Blog Round-up – July and August 2025

by George Roy | Sep 1, 2025 | Blogs, Current Awareness

A bi-monthly round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community for the months of July and August 2025

Fillmore Riley

• Nullification of coverage: A comical argument? August 26, 2025
• The Noxious Weeds Act: Responsibilities, Liabilities and Objectives August 15, 2025
• Canadian government increases trademark fees for 2026 August 12, 2025
• How Unanimous Shareholder Agreements establish clear frameworks for corporate governance July 18, 2025
• Government of Canada announces changes to Post Graduate Work Permit eligibility requirements June 25, 2025

MLT Aikins

• Employers required to harvest harmony, cultivate respect August 28, 2025
• Panel recap: Financing the future of food – from IP to IPO August 27, 2025
• Manitoba Court upholds early termination clause in term contract August 22, 2025
• Dependent vs. independent contractors: Key distinctions for employers August 15, 2025
• Solidifying lease agreements provide clarity, certainty August 11, 2025
• Contract playbooks: Why they’re worth the effort (and how to start one) August 5, 2025
• How the elimination of U.S. tax credits under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act may increase investment in the Canadian renewable energy sector July 31, 2025
• Powering the future: Canada’s leadership in nuclear energy & small modular reactors July 30, 2025
• Gender expression to be a protected human right under proposed amendments to the Manitoba Human Rights Code  July 28, 2025
• Voluntary standards for responsible AI governance July 24, 2025
• New U.S. visa integrity fee means higher entry cost for non-immigrant visa holders July 24, 2025
• U.S. asylum seekers: Is Canada an option? July 23, 2025
• Federal Bill C-8 signals coming change for Canadian cybersecurity July 17, 2025
• President Trump threatens 35% tariffs on Canadian imports: What Canadian businesses should know July 11, 2025
• The legal landscape of generative AI in Canada: Understanding the Voluntary Code of Conduct July 10, 2025
• G7 leaders reaffirm support for responsible AI deployment July 9, 2025
• IP licensing primer part four: Payment and quality control July 3, 2025

Robson Crim Legal Blog

• Applying Gladue Principles to Corbett Applications in R v King: A New Safeguard for Indigenous
• When Privacy Prevails Over the Admission of Evidence
• The Criminal Record of the Accused and the Mind of the Reasonable Juror
• No More Missed Chances: It is Time for the SCC to Clarify Prior Sexual Activity Evidence
• Refitting the Master’s Tools: Considering Restorative Justice in the Wake of the 2025 Hockey Sex
• Forging Innovative Criminal Justice Solutions
• A Caution-ary Tale: R v Tessier and the Impact of the Absence of Police Cautions on the Admissibility of Statements Under the Confessions Rule
• Leave the Bad Character Comments at the Door of the Courtroom
• Texts on Trial: The Reliability of Digital Evidence in R v Aslami

Taylor McCaffrey

• Manitoba is Now Open for Food August 8, 2025
• Tariffed! – is this the end of Fixed Price Contracts? July 28, 2025
• What Happens if an Employee’s Work Permit Expires? July 23, 2025
• To Cineplex and Beyond July 15, 2025
• Nunavut Court Finds Impromptu Meeting Led to Binding Commercial Lease Renewal July 15, 2025
• Child Support: Boucher v Boucher, 2025 MBCA 39 (CanLII) July 11, 2025

TDS law

• Investing Locally – Manitoba Small Business Capital Venture Tax Credit August 14, 2025
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s (“ISED”) Indigenous Intellectual Property Program July 9, 2025