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Damages

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 29 2009

Lawsuits arise for nearly as many reasons as there are plaintiffs

CCGG advances ‘say-on-pay’ policy and executive compensation principles

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • September 2 2009

The views of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) on executive compensation have evolved and advanced with the release in April 2009 of the CCGG’s Shareholder Engagement and ‘Say-on-Pay’ Policy and in June 2009 of the CCGG’s Executive Compensation Principles

Bill C-45 alert: sentence handed down in first OHS criminal negligence conviction

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • March 19 2008

On Monday, March 17, 2008, the court formally accepted the joint recommendation of the Crown and the Defence and fined Transpavé $100,000

Personal liability of directors with respect to salaries

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 7 2008

A company has its own legal personality distinct from that of its shareholders and directors

The inevitable disclosure doctrine rejected in Québec

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 26 2009

The American doctrine of inevitable disclosure is based on the idea that, in some circumstances, an individual’s knowledge of a company’s trade secrets may be so significant that if he or she were to leave an employer to work in a similar job elsewhere, the move would inevitably lead to disclosure of the former employer’s trade secrets in the course of performing the new tasks

Sharpening Canada’s competitive edge

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • November 15 2007

On October 30, 2007 the federal government’s Competition Policy Review Panel (the CPRP) issued its consultation paper, Sharpening Canada’s Competitive Edge

Occupational health and safety

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • June 20 2008

On December 7, 2007, Transpavé Inc. (“Transpavé”), a Québec manufacturer, became the first organization in Canada to be convicted of the Occupational Health and Safety (“OHS”) Criminal negligence causing death provisions of the Criminal Code

Criminal liability of employers: an emerging threat under Bill C-45?

  • Dentons
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  • Canada
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  • March 12 2010

Two years ago, on March 17, 2008, Transpavé Inc., a Quebec company, was charged and convicted under Bill C-45 of criminal negligence causing death, and fined $100,000.00 following the death of an employee who was fatally crushed

The Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act

  • McMillan LLP
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  • Canada
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  • July 28 2009

Each year, thousands of foreign-trained skilled professionals come to Canada seeking a better life, bringing with them years of education and practical experience in their field of expertise

Dependent contractors and reasonable notice

  • McMillan LLP
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  • Canada
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  • June 9 2010

A recent case decided in the Ontario Court of Appeal reaffirms that, between the status of "employee" and that of "independent contractor," is the lesser known status of "dependent contractor."