Non-French signage issue in Quebec continues

On May 8, 2014, the Office Québécois de la Langue Française (OQLF) appealed the Superior Court’s decision allowing English-only trade-marks on store signs in Quebec. On April 9, 2014, the Quebec Superior Court issued its decision allowing English-only trade-marks on store signs in Quebec. This decision

Canada implements Bitcoin legislation

On June 19th, the federal government gave Royal Assent to Bill C-31, An Act to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and Other Measures. This legislation makes Canada one of the first countries to regulate digital currencies. This bill includes provisions which make virtual currencies

Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) comes into effect tomorrow, July 1, 2014

We wrote about this new law late last year, and now CASL will be coming into effect tomorrow. The past 2 weeks, businesses have been sending out “opt-in” emails to clients asking for consent to email out messages. CASL affects businesses that send emails, text messages