Taxation Measures in the 2010 Federal Budget – Employee Stock Options: This article reviews the federal budget introduced on March 4, 2010 and the changes to certain rules in the Income Tax Act (Canada) relating to the taxation of employee stock options. More...
New Insider Reporting Regime - On January 22, 2010,
the Canadian Securities Administrators announced certain changes to their
insider reporting regime. More...
Restrictive Covenants in an Employment
Context by Michael
Donsky - The attached article was published in Physiotherapy
Today (Newsletter of the Ontario Physiotherapy Association). It
outlines some of the legal and practical issues surrounding "ownership" of
clients and various types of restrictive covenants including
Non-Competition Clauses, Non-Solicitation Clauses, Non-Acceptance Clauses
and also contains a discussion about enforceability issues with each type
of clause and in what circumstances each might be appropriate. More...
Environmental Law Bulletin:
"MiningWatch Canada Wins & Red Chris Doesn't Lose." Charles J.
Birchall provides a summary of the MiningWatch Canada v. Canada
(Fisheries and Oceans) case in the attached bulletin. More...
Securities Bulletin: Environmental
Disclosure in Securities Law. Rick
Moscone and Charles
Birchall provide a summary of the current environmental disclosure
requirements under securities law in Canada in the attached Securities
Bulletin. More...
MicroFIT: An
Introduction by TOM
BRETT - The attached article was published in the Energy Management
and Green Business
Magazines. Click here to read the article...
Condominium
Commentary: Our Condo Group, LOU
NATALE, DAVID E.
THIEL and CAROL A.
DIRKS, keep you up to date with their semi-annual Condo Commentary on
topical issues concerning condominium law and condominium living. More...
Pension Alert: PRISCILLA
H. HEALY keep you up to date with pension issues in their
Pension Alerts. More...
It's Okay if What's Mine is Yours: The
Potential Benefits of Licensing - by MATTHEW
T. SOBLE. "...the following
article provides an overview of key issues and provides at least some insight
into the potentially advantageous possibility of choosing licensing over
ownership." More...
Pension Reform In Ontario: Shuffling The Deck
Chairs - by PRISCILLA
H. HEALY . "Whereas there was a fleet of ships called the
Canadian Pension Industry that was in grave peril:" More...
A New Day for Energy Investment & Infrastructure
in Ontario: the Proposed Green Energy Act - Bill 150 - by TOM
BRETT
Taming the multi-headed beast: how the GEA reforms
existing investment & infrastructure constraints. More...
Tax Law Bulletin - Tax Relief for Canadian Seniors:
Re-Contribution of 25% of 2008 RRIF Withdrawals. More...
The New Era of Ontario Infrastructure: What Laws
Govern Infrastructure Planning? - by RODNEY
NORTHEY
Ontario is entering a new age of major
infrastructure investment and construction across many sectors - including
energy, transportation, drinking water, and waste management. More...
Green Energy Act on the Right Track - by
TOM
BRETT
The Act being proposed in Ontario, while it may need
fine-tuning, is an initiative worth consideration by the provincial government.
More...
New Supreme Court Ruling on GAAR - Dissecting the
Lipson Decision - by PETER
K. GUSELLE
On Thursday, January 8, 2009, the Supreme Court
of Canada released its decision in the Lipson case dealing with the application
of the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) under the Income Tax Act. More...
Tax Law Bulletin - Recent amendments to the
Canada-US Tax Treaty. More...
New National Instrument 52-109
Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings will
introduce significant changes to the officer certification requirements for
non-venture issuers and venture issuers. Follow the link to find out more. More...