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Business common sense and the interpretation of commercial contracts

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, United Kingdom
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  • November 11 2011

What role does business common sense play in the interpretation of commercial contracts?

The Canadian Nortel fraud prosecution results in acquittals

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 31 2013

The collapse of Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel) after the bursting of the technology bubble in 2001, and the ultimate bankruptcy of Nortel, is a

A rascal of a doctrine: the elusive definition of resulting trust

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • June 5 2012

The Supreme Court of Canada has recently granted leave to appeal from the judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Edward Sumio Nishi v. Rascal Trucking Ltd

Beware contractual provisions triggered (even indirectly) by a party’s insolvency

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • March 6 2013

Following a recent ruling of the Ontario Court of Appeal, parties may need to proceed cautiously in enforcing contractual rights and remedies in

Farley's reflections: sunrise, sunset

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • September 8 2011

Sunrise, sunset

Indalex priority case decided Ontario Court of Appeal gives priority to pension plan deficiency over secured lenders

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 8 2011

This week, the Ontario Court of Appeal surprised many by deciding that in the context of the CCAA proceedings of Indalex, pension plan deficiency claims can have priority over security held by secured DIP lenders

Drafting eligible financial contracts

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • August 2 2007

All businesses know that one key to profitability is risk management

Technology licenses upon bankruptcy

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 23 2008

Imagine that a critical part of your business is dependent on a software program that you license from a software supplier

A tentative deal for restructuring Canadian ABCP

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • February 28 2008

On December 23, 2007, the Pan-Canadian Investors Committee for Third-Party Structured Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) announced that an ‘agreement in principle’ had been reached for a restructuring of $33 billion of approximately $35 billion of Canadian ABCP

The Wage Earner Protection Program: protection of workers’ wages in the event of employer insolvency

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 14 2008

On December 14, 2007, Bill C-12 was given Royal Assent