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Securities Alert – March 2016

Ontario Securities Commission Provides Tips and Guidance for Reporting Insiders How to stay compliant and avoid personal liability The Ontario Securities…

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…

Advisor.ca – Firm Partner Offers Tip on Dealing with Clients’ Wills and Trusts

In a recent online article, Anthony McGlynn, firm Co-Chair and Head of the Personal Legal Needs and Estate Planning & Administration Groups, was…

Securities Alert – February 2016

A Busy Year for Capital Raising Exemptions: Summary of changes in the past year The past year has seen the introduction of many new capital raising…

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall Recognized as Top Employer

For the fourth consecutive year, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall is pleased to be recognized as a National Capital Region Top Employer. First…

Partner Speaks to Law Times about Court Ruling Setting Aside Award

Aaron Rubinoff, Co-chair and Head of the firm’s International Arbitration Group, speaks to Law Times about a recent ruling by France’s Court…

Changes to the Condominium Act

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…

New Invasion of Privacy Tort Recognized in Ontario

By Brett Hodgins

Rapidly developing technology in the digital age is causing equally rapid evolution in the law. In 2012 the Ontario Court of Appeal recognized for the…

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall Lawyers Named Among Leading Trade-Mark Practitioners In The World

OTTAWA, January 26, 2016 – Ottawa-based law firm, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l. is pleased to announce that two lawyers in the…

One More Hurdle to Annulments: Contracting out of Model Law’s Article 34 limits challenges to international…

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…

Federal Express: New Immigration Program, One Year In

By Warren L. Creates

  On 1 January 2015, the federal government launched a revamped ‘Express Entry’ system for economic immigration to Canada. Before this new…