by Dan van der Burg | Apr 12, 2026
I recently came across a Reuters[1] article titled “Meta must face youth addiction lawsuit by Massachusetts, court rules”, reporting on a decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that, in my view, is far more significant than the headline suggests. In...
by Dan van der Burg | Apr 9, 2026
UPDATE (April 24, 2026)The Supreme Court of Canada has now released its decision in Riddle v. Ivari, dismissing the appeal and effectively affirming the approach taken by the Quebec Court of Appeal.That outcome matters.It confirms that a declaration of death is not a...
by Dan van der Burg | Apr 5, 2026
(UPDATED from my blog originally published on Substack October 14, 2025)Ontario is shifting toward a more choice-driven accident-benefits landscape, driven by ongoing reforms to the statutory accident benefits regime that increasingly prioritize consumer election over...
by Dan van der Burg | Apr 1, 2026
A Personal Starting Point: Being Sued as a LawyerOver the course of a long career in personal injury litigation, I have been sued more than once, including one time up to the end of a full-blown trial, and as a result, I certainly know about that on which I am about...
