5 h. ago Compensation Air Canada ordered to pay for delayed bag lacks ‘common sense’: federal court

Air Canada took passenger to court over 'excessive' baggage claim and the court rule in its favour in recent round of dispute

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53 h. ago Jesse Hartery: Prairie pushback may cause collision with Ottawa over gun buyback program

Alberta and Saskatchewan seem to be inviting the federal government to bring them to court

Events

9 d. ago Judge says Amazon needed 100 lawyers to assess 2.25M documents in competition probe

OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge says Amazon Canada should have hired “at least 100 lawyers” to go through more than two million documents, in order to meet court-ordered deadlines in an investigation into potentially anticompetitive conduct. Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton ruled this month to grant some extensions for document production to Amazon, […]

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1 week ago Court clears Manitoba Métis president of wrongdoing in case launched by national body

The Manitoba Métis Federation is celebrating an Ontario Superior Court decision that found its president did not breach his fiduciary duties.

Society

1 week ago Somali woman who was in a polygamous marriage and lied to get into Canada wins another chance to stay

She 'could not be sponsored in Canada by her husband, because polygamous marriages are not legally recognized under Canadian law,' says a recent Federal Court decision

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1 week ago Lawsuit blames Tesla design flaws for crash that killed Washington state woman injured her husband

Design flaws caused a Tesla Model 3 to suddenly accelerate out of control before it crashed into a utility pole and burst into flames, killing a woman and severely injuring her husband, a lawsuit filed in federal court alleges. Another defect with the door handle design thwarted bystanders who were trying to rescue the driver, […]

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1 week ago Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case

Portland Trail Blazers coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and at least one other former NBA player. The five-time All Star, who won a championship with the Detroit Pistons, was arraigned in a federal court in […]

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2 w. ago Lobster boats must keep using tracking devices for government observation, court rules

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. government can continue requiring America’s lobster fishing boats to use electronic tracking devices to collect data, a federal appeals court has ruled, denying claims by some in the industry that the monitoring amounts to unreasonable search and seizure. Fishing regulators began requiring federally permitted lobstermen to install electronic tracking […]

Politics

2 w. ago Largest US landlord to pay $7 million to settle rent‑setting algorithm lawsuit

Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has reached a $7 million settlement with nine states that sued the property management giant for using rent-setting algorithms that officials have blamed for driving up housing costs. The proposed settlement, filed Tuesday in a North Carolina federal court, is the latest to result from antitrust lawsuits targeting RealPage and […]

Economics

2 w. ago EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for significant areas. When finalized, the new “Waters of the United States” rule will ensure […]

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3 w. ago Cleveland pitcher Emmanuel Clase pleads not guilty to federal charges in alleged betting scandal

Cleveland Guardians star pitcher Emmanuel Clase pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he took bribes to help gamblers win bets on his pitches. The 27-year-old reliever was released on $600,000 bond following his appearance in Brooklyn federal court. Clase also surrendered his passport and was ordered to limit his travel to New York and […]

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3 w. ago Court battle launched to unearth costs of Liberal gun buyback

Canadian Taxpayers Federation application wants court to rule on long-delayed access-to-information request

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4 w. ago Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order

BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge's order that it distribute November's full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.

Politics

4 w. ago Key executive convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase is sentenced to over 5 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — A top executive at a startup company that eased the process for college students applying for financial aid was sentenced Wednesday to over five years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase in a $175 million acquisition of the company four years ago. The Manhattan federal court sentencing of Olivier Amar came […]

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last month Judge allows Trump administration to reconsider approval for a Massachusetts offshore wind farm

A federal court judge is allowing the Trump administration to reconsider a major federal permit that was granted to a Massachusetts offshore wind farm days before the president’s inauguration. Developer SouthCoast Wind said Wednesday it’s assessing the decision and next steps, including the pursuit of legal remedies. SouthCoast Wind is a project planned for federal […]

Politics

last month First civil trial over 737 Max crash in Ethiopia begins, even as Boeing settles three more lawsuits

CHICAGO (AP) — The first civil trial over a Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia more than six years ago opened Wednesday before a federal court jury that was asked to decide how much the American aerospace company must pay to the family of one of the 157 victims. The eight-person jury in Chicago, where […]

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