Civil Law

Pharmacare: Committee of Experts established

On November 14, 2024, the Government of Canada announced the establishment of a Committee of Experts as the next step in its implementation of a national pharmacare program.  The Committee is tasked with providing the Government with practical advice on the next phases of pharmacare.

Background

As we reported, on October 10, 2024, Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare (the Pharmacare Act) received Royal Assent and came into force.  The Pharmacare Act sets out the “foundational principles” for … Read the rest

Supreme Court

The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 19

The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 19

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

  • U.S. Supreme Court will not review St. Clair capital murder case (Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector)
  • US Supreme Court rejects appeal over patent validity in Postal Service case (Blake Brittain, Reuters)
  • Would Trump’s Justices Approve His Recess Appointments? (Jed Rubenfeld, The Wall Street Journal)
  • FDR’s Compliant Justices (Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books)
  • ‘This is
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The morning read for Friday, Nov. 15

The morning read for Friday, Nov. 15

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

  • Lawyer who argued for Trump’s immunity at Supreme Court is tapped for solicitor general (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
  • Trump picks lawyer who won his presidential immunity case for solicitor general (Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)
  • Supreme Court Wary of Big Ruling in Nvidia Shareholder Case (Greg Stohr, Bloomberg)
  • Supreme Court Justices Discuss Peanut the Squirrel’s Death (James Bickerton,
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Civil Law

COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (NOVEMBER 11 – 15)

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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of November 11, 2024. There were only two substantive decisions.

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Krieser v Seligman was a dispute regarding the construction of a $ 5 million home in Forest Hill that began in 2003 but did not get to trial until 20 years later. The owners were unsuccessful

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Trump taps lawyer who argued his immunity case for solicitor general

Trump taps lawyer who argued his immunity case for solicitor general

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President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he intends to nominate D. John Sauer, who successfully argued in the Supreme Court earlier this year that Trump is entitled to broad immunity from prosecution, to serve as the solicitor general of the United States.

Trump made the announcement in a statement on Thursday evening, calling Sauer a “deeply accomplished, masterful appellate attorney.”

The 50-year-old Sauer has many of the credentials associated with others who have served as the country’s top … Read the rest

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E. coli O157:H7 outbreak reported among students and parents in St. Louis County

St. Louis County health officials are investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections among students and parents at a local high school.

The sick people from Rockwood Summit High School all attended an off-campus event, according to the St. Louis County Department of Health.

As of Nov. 14, there were 19 patients. Some of the patients have been laboratory confirmed but others are awaiting test results. The health department has not publicly reported what event the sick people attended.… Read the rest