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With COVID-19, business interruption claims will not be the only claims
All of the attention right now is on the business interruption claims arising out of the pandemic. But what about the other claims that the pandemic and the response to it will generate in the future?
Is Breach Response Privileged? Perhaps not.
Do litigation privilege and solicitor client privilege apply to post breach documents or forensic reports? The Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner doesn’t seem to think so.
Accident Benefits COVID-19 Edition: IRB vs CERB
One, Both, or None: How do SABS claims handle the new Canada Emergency Relief Benefit and IRBs?
Access Granted: Nunavut Privacy Breach
In this recent decision, the Privacy Commissioner takes the rare step of recommending prosecution of the offending party following a privacy breach. See why.
COVID-19: Is Business Interruption included in Property Coverage?
Some argue that a new case suggests that business interruption coverage can be sought through a property policy for losses stemming from COVID-19. Can it?
COVID-19 Lawsuits – Only a matter of time
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to spawn a wave of litigation in its wake. A look at some of the potential targets and risks.
PHIPA & Privacy: Beware the Rogue Departing Employee
What happens when departing employees of medical clinics retain personal health information?
Insurance in the time of COVID-19
There will be innumerable insurance claims that arise as a result of COVID-19, and the insurance industry as a whole will feel the shock waves. How the industry reacts may reverberate for a long time. Here is our review of the current situation.
Intrusion upon Seclusion. Resurrected.
The tort of “intrusion upon seclusion”, first adopted in Ontario by the Court of Appeal in its much-discussed decision in Jones v. Tsighe, has been given new life, and perhaps additional significance, by a recent decision…
He Was a Skater Boy – an OLA Claim on Recreational Premises
He was a skater boy. He wiped out. He sued the City. The City moved for summary judgment.