Our 2025 Tech Outlook, ESG Trends, Key Product Liability Cases and More: April Timely Topics
Timely Topics with McCarthy Tétrault curates the latest market trends on a monthly basis to help you stay informed of developments that can affect your business. Please contact us if you have any questions on the topics below.
Here are this month’s trending topics:
Technology
The State of AI, Fintech, Open Banking, and More – Technology Perspectives Outlook 2025
Dive into last year’s pivotal developments and explore our comprehensive overview of Canada’s tech sector in 2025. Supercharge your business strategy this year with insights from Canada’s most plugged in tech-law group.
Our highly anticipated annual Outlook series equips you with the insights you need to stay competitive in the year ahead. Keep an eye our for our next publication on procurement.
ESG and Sustainability
Key Trends in Canadian ESG and Sustainability
ESG factors continue to drive core business decisions across Canadian industries. Don’t miss out on the latest developments reshaping local and national economies. Our inaugural ESG and Sustainability: Key Trends in Canada publication prepares you for the year ahead with insights from our expert lawyers in the space.
Our ESG and Sustainability Group offers comprehensive support to integrate ESG into your business DNA. Contact Robert J. Richardson, CD or Sonia J. Struthers to find out how we can help.
Retail and Consumer Markets
15 Key Takeaways from our 15th Annual Retail and Consumer Markets Summit
Fifteen years, fifteen insights from our latest annual RCM Summit. Topics include US protectionism and tariff strategy, greenwashing and maple glazing claims, new guidance on dangerous and defective products, and much more. Don't miss these valuable takeaways as the North American economy adapts to unprecedented change.
Our Retail and Consumer Markets Group provides seamless advice from an integrated, national team of experts. Contact Chrystelle Chevalier-Gagnon or Donovan Plomp for help navigating this vibrant space.
Product Liability
Must-read Product Liability Cases from Q4 2024
All businesses manufacturing or selling products in Canada should understand the implications of three decisions in particular from Q4 last year. Fortunately, members of our Product Liability and Mass Torts Group have analyzed and summarized these cases, including handy key takeaways to share with your colleagues.
Product liability and mass tort claims are among the most serious challenges an organization can face. Don’t be caught unprepared. Talk to Christopher Hubbard or Caroline Zayid for decisive advice.
Podcast
Appealing Briefs – Achter Land (the “emoji case”)
Can a thumbs-up emoji create a binding contract? The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan says it can, but context matters. On this episode of Appealing Briefs, Adam speaks with McCarthy Tétrault litigator Jocelyn Turnbull-Wallace about Achter Land and Cattle v. South West Terminal Ltd. and the factors that businesses and individuals should bear in mind when using informal methods of communication to discuss business transactions.
This episode qualifies for CPD credits in British Columbia and Ontario.
Adam Goldenberg, litigation partner and host of the award-winning "Law in the Time of COVID-19" podcast, brings his impeccable interview style to this series, with analysis from some of Canada’s brightest legal minds on the country’s most important appeal decisions.
This newsletter is designed to provide general information only. This newsletter does not provide legal advice on specific issues. You are encouraged to consult with legal counsel should you require assistance in addressing a particular issue or concern.
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