There were five substantive civil decisions released and summarized this week. They dealt with duty of care, wrongful termination, the difference between litigation experts and participant experts, legal and equitable assignments, as well as an endorsement amending an order requiring counsel asserting a solicitors lien to produce the file to new counsel.

The Hon. Justice Jamie K. Trimble shares his perspective as a judge on social media, and offers tips to lawyers who wish to interact with judges online.

Despite the fact that workplace harassment is illegal, it still occurs in law firms across the province and, when it does, it can raise unique challenges in our profession.

In an effort to combat the growing affordable housing crisis, Ontario is empowering its municipalities to set a price cap on a percentage of developers' new home sales. Some fear that developers will offload the cost to buyers, further driving up purchase costs in the housing market. We spoke with experts in the municipal law and residential construction trenches to get their perspectives.

In a recent decision, the Divisional Court set aside an order of the IPC mandating that certain confidential information of the applicant union was to be disclosed to a representative of a rival union. The Court held that the applicants need not show that harm had actually occurred, but that the context of the disclosure request was enough to demonstrate a reasonable risk of harm.