordan Furlong, Law21
Security Law
Canada’s Foreign Intelligence Desert
– Craig Forcese, National Security Law
Trade Law
Possible Canadian Safeguard Action Against Steel Imports: Steel Importers, Distributors Consumers and End-Users Should Take Action
– Gordon LaFortune, Canadian Trade Law Blog
We include highlights of recent posts and articles from Ottawa-area blogs that are of substantive value to the legal community. Did we miss one? Let us know!