by SBA Lawyers | Feb 4, 2021 | Coverage
In a recent decision, an Ontario court found that an insurer has a duty to defend a “software developer” in a U.S. action alleging copyright infringement. In the U.S. action, the insured was alleged to be the head of a group of hackers which sold subscriptions for...
by SBA Lawyers | Jan 28, 2021 | Cyber and Privacy
In a January 28, 2021 decision, a judge of the Ontario Superior Court, recognized a new tort as the only way to provide redress to the victims of a multi-decade campaign of despicable conduct “unrestrained by basic tenets of decency” culminating in four distinct...
by SBA Lawyers | Jan 7, 2021 | Cyber and Privacy
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court confirms that an employer finding out their employee was acting against its interests and then dismissing them is not an intrusion of their privacy. In Wakeling v. Desjardins General Insurance Group Inc., Healey J., was...
by SBA Lawyers | Jul 17, 2020 | Employment Practices Liability
On top of daily changes by the Ontario government to employment law in Ontario during the COVID-19 emergency, the Ontario Court of Appeal has added one more uncertainty employers need to manage. The Court’s June 17, 2020 decision, Waksdale v. Swegon North America...
by SBA Lawyers | Jun 16, 2020 | Coverage, Cyber and Privacy
In a recent decision an Ontario court found that an insurer has a duty to defend both the main action and a third party claim in a privacy class action stemming from the disclosure of an allegedly defamatory report authored by the Family and Children Services of...
