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Presto! The UK Supreme Court holds the corporate veil can disappear in Prest v. Petrodel Resources

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 17 2013

The UK Supreme Court has released an important new judgment addressing the ability of judges to "pierce the corporate veil": Prest v Petrodel

Court of Appeal accepts Ontario jurisdiction despite forum selection clause for Germany

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 14 2013

During the spring of 2012, the Canadian Appeals Monitor posted a five-part series on the Supreme Court's judgments in Van Breda, Black, and Éditions

A trap for the unwary the Ontario Court of Appeal addresses the limitation period for contractual indemnification claims

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 12 2013

Imagine the following scenario. Party A contractually agrees to indemnify Party B against claims by third parties. Both Party A and Party B are then

The usage of French in enterprises: Bill 14

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

On December 6, 2012, the Marois government introduced Bill 14 on the future of French in Quebec (Bill). This Bill proposes amendments to the Charter

Can we talk?

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 23 2013

Your company is contemplating a potential transaction and you would like to share your project with one or more major shareholders before any public

Contracting out of prescription limitations a Quebec perspective

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • 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

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

Don’t be a “dummy director”

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

Delaware ruling on the obligations of directors of companies operating in emerging markets "Independent directors who step into these situations

Status update on the Quebec’s Parti Quebecois’s Bill 14: consultation with the Conseil Québécois du Commerce de Détail

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 18 2013

A controversial bill to amend the Charter of the French Language by the Quebec's Parti Quebecois ("Bill 14"), has entered general consultations and

CRTC reports on CASL consultation

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

On February 25, 2013 the CRTC staff held an informal consultation with industry and consumer groups following the October 2012 release of CRTC's