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Court confirms director's liability for unpaid wages

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 17 2013

The Federal Court has confirmed the importance of timely and effective resignations by directors, and of retaining evidence of when this was tendered

The second opinion: ignorance is not bliss the risks of purchasing shares without due diligence and without full disclosure

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 20 2013

The decision in Francoeur v. 4417186 Canada Inc., 2013 QCCA 191 demonstrates the dangers of a share purchase agreement without due diligence and with

Unprecedented fine for criminal negligence: Court of Appeal reserves judgment in Metron sentence appeal

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 24 2013

As regular readers will know, Metron Construction Corporation became the first corporation in Ontario to be convicted under the Criminal Code, as

BC Court of Appeal concludes that a partner is not an employee of a partnership

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 25 2012

On July 19, 2012, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its decision on the issue of whether a partner in a partnership is an employee of that partnership for the purposes of the BC Human Rights Code (the Code

Bill 14 amending the Charter of French language: the implications for Québec SMEs

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 5 2013

On December 5, 2012, the National Assembly of Québec introduced Bill 14, an Act to amend the Charter of the French language, the Charter of

Dependent contractors and reasonable notice

  • McMillan LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • 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."

BYOD & the board of directors part one: a risk to reckon with?

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 24 2013

The information security concerns relating to employees using their own devices for work (such as smart phones, netbooks and laptops) are a hot topic

Covenants in restraint of trade connected to sale transactions

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 14 2012

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently set out an analytical framework for evaluating whether a covenant in restraint of trade is enforceable

Technology startups: a practical legal guide for founders, executives and investors

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 3 2010

As legal advisors to technology startup founders and investors, and to technology companies themselves, we are constantly amazed by the broad spectrum of questions, issues and opportunities that arise when establishing, operating and financing a technology business

LLP members denied whistleblower protection

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 2 2012

When a worker makes a protected disclosure or “blows the whistle” the Employment Rights Act (ERA) protects that worker from being dismissed or subject to any detriment as a result of having made a protected disclosure