Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. National Magazine 2. ABlawg.ca 3. Legal Feeds 4. Canadian Appeals Monitor 5. Know How

National Magazine
Over the cliff

The first phase of Ottawa’s offensive against the internet went well enough with the passage of Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, which received royal assent in April and will update the Broadcasting Act for the digital era. While some YouTubers protested that it would subject user-generated content to federal oversight, most agreed it was high time to tax and regulate foreign streaming services such as Netflix, which have been taking an ever-bigger bite out of Canadian television viewership. But the second in a planned trio of bills went awry this summer, which may dampen Liberal enthusiasm to continue fixing the internet to their liking. …

ABlawg.ca
The 2024 Industry-Wide Closure Spend Lowered Without Explanation

The Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) Bulletin 2023-31 sets the industry-wide closure spend requirement for 2024 at $700 million, lower than the $764 million forecasted last year. This is another post on how poorly and secretively the AER is handling the industry-wide closure spend requirement, following previous posts here and here. …

Legal Feeds
BC Court of Appeal apportions 40% liability to driver who swerved onto shoulder, but hit car anyway

A young lawyer who last year was awarded a $3.2-million award after being injured in a car accident in 2018 has also successfully appealed on the question of which parties should be held responsible and how much liability each should bear – the woman who hit her car from behind and the man who passed her on the shoulder to her right. The court of appeal for British Columbia ruled that the trial judge, in this case, erred in determining and applying the necessary standard of care in ruling that driver Daniel Pederson was not negligent when, …

Canadian Appeals Monitor
Appellate Quarterly 07/26/2023 – Key Takeaways

On July 26, 2023, McCarthy Tétrault’s National Appellate Litigation Group hosted our fifth Appellate Quarterly webinar, featuring five recent appeals that may impact the Canadian business community. Partners Kosta Kalogiros, Isabelle Vendette, Patrick Williams, Richard Lizius, and Brandon Kain discussed these recent appellate developments, as well as future developments to watch in their respective jurisdictions. …

Know How
Back by Popular Demand: Virtual Legislative Research Refreshers!

Following the positive feedback of our spring-summer legislative research refreshers, we decided to add two more dates in the fall before wrapping up until spring 2024. Join us for a 1-hour group tutorial where one of our law librarians will go through the fundamentals of legislative research including an overview of the legislative process (focusing on Ontario and Federal), effective time-saving tools, and a live demonstration of common legislative research tasks like: …

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