With international trade rarely making the news in this era of stable foreign relations and respectful international dialogue, you can be forgiven if you are unaware that Canada has entered several trade agreements that require it to protect trade secrets. But can Canada be forgiven for never actually enacting trade secret legislation? Maybe we can because of Canada’s substitute: the common law action for “breach of confidence”.
Canada, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Personally identifiable information, Non-disclosure agreement, Breach of confidence, Supreme Court of Canada
During the spring of 2012, the Canadian Appeals Monitor posted a five-part series on the Supreme Court’s judgments in Van Breda, Black, and
Canada, Ontario, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Breach of contract, Forum selection clause, Court of Appeal for Ontario