Securities regulators target Poloniex, an unregistered cryptocurrency exchange
Canadian regulators have escalated their confrontation with unregistered Crypto-Platforms.1 On May 25, 2021, the OSC issued a Notice of Hearing and Statement of Allegations2 accusing Polo Digital Assets, Ltd., a Crypto-Platform operating under the name Poloniex, of registration and disclosure violations. The confrontation is unsurprising to those reading the regulatory tea leaves. In a press release...
Continue reading the post titled Securities regulators target Poloniex, an unregistered cryptocurrency exchangeLimitations: why not too late to sue for contamination?
No one can count any longer on the limitation period having run for any of it.
Continue reading the post titled Limitations: why not too late to sue for contamination?Product recalls: Determining if you’re affected and if you have a legal claim
Health Canada expands growing list of hand sanitizer recalls… What to know about Canada’s onion recall… Fresh imported peaches recalled due to salmonella If you search the term “recall” on a Canadian news website, chances are you will find a lengthy list of headlines like these. But despite how often product recalls occur, it’s not...
Continue reading the post titled Product recalls: Determining if you’re affected and if you have a legal claimLegal confusion on backflow preventers to increase basement flooding?
It is often impossible to identify which regions of an urban municipality are exposed to sewer backup risk until wide spread or regional sewer backup events have occurred.
Continue reading the post titled Legal confusion on backflow preventers to increase basement flooding?Protecting Your Brand
Stacey Bothwell asks the question, “Are you protecting your brand properly? How do you distinguish your goods and services from others in the marketplace? Is it a quirky logo? Is it a coined word? Is it a piece of property that you have adequately protected? Are you protecting your brand? Nike spends millions of...
Continue reading the post titled Protecting Your BrandFederal environmental assessments will be rushed
Now that federal environmental assessments are gone, the federal government will only assess very large, very important projects. But it’s going to do them in a hurry.
Continue reading the post titled Federal environmental assessments will be rushedBill 47, Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018
Many businesses that are provincially-regulated employers in Ontario have spent the better part of last year changing their workplace policies to ensure compliance with the labour reforms implemented by the Wynne government in the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act (“Bill 148”). However, such businesses should be aware that Ontario’s recently elected Progressive Conservative government has...
Continue reading the post titled Bill 47, Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018Reg. 511/09: did they really mean this?
Some of the previously unannounced Reg. 511/09 amendments to Ontario’s brownfields regulation, 153/04, seem to have unexpected effects. For example, wells for dewatering or for groundwater treatment may now require every property within 250 metres to use potable (not non-potable) cleanup standards. This is how it works:
Continue reading the post titled Reg. 511/09: did they really mean this?New hope for brain injuries: Pituitary gland testing
At a medical conference I attended a few years ago, I recall one of the guest speakers said the only cure for a brain injury is avoidance. He of course was referring to the school of thought that for the most part, neurons don’t recover after a brain injury. While that may be open to...
Continue reading the post titled New hope for brain injuries: Pituitary gland testingTaking toxics home
Six young children picked up dangerous levels of lead in their family car, presumably due to family members with occupational exposure to lead.
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