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Doing international biotech collaborations in uncertain economic times

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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April 30 2009

The current financial crisis, coupled with the historic uncertainty of returns in the biotechnology industry, has significantly reduced biotech companies’ access to capital markets

Life sciences collaborations - recent amendments to the BIA and the CCAA and the use of bankruptcy remote entities

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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October 31 2009

Amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) have recently come into force that purportedly protect licensees of intellectual property (IP) if their licensors become insolvent or bankrupt

Implementing healthIT systems? BC Privacy Commissioner report provides guidance on meeting privacy law requirements

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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August 11 2010

British Columbia's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) recently released a report that will be of interest not just to the BC healthcare system and BC public bodies subject to BC's Freedom of Information and Protection Act (FOIPPA), but also to suppliers and advisors working in the healthIT sector

Spam and the Canadian legal system

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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November 7 2011

Without any specific anti-spam legislation in force, is there any legal recourse under existing Canadian law to combat spam?

U.S. zip code retailer collection cases are they possible in Canada?

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada, USA
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February 21 2012

A recent spate of lawsuits filed in the U.S. has questioned the practice of retailers collecting zip codes in order to complete credit card transactions

Private avenues and contractual mechanisms for combating spam

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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March 7 2012

In addition to government regulation of spam through the Privacy Commissioners’ offices, Competition Bureau, CRTC, and police, there are private mechanisms and contractual mechanisms for combating spam (and some of the more nefarious practices associated with spam