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Faillite : Il n'y a aucune raison d'importer en droit canadien le concept américain de «contribution substantielle», l'article 11.52(1)c) de la Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies permettant à une partie de requérir une sûreté afin de garantir les honoraires professionnels d'intervenants faisant preuve d'une participation efficace au processus de restructuration. . more »
At a recent press conference held at Queen’s Park for the Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”), the OBA announced a new initiative in their partnership with the Trillium Gift of Life Network (“Trillium”). In tandem with Be a Donor Month, the OBA launched Make a Power of Attorney Month on Apri... more »
Leonard Rosen, one of the founding partners of the elite Wall Street law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, and Katz, has passed away at the age of 83. more »
In perhaps one of the strongest judicial drubbings in recent years by the BC Supreme Court, an expert witness was criticized for abandoning his obligation to assist the court in favour of advocacy. In today’s case (Mattice v. Kirby) the Plaintiff was injured following a high impact collision. more »
The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of April 1-15, 2014 is now available on the Court website.The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library lends materials from all but the most recent New Library Titles list in accordance with... more »
University of Victoria law professor Glen Gallins, Q.C. has won the Canadian Bar Association’s Legal Aid Leader Award. The Legal Aid Leader Award, presented by the CBA’s Legal Aid Liaison Committee, recognizes “legal aid lawyers who have made a …... more »
By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: Leave to Appeal Granted in NRCB Case Concerning Participatory Rights and the Interpretation of ‘Directly Affected’ Persons Entitled to a Hearing Decision commented on: JH Drilling Inc. v Alberta (Natural Resources Conservation Board), 2014 ABCA … Continue read... more »
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 17, 2014: A Star Quarterback Accused, and a Flawed Rape InvestigationCalling All Innovative Lawyers, Law Firms and Other Legal Service Providers! Lisi drops appeal in death threat conviction - The Globe and... more »
Are You Litigating for the Right Reasons? I was struck by a comment that appears in the recent Ontario decision in Scarrow v. Cowan, 2014 ONSC 955 (CanLII). The court, in setting out the basic facts in the dispute between separated parents, pointed out that they had a “very special daughter” tog... more »
As I noted in a post yesterday, Access Copyright has filed its response to the Copyright Board of Canada's series of questions about fair dealing and education in the tariff proceedings involving Canadian post-secondary institutions. Yesterday's post focused on how Access Copyright has urged the Co... more »
Faut-il s’inquiéter que les numéros d’assurance sociale (NAS) de 900 contribuables aient été volés à l’Agence du revenu du Canada, par la faille informatique Heartbleed ? «C’est LA chose à voler», a déclaré Messaoud Adba, directeur du programme de formation sur l... more »
♫ Ah, there’s an elephant standing in the room Ah, though we’re all alone It’s not just me and you…♫ Lyrics and music by E.A. Morillo, H. Romero, J. Nunez, J. Wilkinson, B.M. Burton, recorded by Alexandra Burke. This is another guest post from Beth Flynn at the Ohi... more »
On April 2nd, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed an application for the disclosure of detailed employee payroll information from an employer to its partner in a joint venture. The partner was partially responsible for the employer’s wage bill and relied on its right to inspect records... more »
The Information and Privacy Commissioner has released her investigation report to allegations that Ontario police are routinely inputting sensitive mental health information into national police databases, which are not only accessible to all Canadian police departments, but also the US Federal Bure... more »
This post is the first in a series discussing proposed changes to Canadian trademark law. The Canadian Government dropped a bombshell on the trademark community on March 28, 2014, proposing massive changes to the Canadian Trade-marks Act (the Act), such changes being buried in a budget bill—namely... more »
What got me started on this post was this article from INALJ (I need a library job) called 5 Things That People Don’t Realize Their Librarians Do. This is my year for public speaking. I’m sitting on a panel of library technicians at the 2014 Manitoba Libraries Conference called ̶... more »
I’m pleased to announce the launch of a great new project we’ve been working on here at Stem. It’s called CanLII Connects and it opened to the public a few hours ago. Simply put, CanLII Connects was developed to improve …... more »
One of the areas I don't often have an opportunity to research is environmental law. Infrequent review of a subject area is one of the things that can make for inefficient research, especially in a regulatory rich subject like environmental law. To combat symptoms of inefficiency, it is... more »
Like so many things that go viral online, the truth is far more complex than the buzz itself. In the spotlight today is the Spritz speed reading app, which I recently came across in this post.The story made sense: that eye motion was wasted effort, and we could consume more content if we maximized o... more »
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice released a decision in January 2014, involving Cora Franchise Group, 2176693 Ontario Ltd. v. Cora Franchise Group Inc., 2014 ONSC 600 (CanLII), holding that a standard assignment release clause - requiring a franchisee to release a franchisor of all claims as a... more »
Post by: Meghan MacDonald We have noticed lately that it is becoming difficult to obtain the required quorum of unit owners at condominium turnover meetings. The purpose of the turnover meeting is for the Declarant of the condominium to hand … Continue reading →... more »
Progressive discipline and performance management is part of the employment relationship. It’s a part that most managers and employees would like to avoid. But it’s reality and critically important to business and individual success. An Alberta Arbitrator recently considered progressive discipli... more »
I think a lot about governance in projects I work on: who is going to do what, who is going to oversee it, and how things will be maintained. A big piece of the picture are policies, guidelines and procedures. Without this type of documentation, employees in an organization do not have guidance on h... more »
One issue that I see regularly in my family practice is the difficulty in obtaining passports for children under the age of 16 years. When parents are divorced or separated, the parent who has custody of the child is the…... more »
On Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 at 10am PST (1pm EST) West Coast Environmental Law will be hosting the first ever Twitter Moot Court. The event takes the tried-and-true law school practice of mooting and flips it on its head by conducting it via social media. It’s an exciting innovation that will... more »