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Tax Court Rejects The CRA's Attempt To Obtain Documents Protected By Solicitor-Client Privilege: Stack v The King, 2024 TCC 137

In Stack v The King, 2024 TCC 137, the Tax Court of Canada blocked the Canada Revenue Agency's attempt to obtain various documents, including an email record, that were protected by solicitor-client privilege.

Canada Litigation

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

AI Notetaking In The Legal And Business Context: Does It Risk Confidentiality Or Privilege?

As businesses modernize, many are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to increase productivity and lower costs. One such tool is AI notetaking—automated meeting transcriptions...

Canada Technology

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Bennett Jones LLP

Be Careful What You Waive: Partial Disclosure Of Privileged Documents Can Create Unintended Consequences

Litigation routinely involves thousands or even tens of thousands of documents. Expensive and time-consuming disputes over what must be disclosed and what is protected by privilege are commonplace.

Canada Insurance

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MLT Aikins LLP

Sexual Abuse Survivors Beware — The Defamation Risk

Two adult sisters accuse their uncle of sexually assaulting them as young children through spoken words and emails sent to family members. The uncle successfully sues them for defamation.

Canada Litigation

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Lerners LLP

Protecting Privilege In Privacy Breach Investigations: 2025 Privacy Breach Insights – Part 4

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Lawyer Did Not Breach Privilege By Disclosing Confidential Email To Former Clients' Trustee In Bankruptcy (Milot Law v. Sittler)

Canada Insolvency

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Defamation In Academia: A Legal And Practical Limit On Academic Freedom

Worldwide Litigation

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WeirFoulds LLP

Estate Administration And The Issue Of Privilege

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Lindsay Kenney LLP

Reminder: Accountant-Client Privilege Does Not Exist

Canada Litigation

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Dentons

Lawyer's Letter Protected From Defamation Claim By Absolute Privilege (Neve v. Adams)

Canada Litigation

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Access To Information

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

SOS Marine Inc V M/V Gentle Seas: Privilege And Confidentiality In Arbitration And Related Proceedings

Canada Litigation

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Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP

I, Robot-Reviewer? Generative AI And The Future Of eDiscovery

Canada Technology

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Torys LLP

Police Informer Privilege: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Et Al., V. Named Person, 2024 SCC 21

Canada Criminal

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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

Remedies For Reprisal: Reinstatement And The Duty To Mitigate Under The Employment Standards Act, 2000

Canada Employment

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Lerners LLP

2025 Global In-House Counsel Report: Unique Insights Into The Global In-House Profession From ICW | Mondaq

Worldwide Law Practice

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

How CRA Conducts Net Worth Audits And Enforces Gross Negligence Penalties Against Canadian Taxpayers: Lessons From Mann v. The King And Other Cases

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Stablecorp Raises $2.5 Million For QCAD Stablecoin

Canada Technology

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Goodmans LLP

Overview And Analysis Of The GENIUS Act

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McMillan LLP

Important rappel concernant l'introduction en preuve exceptionnelle d'échanges couverts par le privilège relatif aux règlements et l'application de l'article 56 C.p.c pour démontrer l'abus de procédure de l'administrateur ou dirigeant d'une partie

Cette décision récente d'intérêt de la Cour supérieure du Québec (i) fournit un important rappel concernant l'introduction en preuve exceptionnelle d'échanges couverts par le privilège relatif aux règlements...

Canada Litigation

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

SCC Affirms Limited Government Immunity For Enacting Charter-violating Legislation

On July 19, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released a significant decision on the availability of damages under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms...

Canada Litigation

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Payments And Privilege (Solicitor-Client): Producing Lawyer's Trust LedgersSakab Saudi Holding Company Et Al. v. Saad Khalid S. Al Jabri Et Al., 2024 ONSC 1601

Lawyer-client administrative information, including payments into and out of trust accounts, is presumptively and rebuttably privileged.

Canada Litigation

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Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

The LifeLabs Data Breach: The Boundaries Of Legal Privilege Over Cybersecurity Investigation Materials

The Divisional Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered privilege claims over cybersecurity investigation materials in the context of the LifeLabs cybersecurity breach.

Canada Technology

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Harper Grey LLP

Summary Judgment Granted To Dismiss Defamation Claim (Martel v. Ottawa (City))

Canada Litigation

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Misuse Of Privileged Documents By Counsel May Lead To Disqualification

Canada Litigation

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Hull & Hull LLP

LifeLabs: Court Considers Privilege Claims Over Cybersecurity Investigation Materials

Worldwide Technology

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Thought Starters 2.0: Focused Advice On Tomorrows Trending Legal Topics

Canada Litigation

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

La Cour suprême du Canada confirme que le privilège de l'indicateur est une exception "quasi absolue" au principe de la publicité des débats judiciaires

Canada Litigation

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Examining E-Discovery In Competition Law (Podcast)

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Supreme Court Of Canada Confirms That Informer Privilege Is A "Near Absolute" Exception To Court Openness

Canada Litigation

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Supreme Court Of Canada Reprimands Québec Court Of Appeal's Use Of "Secret Trial"

Canada Litigation

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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Important Clarification On Litigation Privilege And Waiver Of Privilege: CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC v ITP SA , 2024 ABCA 139

Canada Litigation

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Miller Thomson LLP

The Precarious Nature Of Investigation Records

Canada Litigation

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McLennan Ross LLP

The Supreme Court Of Canada Confirms That Informer Privilege Is A "Near Absolute" Exception To Court Openness

In 2022, public outcry arose after the release of a judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec which revealed the holding of a "secret trial".

Canada Litigation

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Supreme Court Of Canada Reprimands Québec Court Of Appeal's Use Of "Secret Trial"

In a unanimous decision recently released in Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v Named Person, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) allowed, in part, the appeal...

Canada Litigation

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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Important Clarification On Litigation Privilege And Waiver Of Privilege: CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC v ITP SA , 2024 ABCA 139

This recent decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal provides important clarifications about the test for litigation privilege and the waiver of same that may result from voluntarily disclosure to unrelated third parties.

Canada Litigation

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Miller Thomson LLP

The Precarious Nature Of Investigation Records

The Alberta Court of King's Bench, in Prosser v Industrial Alliance Insurance, 2024 ABKB 87 ("Prosser"), recently considered the issue of whether records...

Canada Litigation

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McLennan Ross LLP

Dimensions Of Privilege Law In Commercial Litigation

Canada Commercial

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Access To Information

A journalist from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation requested access to 23 mandate letters delivered by the Premier of Ontario to his ministers in 2018. These letters set out the Premier's views...

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Conducting The Investigation: Witness Interviews

Interviewing witnesses is an important step in almost all investigations. While the documents collected will set the stage, investigators ultimately need to hear from the individuals...

Canada Litigation

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DLA Piper

Obtaining Evidence In Ontario: The Enforcement Of Letters Of Request

Occasionally, litigants must obtain evidence from individuals that live in another country. This may be desirable or necessary where a witness...

Canada Litigation

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Cassels

Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 22 – April 26)

Following are this week's summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of April 22, 2024.

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Commercial Litigation Insights: Difficult, But Not Impossible: Court Orders Non-Party Production From A Lawyer In Sheeraz v Seathi Et Al.

Canada Litigation

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WeirFoulds LLP

No Reasonable Cause Of Action For Alleged Defamation Protected By Absolute Privilege (Lopinski v. Raji)

Canada Litigation

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Investigation Policies And Plans

Canada Litigation

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DLA Piper

A Question Of Privilege: Ontario Superior Court Rules Lawyers' Trust Ledgers Are Protected By Solicitor-Client Privilege

Canada Criminal

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Torys LLP

What Happens In The Special Committee, Stays There: Ontario Court Upholds Confidentiality Of Special Committee Reports Amid Shareholder Litigation

Canada Litigation

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Pallett Valo LLP

Investigation Policies And Plans Focus In Investigations: Part 2

Canada Litigation

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DLA Piper

Artificial Intelligence - Protecting Privilege With Artificial Intelligence In The (Virtual) Room

Canada Technology

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Fasken

Ontario Court Clarifies The Law On Privilege Over Internal Corporate Investigations, And Special Committee Reports

Canada Litigation

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Supreme Court Finds The Premier's Mandate Letters Exempt From Disclosure

Canada Litigation

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Bennett Jones LLP

Protecting The Privilege Attached To Expert Reports – When Conduct Amounts To Waiver

Canada Litigation

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Miller Thomson LLP

No Breach Of Confidence For Director To Disclose Corporation's Confidential Information To Personal Lawyer (Anderson v. Strathcona (Regional District))

Canada Litigation

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Spousal Privilege In Criminal Trials

Canada Litigation

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Navigating Past Injuries In Present Personal Injury Claims: Insights From Fedotkin v. Odobzinski

Canada Litigation

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

A Robust Protection: Maintaining Solicitor-Client Privilege

Canada Litigation

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Just Smile And Waive: Ontario Court Affirms Receivers May Waive Solicitor-Client Privilege

Canada Insolvency

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Fasken

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Privilege In Practice (Video)

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Webinar Series – Data-driven Risk Management, Session 2: Investigations (Video)

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Privilege – A Checklist For In-House Counsel (Video)

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Dentons

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