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5.21.20 Eye on Intellectual Property in Uncertain Times
5.7.20 Access to Justice in the Time of COVID-19: Lessons from Classical Antiquity
5.1.20 Government Announces Details of Rent Assistance Program for Small Business Tenants
4.30.20 Update - What you should know about Powers of Attorney and Substitute Decision Making
4.29.20 Insurance Litigation in the Time of Physical Distancing
4.24.20 Revised Rules for Remote Signing of Wills
4.22.20 The Entertainment Business Landscape During COVID-19
4.21.20 Federal and Ontario COVID-19 Relief Measures for Businesses
4.20.20 What's Next? COVID-19 and Corporate Governance while Business is on Pause
4.17.20 The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
4.15.20 Alternate Estate Dispute Resolution in current COVID-19 times
4.13.20 Province Reimposes Limitation Periods and Lien Timelines under the Construction Act
4.13.20 Update - Witnessing of Will and Powers of Attorney by Video
4.9.20 Securities Update: Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange Relax Filing Deadlines Due to COVID-19
4.9.20 Indispensable Dispensaries: How Cannabis Became "Essential" in the COVID-19 Crisis
4.8.20 Parenting in a Pandemic: Emerging Trends and a Call for Parental Co-Operation
4.8.20 Witnessing of Will and Powers of Attorney by Video
4.7.20 The Use of Electronic Documents and Electronic Signatures During COVID-19
4.6.20 Relief from Forfeiture is not Automatic — Success for Economical Insurance
4.3.20 Premium Holidays and Benefit Payments – How Ontario's Workers' Compensation System is Addressing COVID-19
4.1.20 The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Insolvency Laws in Canada: A Primer
4.1.20 Not the Last Word: Potential Coverage Issues That May Arise From COVID-19
4.1.20 Tax Update: GST/HST Considerations for Canadian Businesses Affected by COVID-19
3.31.20 Wills and Powers of Attorney in a Social Distancing Environment
3.31.20 Substitute Decision Making in a Social Distancing Environment
3.31.20 COVID-19 and Commercial Leases in Canada: Expert Insight
3.30.20 Prime Minister Announces Details of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
3.30.20 Adjudication of Construction Disputes Available Online During Pandemic
3.27.20 COVID-19 Tax Update
3.26.20 What should parents do if they are worried about children moving between the parties' homes during COVID-19?
3.26.20 How can family law clients navigate the legal system amid the COVID-19 pandemic?
3.26.20 The New Canada Emergency Response Benefit for Canadians Who Need Income Support as a Result of COVID-19
3.25.20 Limitation Periods in Ontario Are Suspended: What Does This Mean?
3.24.20 What Employers Need to Know in the Era of Covid-19
3.23.20 Tax Update: Canadian Government Fiscal/Monetary Policy Response and Economic Outlook in the Wake of COVID-19
3.20.20 COVID-19: Infectious Disease Emergencies Leave (COVID-19 Leave) Now Available for Employees in Ontario
3.19.20 Cyber Warfare and the Act of War Exclusion
3.16.20 Containing the Spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ontario's Legislative Powers
3.3.20 Real Estate Meets Trust Law: Land Registration Ontario Style
3.1.20 Plan Well. Live Well. Be an Effective Executor, Trustee or Attorney/Guardian for Property and Care.
3.1.20 Plan Well. Live Well. Be Succession Ready.
3.1.20 Plan Well. Live Well. Have an Organized Household.
3.1.20 Plan Well. Live Well. Manage Incapacity and Disability.
3.1.20 Plan Well. Live Well. Leave an Organized Estate.
2.28.20 A Budding Innovative Cannabis Solution: Shipping Container Farms
2.25.20 Coronavirus: Can Ontario Employees Refuse to Work?
1.23.20 Disability support: Guardianship applications
1.21.20 Eric's LTD Update - Winter 2020
1.20.20 Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752: What Families Need to Know
12.18.19 "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown": Crown Immunity in Canada
12.6.19 Canada - The MLI Enters into Force for Canada on 1 December 2019 IBFD, Derivatives & Financial Instruments, Volume 21, No. 6, 2019
12.2.19 Collecting Another Country's Taxes – Recent Experience in the Canada-U.S. Context
11.26.19 Preserving disability support benefits and post-mortem planning
11.22.19 Construction Act revisions mean prompt payment for Ontario's contractors
11.8.19 Benefit corporations: Legislators should tread lightly
10.17.19 One-Year Anniversary of Pot Legalization: Should Canadians be Popping Champagne?
10.1.19 The Year in Review: An Annual Publication of the ABA/Section of International Law: International Tax
9.30.19 Canadian Federal Court Applies File Wrapper Estoppel in Claim Construction
9.23.19 Ounce of prevention: Marriage contracts and family trusts
9.17.19 Eric's LTD Update - Fall 2019
9.1.19 Recent Changes to Family Law Rules in Ontario
8.28.19 Subsection 153(4.3) of the Act Is Not an Alternative to Judicial Review (2019) 27:8 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
8.27.19 Hemp – An Interesting Licencing Alternative to Accessing the CBD Market
8.21.19 The Benefits of Limited Partnerships to Non-Residents of Canada
8.19.19 "Securities Claims" in Michael Keeley, Robert M. Flowers, Megan M. Manogue and Robyn L. Sondak, eds.,  Handling Fidelity Bond Claims, 3d ed. (Chicago: American Bar Association, 2019).
7.29.19 Tax Filing Obligations for Non-Resident Canadian Partnerships (2019) 27:7 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
6.24.19 Questions Regarding Canadian and Uruguayan Cannabis Laws
6.18.19 When a family trust is really a sham
6.3.19 LTD Case Law Update - Summer 2019
5.27.19 Privacy Laws are for Everyone
5.23.19 Questions Regarding Canadian Chilean Cannabis Laws
5.7.19 Renew Your Canadian Trademark Registrations Now and Save
5.1.19 Kleptocurrency: Crime insurers face new challenges with cryptocurrency
4.29.19 Can Tax Authorities Demand Access to Audit Workpapers? Canadian Experience Follows U.S. Rule (2019) 27:3 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
4.29.19 Opening Addresses by the Defence
4.24.19 Reminder: Starting June 13, 2019, Private CBCA Corporations will be Required to Maintain a New Register
4.9.19 Cyber Class Action Exposure in Canada
4.2.19 LTD Case Law Update - Spring 2019
4.1.19 Canadian Cannabis Law - Fascinating History in the Making
3.27.19 No Tort of Harassment in Ontario: Court of Appeal
3.21.19 Protect Your Insured From Being Added to Litigation
3.18.19 Condo buyers are also stakeholders in the development
3.8.19 Family trusts: Weighing the true value of a discretionary interest
3.7.19 Pharmacies Across Ontario To Face Increased Scrutiny
2.28.19 Recent Developments Regarding the Employment Standards Act
2.26.19 "YOU FIRST": A Primer on the Application of Other-Insurance Provisions, and how they Work to Establish Priority between Insurers
2.4.19 Ambassador McCallum's Controversial Comments on the Huawei Extradition Case Resulted in His Termination. But Was He Right?
1.28.19 LTD Case Law Update - Winter 2019
1.21.19 Risk in Use of an ESA Termination Clause?
1.16.19 Health Canada Issues Proposed Regulations for Edible Cannabis, Cannabis Extracts, and Cannabis Topicals
1.16.19 Tax issues of interest to the U.S. person in Canada and their advisors
1.10.19 Roadmap to Cannabis Retail: The Three Canadian Models
1.1.19 The Good Faith Doctrine: A Positive Duty to Disclose Would Protect the Reasonable Expectations of Parties During Contract Performance, 96 U. DET. MERCY L. REV. 291–327 (2019).
12.17.18 Privileged yet powerless beneficiary spouse of a family trust
12.10.18 Subcontractors' Lien Timelines Under the Construction Act
11.23.18 Legislation and Regulations for the Licencing of Cannabis Retail Stores in Ontario Now in Force
11.23.18 Bill 47 update - changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 receive Royal Assent
11.19.18 A Review of U.S. Border Crossing Issues One Month After Cannabis Legalization
11.8.18 "The Fidelity Recovery Playbook: Practical Strategies for Maximizing Recovery" (ABA FSLC 2018 Fall Meeting, Philadelphia)
11.7.18 "Tales From The Crypt: Cryptocurrency Is Here — How Will Crime Insurers Respond?", XXIV Fid. L.J. 1 (2018)
11.1.18 So you think your information is safe on Google Drive…
11.1.18 "Milne Estate: An Inconvenient Marriage of Legal Concepts", STEP Journal
10.30.18 How the Province of Ontario Will Regulate Private Cannabis Retail Stores
10.29.18 Employees of Canadian Cannabis Companies – Use Caution When Travelling to the USA for Business
10.24.18 Bill 47 update - proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000
10.17.18 The Canadian Government Plans to Pardon Past Marijuana Convictions But Is It Enough?
10.10.18 Fitness Trackers: from Solving Crime to Substantiating Injuries
10.10.18 Under A Cloud: how Insurers can Respond to the upcoming Legalization of the Recreational Use of Cannabis in Canada
10.10.18 USMCA (NAFTA 2.0): What's New for Intellectual Property in Canada
10.9.18 Canadian Companies Should Educate Their Employees Prior to Marijuana Legalization
10.1.18 LTD Case Law Update - Fall 2018
10.1.18 Trustees in the middle when family trust meets family law
10.1.18 U.S. Shareholder of a Canco after 2017 Tax Reform (2018) 26:10 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
9.20.18 Social Engineering Fraud: Is Coverage Available Under Commercial Crime Policies?
9.12.18 Canada, Others, Taking New Steps to Thwart Global Tax Evasion
9.12.18 B Corp Certification in Canada: Part I — Amending the Articles of Incorporation
9.11.18 B Corp Certification in Canada: Part II — What else should I be asking my lawyer?
8.9.18 Age Discrimination in Employer's Group Benefit Plans
8.8.18 Does the Canada Border Services Agency Have the Authority to Search Your Electronic Devices?
8.1.18 Canada Expands Biometrics Requirement to 150 Countries
7.16.18 Recent Changes to Impaired Driving Offenses and their Effect on Canada's Immigration Laws
7.1.18 Physical Presence not Required for US State Sales Tax (2018) 26:7 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
6.29.18 Employer Obligations under the new Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017
6.28.18 New EU General Data Protection Regulation Promises Marked Impact on Canadian Business
6.18.18 Can the Application of Blockchain Technology Broaden the Horizons for Arbitration?
6.12.18 Privacy Regulation and Emerging Risks for Insurers
6.6.18 Ontario Establishes New Cannabis Laws
6.6.18 Legalization of Recreational Cannabis in Canada: Real Estate Trends
6.1.18 Is your case ripe for summary judgment? How to get your motion past the gatekeeper, The Advocates' Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1; Summer 2018
6.1.18 Chambers & Partners Global Practice Guides: Trade Marks 2018, Law and Practice
6.1.18 No US Deduction for Related-Party Interest or Royalty Paid Abroad (2018) 26:6 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
5.29.18 The Countdown is on to Pay Transparency in Ontario
5.10.18 The Court of Appeal Speaks: Claims for Contribution and Indemnity are subject to discoverability
5.8.18 Chambers & Partners Global Practice Guides: Regional Real Estate 2018, Trends and Developments
5.5.18 How Does Arbitration Intersect with the Blockchain Technology that underlies Cryptocurrencies?
4.30.18 How the Legalization of Marijuana Will Affect Your Ability to Travel to the United States
4.26.18 LTD Case Law Update - Spring 2018
4.1.18 Ontario Insurance Law & Commentary, 2018 Edition (Markham Ontario, LexisNexis Canada, 2017)
3.29.18 #MeToo and the Potential for Sexual Harassment Claims in Dental Workplaces
3.22.18 Fire and Wire: Canadian Business Interruption Insurance in the Age of Cyber-Risk and Climate Change
3.21.18 New Guidance from Ontario Court of Appeal on Landlord Liability for Historical Contamination
3.7.18 Pop-Up Shop Lease Negotiations Give Rise to Unique Legal Issues
3.7.18 Privately-Owned Companies in Canada Currently Best For Public Benefit Missions
2.28.18 Leveraging Delay: How to use a Plaintiff's Delay to a Defendant's Advantage
2.28.18 Understanding your Cyber Risk – A View From Canada
2.21.18 Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Guidance on Landlord Liability for Historical Contamination
2.16.18 Owners' Obligations Under Labour and Material Payment Bonds
2.12.18 Removing Offending Content from the Internet Just Became Harder
2.6.18 Changes to CRA's Voluntary Disclosure Program coming
2.1.18 U.S. Partnership Interest Sale Triggers 10 Percent Withholding (2018) 26:2 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
1.30.18 Foreign Affiliate Treatment of Foreign Currency Gains and Losses on a Reduction of Paid Up Capital, International Tax Planning Journal
1.17.18 Combating Insurance Fraud with Data Analytics
1.15.18 Fact-Checking the Canadian Government's Claims Made in Support of the Preclearance Act, 2016
1.9.18 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Updates Policy on Border Searches of Electronic Devices
12.31.17 "Two-Year Holding of CCPC Options" (2017) 25:5 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.17 "Tax Implications of Cryptocurrency" (2017) 25:7 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.17 "Shielding Non-Resident's Assets via a Canadian LP" (2017) 25:3 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.17 "The Tax Lawyer's Standard of Care" (2017) 25:2 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.17 "US Country-by-Country Reporting" (2017) 24:4 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.26.17 FATCA and its Application to Canadian Trusts, Tax Hyperion
12.14.17 Limitation Periods: Have you waited too long?
12.13.17 President Trump's Latest Travel Ban and its Effect on Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents
12.5.17 The New Tax Proposals - Where Are We Now?
12.5.17 Purchasing A Private Aircraft - Checklist
12.5.17 Teva: Employee Cheque Fraud - Who is Liable?
11.17.17 "Alberta Court of Queen's Bench finds no Coverage for Social Engineering Fraud Loss under Crime Policy" Covered Events (Defense Research Institute, November 2017)
11.15.17 The Full ‘Costs' Of Lying: When Full-Indemnity Costs are Awarded
11.15.17 ‘Much Ado About Nothing': Three Reasons why the The Brick v. Chubb Decision does not add much to the Law of Cyber Insurance
11.15.17 IT'S THE WAY YOU SAY IT: when Punctuation really Matters
11.9.17 "Criminal Prosecution of the Alleged Defaulter: How do Parallel Criminal Prosecutions affect the Fidelity Investigation?" (ABA FSLC 2017 Fall Meeting, Boston)
11.7.17 Bill 148 & ESA Update: What employers need to know
11.6.17 The Benefit Corporation should become a legitimate business model
11.1.17 Can an employer insist that an employee have a medical exam?
10.27.17 Bags in Brief: Toting the value of goodwill
10.26.17 Advising the Trustee: The Lawyer's Role in the Case of Fraud
10.18.17 An ill wind blowing: Insurers are bracing for challenges from climate change
10.16.17 CETA Offers Enhanced Mobility for EU Nationals Entering Canada
10.5.17 Shifting Climate Change Risks Will Force Insurers to Adapt
10.2.17 Timeliness of the Lien - Rethinking the "Date of Last Supply"
10.1.17 "Dual Resident Estate" (2017) 25:10 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
10.1.17 "The Year in Review: An Annual Publication of the ABA/Section of International Law: International Taxes" (2017) 51:1 Int Law 381
9.22.17 Bags in Brief: The shape of purse-on-all branding
9.14.17 Update on Express Entry
9.13.17 Limited Partnership Structure Proving Attractive to Foreign Investors
9.11.17 Notice to TIFF Attendees: Watch Out for Canada's Immigration Laws
9.8.17 Bags in Brief: Extrasensory perceptions
9.1.17 Floods, Fires and Droughts - Insurance in the Era of Climate Change, 35:5 Can. J. Ins. L. at 131 (September 2017)
8.18.17 Bags in Brief: Clutches strapped and chained
8.16.17 From Bricks and Mortar to Data and Privacy
8.16.17 The Times They Are A-Changin': More Important Stuff on Expert Witnesses
8.8.17 Foreign Nationals Can Legally Avoid Ontario's Foreign Buyer Tax
8.1.17 Bags in Brief: The essence of style
7.24.17 Free Advice for Non-Patients: An Ethical/Legal Case Discussion
7.19.17 Government of Canada Amends the Citizenship Act
7.17.17 Floodgates now opened? SCC rules on personal liability of directors for oppressive conduct
7.12.17 Releasing the Unknown: Court of Appeal Re-Affirms Ability to Release Unknown Claims
7.11.17 IRCC Announces Details of Global Skills Strategy
7.7.17 Ninth Circuit finds No Coverage under Crime Policy for Client Funds lost in Social Engineering Fraud, 35 Can. J. Ins. L. 119 (July 2017)
7.1.17 AstraZeneca Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc. 2017 SCC 36: Reconsidering the Promise Doctrine, ABA International IP Legal Updates, July 2017
6.15.17 Adjudication Under the New Construction Act
6.12.17 Ontario's New Prompt Payment Legislation – How It Will Work
6.12.17 FIRST LOOK: Big Changes Coming to Ontario Employment Standards and Labour Relations Laws (2017), 27 E.L.L.R. AT P. 29
6.6.17 Personal Real Estate Corporations
6.6.17 Fixtures Filing – Mysteries Solved (2017), 22 C.S.F.L.R.
6.1.17 Arbitral awards: appeals, setting aside, and enforcement, in Marvin J. Huberman A practitioner's guide to commercial arbitration, Toronto : Irwin Law, 2017
5.31.17 IRCC Raises the Cut-Off Age for Dependent Children
5.30.17 Personal Liability for Abandoned Liens – Caution for Claimants
5.30.17 Reducing Trial Delays or Coerced Settlements?
5.29.17 Is Your Employment Agreement Enforceable?
5.29.17 Government of Canada Eliminates Conditional Permanent Residence for Spouses & Partners
5.29.17 The CGL Policy: Coverage A Concepts
5.25.17 New Construction Lien Act – Countdown to the Reveal
5.25.17 Update on Express Entry
5.23.17 Eligible Bulgarians, Romanians, Brazilians May Now Travel Visa-Free to Canada
5.15.17 Blaneys Wins Appeal on the Duty to Defend Allegations of Fraud
5.10.17 Blaneys argues Ontario Court of Appeal Excluded Driver Endorsement case
5.4.17 Preserving Construction Lien Rights in Ontario
5.2.17 Residential Tenants Have 1 Year to Sue Their Landlords For Want of Repair?
5.1.17 How the United States' Withdrawal from the NAFTA Would Affect Canadians Working in the United States
4.24.17 Law Society Amends and Clarifies the "Threatening Criminal Proceedings" Rule
4.19.17 Update on Express Entry
4.12.17 The Federal Budget - Some Bad Omens
4.11.17 All of a Sudden, it was not Excluded: a Recent Ruling on the Qualified Pollution Exclusion
4.11.17 ‘DIY': Experts Must Write Their Own Reports
4.6.17 Businesses may be helped by Law Society rule change
3.8.17 What You Need to Know About President Trump's New Travel Ban
3.1.17 Failure to Keep Accurate, Up-To-Date Corporate Records Can Produce Major Aggravation for Owners, Managers
3.1.17 Secured Real Estate Financing: Inter-Creditor Agreements - A Standstill With A Time Limit Is Not A True Standstill
2.23.17 New OHRC Policy: Accommodation and Medical Documentation
2.22.17 Rent Abatement in Commercial Leases
2.21.17 Preclearance Bill Raises Concerns over Canadian Sovereignty
2.16.17 No More Mining - Reflections from Pacific Rim Cayman v El Salvador (ICSID)
2.15.17 Update on Express Entry
2.1.17 Fletcher v. Doig: A case of refuted authorship and a role for alternative dispute resolution
1.31.17 RBC v. Trang: When is "highly sensitive" financial information not that sensitive?
1.30.17 President Trump's Executive Order and Its Application to Canadian Dual-Citizens
1.16.17 Coverage for Social Engineering Fraud Takes its Place Among the Required Coverage for Canadian Business
1.1.17 "Harsh, But Fair: the Termination Provision in Commercial Crime and Financial Institution Coverages" (ABA FSLC 2017 Midwinter Meeting, New Orleans)
1.1.17 The Global Talent Stream - A New Breed of LMIA (2017), Legal Alert (Carswell)
12.31.16 "Tax Under Appeal Not Debt in Bankruptcy" (2016) 24:10 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.16 "US Debt Reclassified as Equity" (2016) 24:9 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.16 "Ultimate Beneficiary" (2016) 24:6 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.16 "Written Settlement Offer Before Hearing" (2016) 24:4 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.16 "Foreign Rectification Orders" (2016) 24:3 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.16 "Uber Driver: Employee?" (2016) 24:1 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.16 "Ontario (not Alberta) Resident Trust" (2016) 23:11 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.16 "US BEA Information Filing" (2016) 23:6 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.16 "The Year in Review: An Annual Publication of the ABA/Section of International Law: Canada" (2016) 50:1 Int Law 577
12.21.16 Expert Witness Immunity: No, You Cannot Sue Your Own Expert For Negligence!
12.19.16 Employment Contracts: Good Idea? Bad Idea?
12.19.16 It's Privileged: Should Litigation Privilege attach to pre-litigation Adjusters' Files?
12.19.16 Why the Private Right of Action afforded by Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation should concern Insurers who underwrite Risks in Canada
12.14.16 Canada Lifts Temporary Resident Visa Requirements for Citizens of Mexico
12.7.16 Corporate Property Interests: New Ontario Record-Keeping Requirements Scheduled To Take Effect Imminently
12.7.16 Secured Real Estate Financing: Just Because You Are Cross-Defaulted, Does Not Mean You Are Cross-Collateralized
12.6.16 Fletcher v. Doig: An Unlikely Case of Coincidence, Correlation, or Consent
11.22.16 New Express Entry Rules in Effect as of November 19, 2016
11.21.16 Served a Demand Letter by the Bank? Five Things to Know
11.21.16 Who Owns the Customer Relationship?
11.17.16 How to Wait Out Donald Trump's Presidential Term in Canada
11.15.16 What Dual Citizens Should Know Before Renouncing Their United States Citizenship
11.14.16 Rethinking Arbitration Clauses – Are They More of a Headache Than They Are Worth? – A Case Comment on Novatrax International Inc. v. Hägele Landtechnik GmbH
11.2.16 The Correct Approach to the Interpretation of Boilerplate Policy Wording in Canada
11.1.16 A Canadian Perspective on Fletcher v. Doig, 63 Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. 621 (2016)
11.1.16 "Social Engineering Fraud in the Context of Computer and Funds Transfer Fraud Coverages" ABA Fidelity & Surety Law Committee Newsletter, Fall 2016
10.28.16 Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act ("AODA") Compliance for Small Organizations
10.25.16 "Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All", A World Bank Group Flagship Report, 14th Ed.
10.24.16 It Says what it Says: Pre-Tender Defence Costs should not be Covered under the Policy
10.17.16 Update on Express Entry
10.13.16 Context Relevant to Risk of Harm Analysis under FIPPA, says Divisional Court
10.3.16 Quid Pro Quo: Barring U.S. Citizens from Canada for DUI Offenses
9.29.16 Asserting Cause: What Not To Do
9.26.16 Supreme Court Re-Opens the Door to Appeals on Questions of Contractual Interpretation: Ledcor, Sattva and the Interpretation of Standard Form Contracts
9.23.16 Dual Citizens Require Canadian Passports as of November 10, 2016
9.19.16 Defence Medical Expert Bias
9.15.16 The Importance of Discipline In Branding: An Interesting, Unlikely Case Study Courtesy of Fletcher V. Doig
9.15.16 Ledcor Construction Ltd. v. Northbridge Indemnity Insurance Co., 2016 SCC 37
9.7.16 Strong Branding Can Help Generate Profits: Caution Needed In Name, Trademark Choices
9.7.16 Disclaimers May Be Drag on Branding But Are Musts for Customers, Businesses
9.6.16 Government of Canada Announces Termination of the eTA Leniency Period
8.30.16 An Update on the Changing Workplaces Review
8.25.16 Canadian Appellate Court Holds That Reinsureds Must Establish Legal Liability in the Absence of a Follow Settlements Cause
8.15.16 CBSA Proposes Amendments to NEXUS and Other Trusted Traveler Programs
8.9.16 Insurance Implications of Natural Disasters: An Overview of the Fort McMurray Wildfires
8.1.16 Temporary Work Authorization in Canada - A New Landscape (2016), Legal Alert (Carswell)
7.27.16 Wilson v. AECL: At the Supreme Court of Canada, What was Old is New Again
7.21.16 Canada to Lift Visa Requirements for Mexican Citizens
6.13.16 Update on Express Entry
6.1.16 Small Business Deduction Survives Budget: Ottawa Proposes Major New Limitations
6.1.16 Variety of Protections Open To Businesses Exposed To "Panama Papers" — Type Data Breaches
6.1.16 Ottawa Acknowledges Unintended Threat: Rescinds New Tax Rule on Spousal Trusts
5.30.16 An Employee's Last-Minute Childcare Obligations May Trigger the Duty to Accommodate
5.24.16 New Liability Trends, Potential New Risk for Sports Associations
5.18.16 Worried about a Sears Insolvency? Here are 5 Lessons from the Target Canada Insolvency for Landlords to Remember
4.26.16 A New Direction for the Enforceability of Termination Clauses?
4.20.16 CIC Establishes LMIA Exemptions for Television and Film Production Workers and Performing Artists
4.19.16 The Standard Non-Owned Automobile Policy - SPF 6
4.7.16 Blaneys Fidelity Year in Review 2015
3.30.16 Temporary Lay-Offs – What are the risks?
3.30.16 Bill 132 and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
3.29.16 Ontario Paves Road to Improved Judgment-Creditor Recovery - New Developments Could Expedite Enforcement
3.22.16 Invasion of Privacy Claims Expanding -- Business Should Take Note
3.14.16 Continuing Developments in Tax Law
3.14.16 Canada Implements Leniency Period for Electronic Travel Authorization until Fall 2016 Publications
3.2.16 Background Checks on Prospective Employees Limited by New Law to take Effect Later this Year
3.2.16 Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives Becoming Common for Profit-Seeking Businesses
3.2.16 Supreme Court Issues Decision that has Implications for Canadian Subsidiaries, Foreign-Owned Parents
2.29.16 Preventing Violence and Harassment at Work – Workers' Compensation Enters the Equation
2.24.16 LTD Claims from Depression: What You Need to Know
2.22.16 Insuring Against a Technological Unknown: Assessing Copyright Infringement and Technological Neutrality
2.22.16 Public Disclosure of Private Facts: Recent Privacy Law Decisions
2.16.16 Update on Express Entry
2.8.16 Court of Appeal Provides a Further Look at the Additional Insured
2.1.16 BENEFICIARY PROVISIONS OF THE INSURANCE ACT OF ONTARIO
1.25.16 Paris and San Bernadino Attacks Prompt Revisions to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program
1.25.16 Bill 113 Passed: Implications of New Police Record Check Requirements in Employment
1.13.16 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Announces Details of its Entrepreneur and Corporate Streams
1.12.16 Termination of Agreement under section 112 of the Condominium Act, 1998 - Not So Fast
12.31.15 "Ontario Production Services Tax Credit" (2015) 25:5 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.15 "Alberta-Resident Trusts" (2015) 23:11 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.15 "RRSPs, RRIFs, and the US Net Investment Income Tax" (2015) 23:9 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.15 "SCC Upholds Guindon Penalty" (2015) 23:8 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.15 "Identity Theft and the IRS" (2015) 23:7 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.15 "FATCA FAQ Clarification" (2015) 23:4 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.15 "SEC Disgorgement Based on Unpaid Taxes" (2015) 23:3 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.15 "Consent Order Not Rectification" (2015) 23:2 Canadian Tax Highlights: Canadian Tax Foundation
12.31.15 "Will and Probate Planning" chapter in the Miller Thomson on Estate Planning reference series published by Carswell (editor and author until 2015)
12.31.15 "Doctrines of Estoppel and Officially Induced Error: A Review of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences v. R" (2015) OBA Tax L
12.18.15 Overview of Ontario's Most Recent Addition to Environmental Legislation: The Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015
12.14.15 Ontario Court of Appeal confirms that a multiplicity of lawsuits arising out of same automobile accident is sometimes necessary
12.7.15 Update on Express Entry
12.1.15 "Psychometric" Tests can Help in Hiring, Managing Staff but Employers Must Note Potential Practical and Legal Issues
12.1.15 Greater Clarity for Secured Lenders: New Rules taking effect December 31
12.1.15 Start-Ups, Smaller Businesses in Ontario, other Provinces to Benefit from New Crowdfunding Rules for Raising Capital
12.1.15 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Announces Temporary pause on OINP "Base" Stream Applications
12.1.15 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Announces Closure of its Investor Stream
11.25.15 Court Rules that the Increase in Deductibles is not Retrospective
11.17.15 Cash or Credit? – Posting Security for Liens post-Stuart Olson
11.17.15 Chevron Corp. v. Yaiguaje, 2015 SCC 42 - Supreme Court of Canada Weighs in
11.16.15 Who Owns Your Face?: Privacy implications of facial recognition data
11.5.15 UBER: and the New ‘Gig' Economy: What are the Implications for the Future?
11.3.15 The Point of No Return: Terminating Employees for Dishonesty and Litigating Employee Fraud Claims
11.3.15 Administrative Monetary Penalties for Employer Non-Compliance Effective as of December 1, 2015
11.1.15 "The Enemy Is Within: what happens when the Defaulter completes the Application for Fidelity Coverage?" ABA Fidelity & Surety Law Committee Newsletter, Fall 2015
10.26.15 Court of Appeal for Ontario sets aside Administrative Dismissal and Restores Action to Trial List notwithstanding Five-Year Delay
10.5.15 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Establishes Two Express Entry Streams
9.30.15 Duty to Defend Litigation
9.18.15 Gotcha: Traps for the Unwary Presented by New and Emerging Legal Issues
9.9.15 New Spousal-Trust Tax Rule: Ottawa Acknowledges Issues
9.9.15 I Have Been Named an Estate Trustee…Now What?
9.9.15 Wills Must Be Planned and Managed Carefully for Full Tax Benefit of New Charitable Gift Rules
9.9.15 New Estate Rules Start Jan. 1: Large Implications for Taxes on Trusts, Contents of Secondary Wills
9.1.15 Protection of Individuals' Personality Rights and the Media
9.1.15 Canadian Chapter of Insurance Bad Faith: A Compendium of State Law
8.1.15 The High Threshold for Environmental Damage in Armed Conflict
7.23.15 What are an Employer's Obligations to a Terminally Ill Employee?
7.14.15 How Foreign Franchisors Can Expand into the United States Using Foreign Franchisees
6.30.15 Have You Looked at Your Will Lately?
6.30.15 I Have Been Named an Estate Trustee... Now What?
6.26.15 Summer Fun, Fall Lawsuit
6.22.15 Final Canadian Citizenship Act Reforms Effective as of June 11, 2015
6.22.15 Technical Issues Prompt Suspension of Overseas U.S. Visa Processing
6.9.15 Ontario Court of Appeal Interest Act Decision Has Lessons for Both Lenders and Borrowers
6.9.15 At Day's End, Nortel Bankruptcy Judges Land on What is Fair and Reasonable
6.9.15 New Tax Rules for Spousal Trusts Could Have Severe Consequences: Reviews of Wills Strongly Advised
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