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Contracting out of prescription limitations a Quebec perspective

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 17 2013

Under the law of Quebec, article 2884 C.C.Q. Prohibits the modification by contract of the prescriptive or limitations period provided by law. The

Top 5 public holiday questions

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 17 2013

The May long weekend is before us. The weather is great, the LCBO averted a labour disruption, and I suspect that traffic may be worse than usual

Breach of confidentiality may be cause

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 16 2013

If an employee views a confidential file contrary to clear and reasonable policy, she can be fired for cause. That was the judgment of the BC Supreme

Québec Bill to prohibit certain shale natural gas exploration and production activities

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 15 2013

On May 15, 2013, the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks, Mr. Yves-François Blanchet, introduced Bill 37 in

Ontario Court of Appeal rejects late-breaking request for rectification

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 15 2013

In its recent ruling in Stevens v. Stevens, 2013 ONCA 267, the Ontario Court of Appeal refused to grant a party's request that a document (a domestic

You can’t always get what you want

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The recent Delaware ruling in In Ancestry.com Inc. Shareholder Litigation provides a cautionary tale relating to a target company developing

This week at the SCC (10052013)

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 13 2013

The Supreme Court of Canada issued one decision of interest to Canadian businesses and professions this week. In Behn v. Moulton Contracting Ltd

Québec’s new 800 MW wind power procurement

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 10 2013

On May 10, 2013, the Premier of Québec, Pauline Marois, together with the Minister of Natural Resources, Martine Ouellet, the Minister for

If employees are telecommuting

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 10 2013

Telecommuting may be on the way out at Yahoo! But it is very much alive elsewhere. So if you have employees who are working from home, or if you are

Contracting out of the Limitations Act the Ontario Court of Appeal provides guidance

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 10 2013

When will a contractual provision purporting to shorten a statutory limitation period be effective? The Ontario Court of Appeal addressed this issue