Blog Round Up July/August 2022

by George Roy | Sep 7, 2022 | Blogs, Current Awareness

A round-up of blog posts and online articles gathered from the Manitoba legal community during the months of July and August

A bi-monthly round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community for the months of June 2022

Brodsky Amy & Gould

• How Is Jail Time Calculated? August 16, 2022
• Misdemeanor VS. Felony: Which Is Worse?  July 29, 2022
• What To Expect In Criminal Court July 29, 2022
• Civil VS. Criminal Offences July 28, 2022
• If The Officer Takes Away My Driver’s License, How Long Is It Suspended For?  July 30, 2022

Davis Cyber Law

• Types Of Cyber Crimes To Be Aware Of July 10, 2022

Fillmore Riley

• Frankie: Who’s on first? August 18, 2022
• Cottage transfers: Advice before action August 05, 2022
• Why every workplace needs a social media policy July 29, 2022
• Corporations paying insurance premiums may trigger unforeseen income tax for their shareholder(s) July 22, 2022
• Public performance of musical works — it just doesn’t pay not to pay July 19, 2022
• Corporate governance amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act July 13, 2022
• The Supreme Court of Canada significantly limits the use of equitable remedies in tax cases July 05, 2022

Matthew Gould Blog

• Comparing Private, Public, & Self-Representation In Defence August 3, 2022
• How Jury Members Are Picked In Manitoba July 28, 2022

MLT Aikins

• Tax Court of Canada Sides with Resigning Director in Contentious Directors’ Liability Case on the Basis of Indirect and Verbal Evidence August 24, 2022
• Understanding the Risks of Presenting Sensitive Records in Human Rights Complaints August 19, 2022
• Federal Government Offering Microloans to Women Entrepreneurs August 17, 2022
• Low Premiums Take Priority Over WorkSafeBC’s Right to Recover, ABCA Rules August 15, 2022
• Am I Committing Copyright Infringement by Taking Inspiration from Another’s Work? August 15, 2022
• ArriveCAN App Is Likely Here to Stay, Despite Technical Glitches August 11, 2022
• Are You Required to Provide a Breach Notification? August 10, 2022
• Ontario Company Fined $125K for COVID-19 Outbreak and Fatality August 5, 2022
• Wage-Fixing and No-Poach Agreements Between Employers to Become a Criminal Offence in Canada August 4, 2022
• Can a Robot’s Artwork Be Copyrighted? August 4, 2022
• Most Breaches Have Potential to Cause Significant Harm, Report Finds August 3, 2022
• Privacy Commissioner Investigating ArriveCAN App August 3, 2022
• Worried About Mandatory ESG Reporting? Read This July 25, 2022
• Delayed Disciplinary Proceedings Not an Abuse of Process, SCC Rules July 21, 2022
• To BCC or Not to BCC? That Is the Question July 20, 2022
• Bankruptcy Doesn’t Invalidate Existing Contracts, BCSC Rules July 19, 2022
• Canada Resumes Random COVID-19 Testing for Fully Vaccinated Travellers July 15, 2022
• Are You Developing New Carbon Capture Technologies? You Could Be Eligible for Funding July 15, 2022
• Mitigating Risks in Western Canada’s Hot Construction Market: Part 2 July 6, 2022
• SCC Limits the Availability of Rescission for Tax-Planning Mistakes July 4, 2022
• Mitigating Risks in Western Canada’s Hot Construction Market: Part 1 June 29, 2022
• ESG Considerations for Canadian Agri-Business June 27, 2022

MICHAEL DYCK | CRIMINAL LAW

• Can you ask police to drop charges? June 28, 2022
• Does Canada Have A Version Of Miranda Rights? Jun 28, 2022

Pitblado Law Blog

• Finding Funding July 26

Robson Crim Legal Blog

• Sexual Offences: Actus Reus, Consent, and Procedural Inefficiencies – Megan Simpson
• Turning Garbage into Gold: Physical Property vs. Abandoned Information – Shelly Neal
• So He Stole Your Idea, Now What? – Booker Zhang
• R v Albashir: The Modernization of Sex Work – Jamie Robertson
• Police Search Powers and the Admission of Evidence (Privacy and Peril) – Thomas Mooney
• R v Kirkpatrick 2022 SCC 33 case analysis: consent to sexual activity and condom use by Alanah Josey
• Clarity on Capacity to Consent: What We’ve Been Needing All Along – Ashley Rees
• Prosecutorial Immunity and the Canadian Criminal Justice System – Jamie Robertson
• Young Offenders and the Automatic Right to Appeal to the SCC – A.T.
• Consent: How the Growing Issue of Stealthing Needs to be Addressed – Jamie Robertson
• Cell Phones and the Reasonable Expectation to Privacy – Thomas Mooney
• Social Factors Affecting Voluntariness – Caitlin Madden
• Police Powers in the Metaverse: Why the Charter’s Section 8 Will Have to Change – N.J. Peterman
• Deterrence Under Section 24(2) of the Charter – Julian Brown
• Policing in the Defund Era: The SCC, Parliament, and the Contours of Police Powers – Keelin Griffin
• When Gladue Reports Fail – Donna Malcolm
• R v CEB: Balancing Gladue Factors in Sentencing for Cases of Child Sexual Abuse – Kerith Tung

TDS Law

• Q&A: Personal Data Handling and Processing in Canada – Updated July 27, 2022
• Q&A: The Data Protection Legal Framework in Canada – Updated July 27, 2022
• Film Production and Entertainment Law: Shopping and Option Agreements July 14, 2022
• Supreme Court Rules on Delay in Administrative Proceedings: Key Takeaways July 13,2022
• The Builders’ Liens List: What is the after 3:00 p.m. search and why should you perform one? July 27, 2022
• The Limitations Act and Potential Impacts on the Construction Industry June 27, 2022
• The Builders’ Liens List: What is the after 3:00 p.m. search and why should you perform one? June 27, 2022

Blog Round-up April/May 2022

by George Roy | May 27, 2022 | Blogs, Current Awareness

A round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community from April/May 2022.

Brodsky Amy & Gould

• Legal Words & Definitions April 28, 2022
• Real & Demonstrative Evidence May 4, 2022

Michael Dyck | Criminal Law

• What is all included in domestic violence? May 16, 2022

MLT Aikins

• Governments Urge Vigilance Against Russian Cyberattacks March 25, 2022
• Snooping Case Highlights Importance of Educating Employees March 28, 2022
• Top Court Provides Guidance on Advance Costs Awards for Indigenous Rights Litigation March 28, 2022

• Federal Government Releases 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan March 30, 2022
• Venture Capital in Western Canadian Agriculture April 5, 2022
• Cryptocurrency Mining Opportunities for Western Canada’s Energy Industry April 8, 2022
• It’s Official: Mandatory ESG Disclosure Is Coming to Canada April 8, 2022
• Feds Tackle Climate Change, Mandatory ESG Disclosure in Latest Budget April 11, 2022
• Biologicals Present New Possibilities — and Increasing Complexity April 11, 2022
• Know Your Grain Contracts: Part 1 — Production vs Delivery April 13, 2022
• Manitoba Budget Aims to Boost Venture Capital Investment April 13, 2022
• Know Your Grain Contracts: Part 2 – Contract Formation April 20, 2022
• DFO Secrecy Ran Counter to Public Interest, Information Commissioner Says April 20, 2022
• Feds Boost Funding for Cybersecurity, Offer New Resources for SMEs April 21, 2022
• The ESG Storm Rages On April 27, 2022
• Know Your Grain Contracts: Part 3 – Defaults April 27, 2022
• The Down Side of Side Letters in Private Equity May 6, 2022
• Canada-Manitoba Job Grant: First Intake Open May 9, 2022
• U.S. Makes It Easier for L-2 Visa Holders to Secure Working Status May 13, 2022

Pitblado Law Blog

• Crucial Steps to Protect Your Business from Cyber Threats featuring Andrew Buck May 9, 2022

Robson Crim Legal Blog

• R. v. McKenzie – Case Comment by K Chanas
• The Logical Problems of Justifying Bail on Tertiary Grounds Alone in Canada – B Gray
• 278 Applications for Production by Alanah Josey

• Automatic right to appeal not unconstitutional for youth SCC finds – N Boggs
• The Dangers of a Parens Patriae Mindset in Youth Criminal Justice Proceedings By Hillarie Tasche
• The Effects of Psychological Detention on Racialized Individuals
• “Deportation” in Canada: The Identical Effects of Obtaining Poor Grades versus a Criminal Record
• R v McColman 2021 ONCA – Does the Common Law Authorize Police Conduct a Routine Traffic Stop?
• R v Trochym and the Use of Forensic Hypnosis (Part 1/2) – Samantha Harvey

TDS Law

• Drawing the Line: Protecting Municipal Staff and Council from Harassment April 1, 2022
• I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire: UN Report on the Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires May 10, 2022
• Why Register Your Trademark? May 12, 2022

Blog Round-up February/March 2022

by John Bryans | Mar 24, 2022 | Blogs, Current Awareness

A round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community from February/March 2022.

Brodsky Amy & Gould

• What Is Expungement? March 16, 2022
• What Is Required For A Conviction In A Criminal Trial Canada? February 24, 2022

Clarke Immigration Law

• Success: Sponsorship Appeal March 14, 2022
• Global News: Helping Ukrainians March 10, 2022
• CIL Supports Ukraine March 4, 2022
• Victims of Fraud February 17, 2022

MLT Aikins

• Judge Orders $2.8 Million in Restitution for Ransomware Victims March 22, 2022
• Don’t Get Zoom-Bombed: How Municipalities Can Keep Virtual Meetings Secure March 22, 2022
• Canada Announces Details on Immigration Pathways for Emergency Travel from Ukraine March 18, 2022

• Canada Poised to Become a Leader in Small Modular Reactors March 18, 2022
• Could You Be Held Personally Liable for a Subpar Net Zero Strategy? March 18, 2022
• Despite Setback, Oil and Gas Companies Cannot Delay Net Zero Plans March 15, 2022
• Saskatchewan Announces New Tech Talent Immigration Program March 11, 2022
• Canada Announces Plans to Support Ukrainian Immigration March 4, 2022
• A Record-Setting Year for Venture Capital and Private Equity Investments March 3, 2022
• Manitoba’s Accessible Employment Standard and Accessibility Fund March 1, 2022
• Prompt Payment Takes Effect in Saskatchewan March 1, 2022
• Manitoba Technology Accelerator’s Start-up Visa Program February 28, 2022
• Privacy Class Actions: Continued Difficulty in Jumping over the Certification Hurdle February 28, 2022
• Appeal Court Rules Indigenous Peoples Have a Constitutionally Protected Right of Self-Government Over Child and Family Services February 28, 2022
• Bull’s-eye: Why Your Sustainability Report and Net Zero Goal Might Make Your Company a Litigation Target February 28, 2022
• The Promise of Hydrogen February 25, 2022
• Ransomware Attacks Becoming More “Professional,” Report Warns February 23, 2022
• Still Don’t Have a Net Zero Plan? You Might Want to Rethink That February 17, 2022
• COVID-19 and the Right to Disconnect February 16, 2022
• RIP to the REP: What Alberta’s Removal of COVID-19 Restrictions Means for Employers February 16, 2022
• CASL Now Being Used to Crack Down on Cyber Incidents February 16, 2022
• Canada Re-introduces Legislation to Amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 February 15, 2022
• COVID-19 Wage Subsidy February 14, 2022
• The Canada Recovery Hiring Program February 14, 2022
• The Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy February 14, 2022

Robson Crim Legal Blog

• Institutions of Punishment and Criminal “Debt” – Lewis Waring
• Appellate Intervention Warranted where the Majority Disagrees with the Sentencing Judge – Anonymous
• Revisiting the Constitutionality of s 229 of The Highway Traffic Act – Anonymous

• Consistency & Clarification: The Solution to the Misapplication of the Plain View Doctrine – B Macht
• Sentencing for Sexual Offences Involving Youth – Breanna Sheppard
• Deep Fake Pornography and Section 162.1 – Breanna Sheppard
• A History of Porn – Chenoah Bueckert
• Will Bill C-22 Bring Changes to Systemic Racism Within the Criminal Justice System? – Anonymous
• Victim Impact Statements Imperfect Solution – Anonymous
• Ongoing Intimate Image Distribution Case Promising Development – Shawn Eisler
• Moving Towards Justice in R v Barton – Katie Rothwell
• Bill C-36: More Harm Than Good? – Katie Rothwell
• Sex Work and the Law – Dane Kingdon
• Moving in the Right Direction in the Wrong Way – Dane Kingdon
• Manitoba Leads Way with Canadian Centre for Child Protection– Shawn Eisler
• Changing Perspectives or Changing Objectives? – Chenoah Bueckert

TDS Law

• IP Assist Program March 14, 2022
• Accessibility Standard for Employment – Compliance Deadline for all Employers: May 1, 2022 February 18, 2022
• Lex Mundi Launches Updated Global Anti-Corruption Compliance Guide February 16, 2022

• COVID-19 Policies for Construction Employers – Protecting Your Employees While Minimizing Legal Risks February 14, 2022
• Cash is King: A Development for the Use of Lien Bonds on Crown Land Projects February 14, 2022
• Case Study: North Perimeter v. 6625844 Manitoba Ltd. et al., 2021 MBQB 94 February 14, 2022
• 10 Key Changes in the CCDC 2 (2022) February 14, 2022
• The Limitations Act and Potential Impacts on the Construction Industry – A Preview February 14, 2022

Blog Round-up January/February 2022

by John Bryans | Feb 17, 2022 | Blogs, Current Awareness

A round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community from January and February 2022.

Brodsky Amy & Gould

• Review Of A Case: David Milgaard January 25, 2022

Clarke Immigration Law

• Success: Federal Court Judicial Review February 11, 2022
• Brandon Sun: Deadly border January 24, 2022
• Happy 2022! January 11, 2022

MLT Aikins

• Insolvency & Restructuring Group 2021 Year in Review February 10, 2022
• Manitoba Expands Sector Support for Businesses Affected by COVID-19 February 4, 2022
• The Average Ransomware Attack Costs Half a Million Dollars. Here’s How to Prevent One February 3, 2022

• Boosting Your Vaccination Policy: Booster Best Practices for Employers February 3, 2022
• Past Due for a Privacy Assessment? These New Guidelines May Help February 3, 2022
• Plans of Compromise Not a Prerequisite for Refinancing, Says B.C. Court of Appeal February 2, 2022
• Victimized By Fraud? This Case Illustrates Your Options January 28, 2022
• Amendments to Saskatchewan’s Wills Act, 1996 Are Not Retroactive, Court Rules January 28, 2022
• Union Dues Are Getting (Less?) Political in Alberta January 26, 2022
• COVID-19 Fatigue and Mental Health January 26, 2022
• Municipalities’ Guide to “Frivolous or Vexatious” Access to Information Requests January 26, 2022
• B.C. Supreme Court Decision Signals Growing Recognition of Aboriginal Rights January 17, 2022
• Essential Truck Drivers Required to Show Proof of Vaccination to Enter Canada January 14, 2022
• What’s in a Name? Disputing the Registration of a .ca Name January 14, 2022
• Saskatchewan WCB Discontinues Cost Relief for COVID-19 Injury Claims January 13, 2022
• Western Canada Leads the Way with Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage January 12, 2022

Robson Crim Legal Blog

• Economics of Rehabilitation – Lewis Waring
• Cellphones in Searches Incident to Arrest – Gustavo da Roza
• Non-Consensual Intimate Image Distribution – SJ

• Second Degree Murder – Sandra Barkho
• Cell Phones and Search Incident to Arrest – Privacy in Peril – Dustin Seguin
• R v LRB – M Ritchie
• The Evidentiary Burden of a Crime of Passion – Jenna Symons
• Skepticism of Drug Treatment Courts – Brayden Gray
• Reliability of Sniffer Dogs – Lauren Gowler
• R v Chung – M Ritchie
• How Much Suspicion Warrants Police Action? – Prachi Sanghavi
• Self-Induced Intoxication Leading to Automatism – Cody Dangerfield
• Mental Health and Public Security – Samantha Harvey
• A Pragmatic Approach to Adjudicating Childhood Sexual Abuse – Jenna Symons
• Search Incident to Arrest vs Obtaining a Warrant – Keenan Fonseca
• With a Little “Help” From My Friends – Evan Kwong
• Aggravating Factors at Sentencing – Alisen Kotyk
• Canada (Attorney General) v. G – Anonymous
• Complementing the Jordan framework – YS Malone

Taylor McCaffrey Lawyers

Turf Wars – The Supreme Court in the Horrocks Decision Provides Much Needed Guidance when Labour Arbitrators Have Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Complaints in a Unionized Workplace February 1, 2022

TDS Law

Legal Reform as a Catalyst for Social Enterprise: An International Social Enterprise Law & Policy Report January 26, 2022

Together – a collaborative family law blog

Am I legally separated? It depends on what you mean by that January 6, 2022