TORONTO — New rules for Ontario real estate are coming into force that are intended to provide more clarity and choice for buyers and sellers, although they don't go as far as some had hoped. The rules, which took effect Friday, include the option for sellers to use an open bidding process, improvements to…

What You Need to Know: On September 13, 2023, the California legislature passed SB 616, which expanded the State's existing paid sick leave mandate, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014in significant ways. On October 4, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law. The law takes effect on January 1, 2024.…

Donald Trump's latest legal defeat in a New York court — a jaw-dropping $354 million judgment to claw back the proceeds of a decade of fraud, plus almost $100 million in interest — puts an exclamation point on an unprecedented losing streak in his home state.Trump and his company have been victorious in a…

The mother of a teenage boy who died by suicide using products believed to have been sold by Kenneth Law said she could see the “light at the end of the tunnel” Tuesday after hearing that police had laid a dozen new charges of second-degree murder on the Mississauga man. “It's infuriating. It's very…