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OSFI updates cybersecurity breach notification requirements

Blogue Cybersécurité de MT

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (“OSFI”) released a new Advisory on Technology and Cyber Security Incident Reporting, effective August 13, 2021 (the “Advisory”) which seeks to govern how federally-regulated financial institutions (“FRFIs”) should disclose and report technology […]

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La Cour du Québec ordonne la communication de la police d’assurance dans le cadre d’un litige

Blogue : Droit des assurances

Il y a 25 ans, l’affaire Louis Champagne radiomutuel inc.[1] établissait le droit d’une partie qui souhaite intenter un recours contre l’assureur de la partie adverse d’obtenir copie de sa police d’assurance. Un récent jugement de la Cour du Québec[2] vient […]

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Thoughts on final resting places

Blogue sur le litige en matière de succession

Testators generally put much thought into the distribution of their estate. In addition, many testators give instructions for their funeral, how their remains are to be handled and where their remains should be placed. However, many testators may not consider […]

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Ransomware trickles down into your supply chain – Kaseya cyberattack highlights cybersecurity risks and business impact

Blogue Cybersécurité de MT

Over the July long weekend, Canadian, American, and other international businesses were victims of a far-reaching ransomware attack. The REvil group, a ransomware syndicate also known as Sodin or Sodinokibi, are believed to be behind the attack. This gang’s most prominent […]

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BC waives farm income requirement

Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation

On Monday, June 14, 2021, the Government of British Columbia announced that they are waiving the minimum income requirement for farms for the second consecutive year. Prior to the announcement last year, to be classified as a farm in B.C. […]

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Deception and Dower: Cases of Dower fraud in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Blogue sur le litige en matière de succession

The forms and procedures required in Alberta’s and Saskatchewan’s provincial “homestead legislation” create dower rights, which act as safeguards to protect spouses who do not own their homes (the non-owning spouse) from having their homes sold without their consent. However, […]

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Changes in “occupants” found not to be a material change in risk for the purpose of voiding a home insurance policy

Blogue : Droit des assurances

The British Columbia Supreme Court in Dubroy v. Canadian Northern Shield Insurance Co., 2021 BCSC 352 held that a home insurance policy was not rendered void because there was no material change in risk arising from a change in occupants. […]

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Accountability for the section 7(4) accounting report: When is it ‘reasonable and necessary’?

Blogue : Droit des assurances

The requirement under section 7(4) of the Ontario Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule [1] for insurers to fund accounting reports on behalf of insured persons is a reasonable one. To be eligible for funding by the insurer, the reports must be: […]

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Canadian organizations take note – Data Protection Authority fines foreign-based business under GDPR for not having “Article 27” representative

Blogue Cybersécurité de MT

As we have discussed in several previous articles, Canadian businesses and other organizations can be subject to the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) for a number of reasons and in a number of different contexts, be it as a […]

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Why competent legal advice is fundamental

Blogue sur le litige en matière de succession

Interpretative principles reiterated – “for awhile” does not mean indefinitely Four main principles of will interpretation were recently illustrated in Kirst Estate (Re), 2020 ABCA 233. In that case, the deceased left all of his assets, the most significant of […]

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