Regulatory compliance and advocacy are critical in today’s evolving economic and environmental landscape. Shepherd Rubenstein provides strategic legal counsel and representation to individuals, businesses, industry stakeholders, and organizations navigating complex regulatory frameworks. Our firm supports clients in navigating complex regulatory frameworks, ensuring compliance, and advocating effectively before tribunals and regulatory bodies.

Economic Regulation

We provide strategic legal advice and representation on complex economic regulatory matters, ensuring compliance and advocacy before key regulatory bodies. Our services include:

• Representing clients before federal and provincial economic regulators, agencies, and government departments.
• Preparing complex legal opinions on wide-range of economic regulatory matters.
• Challenging and defending regulatory decisions through appeals and judicial reviews before tribunals and all levels of court.
• Advising on telecommunications and broadcasting regulations, including CRTC proceedings under the Broadcasting Act and Telecommunications Act.
• Guiding telecommunication and broadcast providers, resellers, new media companies, consumers, and content creators on regulatory compliance.
• Protecting consumer rights through expert guidance on Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act and Energy Consumer Protection Act.
• Providing advice on complaints, compliance, and enforcement under the Competition Act and Canada Transportation Act,
• Compliance advice for federal and Ontario access to information privacy laws, including the Access to Information Act, Privacy Act, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), and Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA).

Environmental Regulation

We navigate the evolving landscape of environmental law, helping clients comply with regulatory frameworks and mitigate legal risks. Our expertise includes:

• Representing clients in federal and provincial environmental assessments and project approvals.
• Challenging environmental assessment decisions through appeals and judicial reviews.
• Advising on compliance with carbon pricing regulations, including reporting, measurement, and enforcement obligations.
• Providing strategic counsel on the Crown’s duty to consult and accommodate Indigenous communities in regulatory and project approval processes.