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Feb 14 - Worth Its Weight in Gold? Not When Liability Clauses Tip the Scales by Arun Raju & Eric Turkienicz of McCague Borlack LLP
Jan 31 - Key Numbers for 2025 - by Sophia Souffront & Draeden Lee of McCague Borlack LLP
Jan 15 - A gift that doesn’t stand the test of time by Howard Borlack & Angela Ribarich of McCague Borlack LLP
Dec 31 - Overcoming Limitations Act Issues to Realize the Value Of Icebreaker Settlements by Howard Borlack and Kyle MacDonald of McCague Borlack LLP
Dec 20 - Bill 216 and Key Changes Coming to the Ontario Construction Act by Eric Turkienicz & Chanpreet Shokar of McCague Borlack LLP
Dec 18 - Clause or Chaos? Decoding Forum Selection Clauses in Contracts by Mina Khan of Brownlee LLP
Dec 9 - The Cost of Deception: Fraud, Credibility, and Insurance Coverage in Motor Vehicle Claims by Drew Wilson of Brownlee LLP
Nov 30 - Supreme Court of Canada settles controversy, adds to list of substantive review precedents by Alan Meka of McCague Borlack LLP
Nov 20 - From Funk to Fairness: Alberta’s New Take on SEF 44 Endorsements by Amrit Kalra & Hassan Khan of Brownlee LLP
Nov 14 - Transport Tangles: Liability Limits and Insurance Agreements by Sarah Holder of Brownlee LLP
Nov 6 - Governance Changes: The Impact of the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 by Alifeyah Gulamhusein, Derek King, and Whitney Mosley of Brownlee LLP
Oct 31 - New Authority: Property Tax Incentive Bylaws for Residential Property by Greg Plester, Rebecca Kos, and Stephen Raitz of Brownlee LLP
Oct 30 - Thorns and Roses of Arbitration Clauses to Third-Party Beneficiaries by Alan Meka and Eric Turkienicz of MB
Oct 29 - Introducing EPR in Alberta: How Municipalities Can Navigate this New Waste Diversion Model by Marny Paul of Brownlee LLP
Oct 24 - Tortfeasor Covered: Victim’s Covenant to Insure Supersedes Indemnification Clause by Nathan Belsek of Brownlee LLP
Oct 22 - Defining Detection: The Fight Over Coverage in Paramount v. Chubb Insurance by Arman Brar of Brownlee LLP
Oct 11 - Legal Causation in Medical Malpractice Claims by Hillel David, Howard Borlack, Peter Yaniszewski and Theresa Hartley of MB
Sept 18 - Review the Bill of Costs! by Sarah Rhydderch of Brownlee LLP
Sept 13 - Coffeehouse Brawl: Dangers in Litigating Personal Injury without Expert Testimony by Dylan Sigurdson of Brownlee LLP
Aug 29 - No Judgment Required to Apply New PJI Rates by Dylan Sigurdson of Brownlee LLP
Aug 26 - Who's the Owner? Who's Liable? Harris v. Ward case study by Angela Ribarich and Howard Borlack of MB
Aug 6 - A Fiery Legal Battle: Insurance Coverage and the Collapse of the Empress Hotel by Sarah Rhydderch of Brownlee LLP
July 10 - Breaking New Ground: A Landmark Case in Canadian Jurisprudence on Future Cost of Care Awards Involving Psilocybin by Amrith Kalra of Brownlee LLP
July 16 - The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth: Lessons from McGlue v. Girvan 2024 BCCA 208 on Proving Injury Claims by Hassan Khan of Brownlee LLP
July 16 - The High Bar for Overturning Jury Awards by Kevin Stephen of Brownlee LLP
July 25 - Mark your Calendars: Legislation Amendments Require Submission of Franchise Agreements Soon by Keegan Rutherford of Brownlee LLP
June 6 - SPECT Scan Evidence: A Diagnostic Aid or a Novel Science? Case Comment: Kolapully v. Myles by Eric W.D. Boate, and Maxwell Gill of MB
May 31 - The Three Expert Rule: When Proving your Claim Requires More by Neil Zimmerman of Brownlee LLP
May 31 - The Impact of Credibility on Personal Injury Awards by Drew Wilson & Kevin Stephen of Brownlee LLP
May 22 - Data Breach: A Cautionary Tale of What Legal Privilege Can be Asserted Over in a Cybersecurity Investigation - Case Comment: LifeLabs LP v. Information and Privacy Commr (Ontario) by Howard Borlack and Chanpreet Shokar of MB
May 16 - Was the collapse natural? by Maude Gaulin
May 16 - An Employer's Right to Dismiss an Employee is not Absolute - Case Comment: Dufault v The Corporation of the Township of Ignance by Martin Smith and Nicholas Therens of MB
May 14 - Three words to avoid broker liability: document, document, document by Michael Colwell of Brownlee LLP
April 25 - Strategic Use of Rule 4.33: Knowing when a step has advanced an action by Neil Zimmerman of Brownlee LLP
April 25 - Tick Tock, Tick Tock... The New Timing Rules for Expert Reports by Nawaz Tahir and Ali Aghaeinia of McCague Borlack LLP
April 23 - When can a broker bind an insurer? by David Pick & Hassan Khan of Brownlee LLP
April 18 - Alberta Utilities Commission's Renewables Inquiry: A Municipal Perspective by Jeneane Grundberg, Lorne Randa, Alifeyah Gulamhusein, Marny Paul, Brendan Dzioba, and Whitney Mosley of Brownlee LLP
April 16 - Legal Battle on Ice: Unpacking Liability, Injuries, and Damages in a Complex Car Accident Case by Drew Wilsom
April 15 - Alberta Court Clarifies the Use of Circumstantial Evidence in Product Liability Trial by David Pick and Kristina Persuad of Brownlee LLP
April 10 - Driving Deceptions: Unveiling the Truth Behind Insurance Fraud by Duncan Taylor of Brownlee LLP
April 9 - Fundamentally Different: Supreme Court of Canada on Statutory Rights of Appeal and Judicial Review by Howard Borlack & Alan Meka of McCague Borlack LLP
April 9 - Proposed Changes to Ontario Accident Benefits, and Potential Impacts on Tort Claims by Christopher Gallo and Maxwell Gill
April 3 - Deadline Dilemmas: Lessons Learned in Insurance Claim Management by Mina Khan of Brownlee LLP
April 1 - Novus Actus Interveniens (Intervening Cause) And "But For" Causation by Hillel David & Peter Yaniszewski of McCague Borack LLP
March 26 - Navigating Negligence: BC Court of Appeal Upholds Delfs v. Stricker by Leilani Karr and David Pick of Brownlee LLP
March 20 - A Tale of Two Tests: BC’s version of Alberta’s Degree of Control Test for Vehicle Owner’s Liability - Mangat v. Lau by Zhou Fang & Duncan Taylor of Brownlee LLP
March 8 - Multiple Policies, Class Actions with Continuous Losses- Oh My! Case Comment: Loblaw Companies v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Co. by Hillel David and Howard Borlack of McCague Borlack LLP
March 7 - Test Drive Crashes: Who is Liable? by Hassan Khan of Brownlee LLP