Blog Round-up – May and June 2025
A bi-monthly round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community for the months of May and June 2025

Fillmore Riley
- Government of Canada introduces legislation to extend citizenship by descent beyond the first generation June 25, 2025
- Risks and rewards of using AI tools in the hiring process June 19, 2025
- A decades-old handwritten note declared a will: A Case comment on the Blustein Estate decisionJune 12, 2025
MLT Aikins
- Software and IT solutions: Update Regarding the Digital Services Tax June 30, 2025
- Be careful what you waive: Partial disclosure of privileged documents can create unintended consequences June 26, 2025
- Canada modifies eligible fields of study for post-graduation work permits June 26, 2025
- Tax and estate planning toolbox needs periodic inspection June 24, 2025
- Proposed border security Act expands the power of immigration authorities June 23, 2025
- Greenwashing update: Competition Bureau releases final environmental claims guidelines June 13, 2025
- Bountiful harvest: Prime Minister Carney prioritizes response to China’s tariffs on Canadian agriculture exports June 11, 2025
- Plans of arrangement: Reflections from the West on court approval of arrangements June 11, 2025
- Federally regulated employers beware – ban on replacement workers during strikes and lockouts to come into effect June 9, 2025
- Legal ramifications to First Nations of provincial secession June 6, 2025
- New law voids property controls for grocery stores and supermarkets in Manitoba June 4, 2025
- IP licensing primer part three: Term and termination June 4, 2025
- Canada needs a wartime competition policy June 2, 2025
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- CSA pauses work on development of climate-related disclosure requirements and amendments to existing diversity-related disclosure requirements May 27, 2025
- Canadian securities regulators announce changes to support capital raising efforts May 27, 2025
- Immigration trends in Canada: Can Manitoba employers still rely on foreign workers? May 26, 2025
- Navigating CUSMA: What grain and pulse exporters need to know May 20, 2025
- Noteworthy concerns: Discussing the risks of AI note-taking apps May 13, 2025
- Copyright in the age of AI: Legal tensions and emerging cases May 13, 2025
- Considering downsizing? Here is what Manitoba employers need to know May 12, 2025
- Staying up-to-date on the legal landscape for importing and exporting May 9, 2025
- How to protect intellectual property in agricultural technology innovation May 8, 2025
- Manitoba’s new “Prompt Payment law” is in effect: What owners and contractors need to know May 8, 2025
Pitblado Law Blog
Robson Crim Legal Blog
- Rhymes and Reason: Navigating the Evidentiary Admissibility of Rap Lyrics in the Courtroom
- From Tradition to Testimony: The Role of Indigenous Oral History as Evidence
- Issues With the Ministerial Review Process and the Law of Confessions: Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance’s Fight for Freedom
- Discretion and Discrimination – Admission in Apprehension Hearings for Child Protection
- “Don’t believe your ears!” – R v Prasad Reaffirms the Role of Expert Opinion Evidence
- “Third one’s the charm”? – not when it comes to experts!
- R v Burkhard: The Dangers of Misidentifying Prior Consistent Statements by J Peterson
- Evaluating the Constitutionality of the Customs Act and Admissibility of Electronic Evidence in R v Scott
- Spousal Privilege in the Digital Era: Where Privacy Ends and Evidence Begins by V Rajput
- ‘Sexts’ as Evidence of Future Likelihood to Consent: Implications of R v Reimer by C
Taylor McCaffrey
- Binge Eating Cottages June 6
- What to Do When You Receive a Demand Letter from a Terminated Employee’s Lawyer: Practical Guidance for Employers June 1
- Spring Ahead to Buy a Home – is a home inspection for you? May 28
- Kyle Dear elected President of The Law Society of Manitoba. May 28