In light of the Coronavirus (“Covid-19”) Pandemic that has affected schools, businesses, housing and employment, the City Council of San Jose adopted Ordinance No. 30381, an Urgency Covid-19 Moratorium on Evictions (“SJ-Moratorium”), on March 17, 2020. The SJ-Moratorium took effect on March 18, 2020, and expires on April 17, 2020, 60 days after its adoption,…
Being charged with a firearms offence can be a life-altering experience. Imagine being accused of possessing a prohibited weapon or unlawfully transporting a firearm, and suddenly facing the prospect of steep fines, imprisonment or a permanent criminal record. The legal process is daunting, and the stakes are incredibly high. Firearms laws in Alberta and across…
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Jason, Jacob, and Jaz have prepared four brief posts on the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), an old law now applied to new technology. With damages of $5,000 per violation or treble damages, CIPA lawsuits cannot be ignored. If you have a website and want to protect your company from litigation costs, check out…
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Alberta Tar-sands Could See Growth from Demand for Plastics. Major oil companies have been fleeing the oil-sands. Huge companies like Devon Energy and Shell Oil have sold their Northern Alberta oil-sands interests and projects at fire sale prices. HSBC has formally stated that they will no longer invest in the oil-sands. Does that mean Fort…
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – January 15, 2025 – Segev LLP is pleased to announce that Founding Partner Ron Segev has been honored as the sole recipient of the Lexology Client Choice Sports & Entertainment Award in British Colombia. This distinguished award is exclusively based on client nominations. After reviewing over 2,500 nominations received this year, the…
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The CJEU held earlier this morning in C‑393/23 Athenian Brewery SA, Heineken NV v Macedonian Thrace Brewery SA (no language versions available at the time of posting than Dutch and French). My post on Kokott AG’s Opinion is here. The AG all in all supported a ready acceptance of forum connexitatis in competition law cases – in the…
Policymakers sometimes comfort themselves that if no-one is completely satisfied, they have probably got it about right. On that basis, Ofcom’s implementation of the Online Safety Act’s illegality duties must be near-perfection: the Secretary of State (DSIT) administering a sharp nudge with his draft Statement of Strategic Priorities, while simultaneously under fire for accepting Ofcom’s…
Is BDSM legal is Canada? Or is BDSM criminal sexual assault? The answer is that it depends. The law differs slightly in different provinces due to differences in binding common law in different jurisdiction. But the state of the law in Ontario, which will be our focus, is such that many examples of BDSM practice…
Written by Clare Ferguson and Katarzyna Sochacka. The highlight of the February 2025 plenary session was the presentation of the European Commission’s long-awaited 2025 work programme and the subsequent debate. The session also saw a debate on Council and Commission statements on continued EU support for Ukraine, followed by an address by Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of…
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CDC Issues New Eviction Moratorium Through October 3, 2021, Pausing Evictions In Areas Of “Substantial” Covid-19 Transmission Like a zombie apocolypse from the Walking Dead, the eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control, which expired on July 31, has been resurrected by the Biden administration. Citing widespread delays in the distribution of federal…
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