Blog Round-Up September/October 2022

by George Roy | Nov 2, 2022 | Blogs, Criminal Law, Employment and Labour Law, Intellectual Property Law

Collected blog posts from the Manitoba legal community during September and October 2022.

Brodsky Amy & Gould

• False Accusations September 22, 2022
• What To Do When There’s A Warrant For Your Arrest September 22
• Probation Violations October 18, 2022
• Rights During Arrest & Questioning October 19, 2022

Fillmore Riley

• Can you sue Twitter anywhere? September 13, 2022
• Why every workplace needs a social media policy: Part 2 September 16, 2022
• Prompt payment legislation: Panacea or false promise? September 23, 2022
• Employees, dependent contractors and independent contractors: A tale of three classifications of workers September 29, 2022
• Cooling Canada’s red-hot housing market: Foreign buyer and anti-house flipping laws anticipated to take effect January 2023 October 13, 2022 
• Raising capital and market access streamlined for Canadian-listed issuers and retail investors October 14, 2022
• Restaurant employers beware: Your business may need to pay CPP and EI for employees’ tips and gratuities October 26, 2022

Matthew Gould Blog (Criminal Law)

• Impacts Of A Felony On Your Life September 1, 2022
• Alternatives To Jail & Prison  October 20, 2022

MLT Aikins

• Canada’s Climate-Change Carrot: Federal Government Launches Net-Zero Challenge August 30, 2022
• Canada Extends Copyright Protection by 20 Years August 31, 2022
• The Cost of Ransomware Attacks Continues to Grow August 31, 2022
• The Benefits of an Estate Freeze for Business Owners September 2, 2022
• How to Protect Your Customers from “Credential-Stuffing” Attacks September 9, 2022
• CFIA Continues to Simplify and Modernize Food Labelling September 9, 2022
• Are Misleading Sustainability Claims Fashionable? Regulators Don’t Think So September 19, 2022
• Post-Closing Price Adjustments: Playing with Fire September 19, 2022
• A Guide to Enforcing Municipal Zoning Bylaws September 26, 2022
• Is Your Business Name Adequately Protected? September 27, 2022
• Health Information Shouldn’t Be Shared Via Fax or Unsecured Email, Privacy Commissioners Urge September 27, 2022
• Arbitrator Upholds Termination of 20-Year Employee for Islamophobic and Anti-Asian Response to COVID-19 Mask Policy September 27, 2022
• New Prospectus Exemption Facilitates Efficient Capital Raising September 29, 2022
• As Privacy Complaints Surged, Breach Reports Dwindled October 5, 2022
• Manitoba Minimum Wage Increase Effective October 1, 2022 October 11, 2022
• Think Your Employees Can Waive Their Right to Overtime? Think Again October 12, 2022
• Canadian Regulators Zero in on Greenwashing Claims October 19, 2022
• Unpaid Leave for Unvaccinated Office Worker Didn’t Amount to Constructive Dismissal: BCSC October 20, 2022
• Crowdfunding for Startups – What You Need to Know October 24, 2022
• The Business Impact of Canadian Sanctions Against Russia October 24, 2022

Robson Crim Legal Blog

• The Intimate and Biographical Core of Personal Information – Kerith Tung
• At Your Risk Too: Vehicle Owners’ Vicarious Liability – Booker Zhang
• The Suspension Period of s. 212(1)(j) of the Criminal Code: Can We Go Back in Time? – Shelly Neal
• The Boundaries of Self-Defence Laws – Megan Simpson
• Robbery, Abetting, Actus Reus, and R. v. Cowan – Booker Zhang
• R v AE: The Scope of Consent – Shelly Neal
• Challenges of Sentencing – LawStudent2
• Shared Computers and Digital Privacy for Low-Income Individuals – Eric Epp
• No Incentive for Pretrial Rehabilitation – ECP
• Mr. Big Operations: Investigative Ingenuity or State Sanctioned Entrapment? – Bradley Legare
• Police Have to Play by the Rules, Too – Jayden Wlasichuk
• R v Khill: Clarity on Self-Defence Laws and Bad News for DIY Rural Security – Eric Epp
• More Time to Shine – Tyson Priebe
• The Fight Against Online Child Sexual Abuse Forums – Bradley Legare
• Contemporary Examples of Charter Infringement Justification – Mitchell McInnis
• Considerations of A Homicide Case – Mitchell McInnis
• Held to a Higher Standard: The Difficulty in Sentencing Police Officers in R v Letkeman – Eric Epp
• Should We Move Away From Such a Stringent Standard of Proof in Cases of Sexual Assault?

TDS law

• Should I Franchise my Business? September 8, 2022
• A Review of the Draft Federal Tax Legislation Released on August 9, 2022 September 9,2022
• Artificial Intelligence Regulation in Canada: Breakdown for Businesses September 9, 2022
• Creditors’ Remedies On-Reserve – Case Law Update October 11, 2022