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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

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

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

Canadian Coalition for Good Governance releases its 2013 Executive Compensation Principles

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 4 2013

On December 17, 2012, the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance ("CCGG") released its 2013 Executive Compensation Principles, refining and updating

BYOD & the board of directors part two: the case for a board information governance policy

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 25 2013

The security and information governance issues that arise with "bring your own device" or BYOD are not restricted to employees of the corporation

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

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

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • 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

Directors’ liability for the debts of a corporation payable to employees for services rendered during the directors’ term of office

  • Lavery de Billy LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 7 2013

The Quebec Court of Appeal rendered a decision on November 14, 2012 confirming the state of the law on the scope of section 119 of the Canada

BLG Monthly Update

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Argentina, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • December 19 2012

The BLG Monthly Update is a digest of recent developments in the law which Neil Guthrie, our National Director of Research, thinks you will find

Corporate director fined and sentenced to prison term for failure to pay wages

  • Rubin Thomlinson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 20 2012

A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Justice shows that a company’s failure to abide by the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) can result in serious penalties for its directors