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Michael C. Smith

Litigation Lawyer at Bennett Jones Toronto

Partner

Reyhaneh Rahimi

Articling Student at Bennett Jones in Toronto

Articling Student

Ontario has launched a 10-year pilot program, running from August 1, 2025 to August 1, 2035 to evaluate the use of automated commercial motor vehicles (ACMVs) on Ontario's roads.

Ontario Introduces Pilot Project for Automated Commercial Motor Vehicles

Kanwar Brar

Commercial Litigation Lawyer at Bennett Jones Toronto

Associate

Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Recall Information), <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2025/2025-01-01/html/sor-dors274-eng.html" target="_blank">SOR/2024-274</a> (Regulations) came into force on January 1, 2025.  The Regulations amend: The Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; The Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulation; and The Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations.

Driving Compliance Updates to Canadas Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety Regulations

Driving Compliance: Updates to Canada's Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety Regulations

Passed on May 30, 2019, the British Columbia <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/19029" target="_blank">Zero-Emission Vehicles Act</a> requires automakers, and indirectly their dealers, to sell or lease an escalating percentage of new zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) vs. new internal combustion engine vehicles in the province, and to reach certain milestones: 10 percent ZEVs by 2025, 30 percent by 2030, and 100 percent by 2040.  Bill 39-2023, the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-business/legislation-debates-proceedings/42nd-parliament/4th-session/bills/first-reading/gov39-1" target="_blank">Zero-Emission Vehicles Amendment Act, 2023</a>, has been introduced in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly.  If passed, it will increase the milestones to:  26 percent ZEVs by 2026, 90 percent by 2030, and 100 percent by 2035.

BC Accelerating Zero Emission Vehicle Sales Mandate

B.C. Accelerating Zero Emission Vehicle Sales Mandate

Lamont Bartlett

Commercial Litigation Lawyer at Bennett Jones Edmonton

Gannon Beaulne

Jonathan G. Bell

Commercial, Securities and Class Action Litigation Lawyer at Bennett Jones Toronto

Bennett Jones is Highly Recommended in the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://benchmarklitigation.com/Firm/Bennett-Jones/Profile/111070#profile" target="_blank">2023 Benchmark Canada</a><a rel="noopener noreferrer" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://benchmarklitigation.com/Firm/Bennett-Jones/Profile/111070#profile" target="_blank"> rankings</a>, with 40 individual lawyers ranked this year—30 Litigation Stars and 10 Future Stars.
Benchmark Litigation's law firm and lawyer rankings based on extensive interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists and their clients as well as analysis of the market’s most important cases and firm developments.

Forty Bennett Jones Lawyers Recognized In Benchmark Canada 2023

Mahnaz Jan Ali

Financial Services Lawyer at Bennett Jones Montréal

Andrée-Anne Tremblay

Articling Student at Bennett Jones in Montréal

A recent Quebec Court of Appeal&rsquo;s decision in S&eacute;questre de Bois BSL inc. / BSL Wood Products Inc., 2025 QCCA 993, builds on the Superior Court&rsquo;s ruling&nbsp;and revisits the dissenting opinion in Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG c. Canadian Fidelity Mills Ltd., 2005 QCCA 1033. It clarifies the legal treatment of ownership claims in the context of receivership and the consequences of late registration of security under Quebec law.
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Whose Tractor Is It Anyway Quebec Decision Clarifies Ownership Claims in Receivership

Whose Tractor Is It Anyway? Quebec Decision Clarifies Ownership Claims in Receivership

Luke Morrison

Energy Project Development, M&A, and Commercial Transaction Lawyer at Bennett Jones Calgary

Ashley M. White

Corporate, Commercial Transactions, Power & Energy Lawyer at Bennett Jones Calgary

Pamela Clark

Lawyer at Bennett Jones Calgary 

Associate 

On June 6, 2025, the federal government introduced Bill C-5, An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act, which proposes new legislation aimed at strengthening Canada's economy by removing interprovincial trade and labour mobility barriers and advancing major projects.

Wind In The Sails of Canadian Energy Project Development

Wind In The Sails of Canadian Energy Project Development: Major Projects Office Open For Business, and Details of Fast-Tracked Projects Emerging

Robert W. Staley

Vice Chair and Partner

Cheryl M. Woodin

Commercial Litigation, Product Liability & Class Actions Lawyer at Bennett Jones Toronto

Ciara J. Mackey

Commercial Litigation Lawyer at Bennett Jones Calgary

In Sinclair v. Venezia Turismo, 2025 SCC 27, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified that jurisdiction must be assessed for each defendant individually. A plaintiff cannot rely on one defendant&rsquo;s contract or weak connecting factors to extend jurisdiction to others. The decision strengthens the principles of corporate separateness in cross-border disputes.

The SCC Clarifies Approach to Jurisdiction Against Multiple Defendants in Cross Border Disputes

Sinclair v. Venezia Turismo: The SCC Clarifies Approach to Jurisdiction Against Multiple Defendants in Cross-Border Disputes

Stephen D. Burns

Technology Lawyer, Intellectual Property Lawyer at Bennett Jones Calgary

Partner, Trademark Agent

Matthew Flynn

Technology Transaction Lawyer at Bennett Jones Toronto

J. Sébastien A. Gittens

Intellectual Property and Technology Commercialization Lawyer at Bennett Jones Calgary

AI transcription tools offer efficiency and accuracy in the boardroom but create risks to confidentiality, privacy and legal privilege. Organizations should adopt clear policies, safeguards and training to ensure responsible use and compliance with governance standards.

AI Notetaking in the Boardroom

Lorelei Graham

Food and Agribusiness Lawyer, IP Lawyer, Litigation Lawyer at Bennett Jones Toronto

The United States Patent and Trademark Office's decision to cancel its Climate Change Mitigation pilot program for patents has not gone unnoticed in Canada. For Canadian policymakers and agri-tech innovators, this move by the United States raises two big questions: (1) How might this affect Canada&rsquo;s own intellectual property&nbsp; strategy for green tech, and (2) could it create opportunities for Canada (and others) to take the lead in certain climate-tech domains?
A particular area of interest is carbon-capture agri-tech, technologies that help farming not just reduce emissions but actively capture carbon (for instance, special crops or soil treatments that lock away carbon dioxide or farm machinery that traps greenhouse gases). These innovations are crucial for meeting climate goals and could become a competitive arena internationally.

Fast Tracks and Green Gaps Part IV

Fast Tracks and Green Gaps Part IV: Shifting Gears: How the United States' Exit from Climate Protection Fuels Canada's IP Advantage

Michael Smith on The High Stakes World of Emissions Litigation

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