Prepared by Alanna Mar, Articling Student Almost 1.6 billion people are active every month on Facebook. Instagram has more than 400 million monthly…
By Gregory Sanders
Trusts have been around for six centuries. In that timespan, their uses have evolved as circumstances have changed. Trusts were first used to…
Ontario Securities Commission Amends Take–Over Bid Regime Expected to harmonize with other jurisdictions on May 9, 2016 The Ontario Securities…
By Alanna T. Mar
A registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) is an important financial planning tool that allows the annuitant and his or her spouse or common-law partner…
In Ontario, if a municipality fails to maintain its bridges, roads and sidewalks in a reasonable state of repair, the municipality is liable for all…
By Margaret Truesdale
New limitations on criminal record information provided to employers – By Margaret R. Truesdale, Research Director On December 1, 2015, the Ontario…
Immigration lawyer and firm Partner, Warren Creates attended a special presentation of the Key to the City to the Chief Justice of Canada. Pictured below,…
By Paul W. Braunovan
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement signed on February 4, 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand. The TPP is not yet in force as it still…
In a recent online article, Anthony McGlynn, firm Co-Chair and Head of the Personal Legal Needs and Estate Planning & Administration Groups, was…
By Joshua D. Sprague
Bill 106 (the Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015) received Royal Assent in the Ontario legislature on December 3, 2015. Bill 106 is the result of an…
By R. Aaron Rubinoff
This article originally appeared in the February 12, 2016 issue of The Lawyers Weekly published by LexisNexis Canada Inc. It has long been recognized that…
By Solomon M. W. Gold
The Canadian Federal Court recently examined this question in reasons for judgment issued in an appeal from a decision of the Registrar of Trademarks…
