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Contracting out of prescription limitations a Quebec perspective

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • 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
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  • 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

Spam smart tip: who’s your family?

  • Dentons
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  • Canada
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  • May 13 2013

Sometimes legislative or regulatory definitions create ambiguity rather than clarity. The definition of "family relationship" in the draft Industry

The secret corporate source: protected or not?

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 8 2013

The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed the identity of a media source within a corporation to remain secret in a related civil action. The Court has

Piercing the corporate veil

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 7 2013

The Alberta Court of Appeal has recently released a decision that adds much needed clarity to when an officer or director of a corporation will be

Carrying on business in Canada: An overview of the Canadian legal and business landscape for investing, starting and operating a business in Canada

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 2 2013

Carrying on Business in Canada is a general overview of, and introduction to, Canadian legislative and business considerations involving starting and

TCC takes another look at solicitor-client privilege and common interest privilege

  • Thorsteinssons LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 29 2013

In Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited v. The Queen, 2013 TCC 135, the Tax Court of Canada (TCC) usefully examined various elements of solicitor-client

Don’t be a “dummy director”

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

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

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

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • 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

The trouble with stair step incentives

  • Sotos LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 23 2013

Every now and then, an issue rears its head that negatively affects automobile dealer clients across multiple brands. These are the types of issues