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Securities Alert – December 2016

Enhancing Financial Disclosure for Reporting Issuers Some tips from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) The Office of the Chief Accountant of the OSC…

Safeguarding the Arbitration Process: Court deters frivolous claims of arbitrator bias

By R. Aaron Rubinoff

This article originally appeared in the September 16, 2016 issue of The Lawyers Weekly published by LexisNexis Canada Inc.  Two benefits that are…

Seeing is NOT Believing: Trademark Solicitation Scams

By Marina Stipanac

Depending on which side of equation you are on, you may consider revenue made by sending trademark notices offering fake or useless services to trademark…

Legalized Marijuana: Lessons From the U.S. Experience

By Timothy J. McCunn

In December 2015, the Government of Canada announced in its Speech from the Throne that it would begin the process of legalizing and regulating…

SPACs and CPCs: Alternatives to Private Equity and Traditional IPOs

By Conor J. Cronin

Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations (SPAC) and Capital Pool Companies (CPC) are two capital raising vehicles that can benefit investors and business…

The Steps in a Civil Litigation Action

By Alexandra Ormond

Pleadings Pleadings consist of a statement of claim, statement of defence and reply. The plaintiff prepares a statement of claim, which must contain a…

Dealing with the Canada Revenue Agency

By Gregory Sanders

The Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) is empowered with the administration and enforcement of the Income Tax Act (the “Act”).  In connection with…

Joint and Several Liability: What does being 1% liable mean?

By Alexandra Ormond

The 1% rule compels a defendant who may only be 1% at fault to pay the plaintiff’s entire judgment. The “1% rule” comes from s. 1 of the Negligence…

Canadian Patent Office Shortens the Time Between Payment of the Final (Issue) Fee and Issuance of the…

By Solomon M.W. Gold

Over the summer, the Canadian Patent Office announced that it would be amending its process for issuing patents by reducing the time between payment of…

VIDEO BLOG – MANAGEMENT BUYOUT AS A SUCCESSION PLAN OPTION

By Robert P. Kinghan

There are many techniques and structures that a privately held business owner may consider in planning for the succession of the business. One such…

What is a “Rule 49” Offer to Settle?

By Alexandra Ormond

The majority of legal cases settle before trial, and recent statistics show the number of settled cases to be as high as 95% in Ontario. This is likely…

Fighting the Urge – Balancing Patentability and the Need to Disclose

By Adrian O'Donnell

All businesses from start-ups to large multinational enterprises can struggle to balance the ongoing business requirements for marketing, publicity,…