Publications

New Rights and Responsibilities Relating to Sexual Harassment and Violence in Ontario

By Margaret R. Truesdale

On International Women’s Day, March 8, 2016, the Ontario government gave royal assent to Bill 132, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to…

Property and Assets in the Digital Age

By Anthony P. McGlynn

Traditionally when people are planning the distribution of their estates, they would consider their assets and decide how to distribute their assets,…

Lessons from Season 3 of HBO’s Silicon Valley

By Conor J. Cronin

For a comedy, Silicon Valley offers a surprising number of real life legal lessons. Startups should take note. In Season 1, Richard Hendricks, accidental…

Canadian Patents: Injunction available against infringer of a Canadian patent where owner of the patent does…

By Solomon M.W. Gold

In a recent decision, the Canadian Federal Court held that an owner of a Canadian patent may obtain a permanent injunction against infringing use, even if…

How Your Social Media Presence Can Impact Your Personal Injury Claim

Prepared by Alanna Mar, Articling Student  Almost 1.6 billion people are active every month on Facebook. Instagram has more than 400 million monthly…

The Use of Trusts

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…

Securities Alert – April 2016

Ontario Securities Commission Amends Take–Over Bid Regime Expected to harmonize with other jurisdictions on May 9, 2016 The Ontario Securities…

RRSP Investments in Public Companies

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…

Requirement for Notice to Municipal Defendants

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…

New limitations on criminal record information provided to employers

By Margaret R. Truesdale

New limitations on criminal record information provided to employers – By Margaret R. Truesdale, Research Director On December 1, 2015, the Ontario…

Firm Lawyer Joins City of Ottawa Mayor at Key to the City Event

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,…

IP Protection at the Border: The Trans Pacific Partnership

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…