April 2012 - The Tax Law Group provides a detailed review of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in St. Michael Trust Corp. v. The Queen. More...
April, 2012 - Charles
J. Birchall outlines the recently proposed federal greenhouse gas
emission regulations aimed at heavy duty trucks in the attached
Bulletin. More...
March, 2012 - Charles
J. Birchall details some of the environmental highlights from the
2012 Federal Budget. More...
May 5 - 9, 2012 - Colleen
Spring Zimmerman will be attending the International Trademark
Association (INTA) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. On Saturday, May 5,
2012 Colleen will be moderating the Table Topic: A Look at Anti-Spam
Legislation in Various Jurisdictions and How it Affects Brand Owners Use of
Brands.
March, 2012 - Charles
J. Birchall discusses the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act in
his article "Statutory Review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act:
Leading to Significant Reforms". More...
February 22, 2012 - A group of our
lawyers attended the "Love Her, a
Fashionable Evening for Ovarian Cancer Canada" charity
event on February 23, 2012. More...
February 22, 2012 - Vern
DaRe will be speaking at the Commercial Properties for Real Estate and
Business Lawyers 2012 seminar presented by the LSUC and speaking on the
topic of Complying with the Bulk Sales Act. More...
February 22, 2012 - Vern
DaRe will be speaking at the Commercial Priorities for Real Estate and
Business Lawyers 2012 at Society of Upper Canada on the topic
"Complying with the Bulk Sales Act". More...
February 10, 2012 - Vern
DaRe will be speaking at The Commons Institute, Bankruptcy Law
Conference on the topic of "Credit Bidding in Insolvency Proceedings".
February 9, 2012 - Harris
Rosen will co-char the The Gl obalization of Education: Key
Issuesseminar being held by the OBA and our Special Consultant, Alan
Wolfish,Q.C., is a speaker at the seminar. More...
February 9, 2012 - Albert
Engel will be speaking at the OBA Institute 2012, Environmental Law
section on the topic of "Renewable Energy Approval Appeals and
Hearings: An Update on Recent and Emerging Case Law".
February 8, 2012 - Albert
Engel will be speaking at The National Resources Section of
the Canadian Bar Association about wind energy in Ontario at the Petroleum
Club in Calgary, Alberta.
February 4 - 16, 2012 - Michael
Fraleigh, Partner and member of the Medical Advisory Board of CMEatSEA will be presenting at
their Cardio-Pulmonary Update 2012. More...
IP Currents:
- Our IP Group, Nancy
A. Miller, Eugene
F. Derenyi, andColleen
Spring Zimmerman keep you up-to-date with their monthly IP
Currents Newsletter on topical issues concerning Intellectual Property law. More...
-See Eugene
F. Derenyi article"Canada's Patent Office Told to Get
With The Times - Amazon.com's Business Method Patent Application Sent Back for
Re-Examination". More...
-See Nancy
A. Miller article "What's in a (Domain) Name?" and
"Web Crawling, Sampling, Hyperlinking and Indexing: Is There Still Copyright on
the Internet?". More...
-See Colleen
Spring Zimmerman article "Due Diligence for Complex IP and IT
Transactions". More...
Tax Alerts:
- See Ian
MacInnis' article "Change in CRA Administrative Policy for Joint Venture
Fiscal Periods". More...
- RRSP Rule Change - Ian
MacInnis and Peter
Guselle explain the federal budget proposals to amend the Income Tax Act in
their Tax Alert. 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:
"The Supreme
Court of Canada rejects the constitutional validity of the proposed Canadian
Securities Act". Michael
Kutner discusses the decision brought down by the Supreme Court of
Canada recently on the proposed Canadian Securities Act in the
attached Securities Bulletin. More...
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...
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...
Alerts: PRISCILLA
H. HEALY keeps you up to date with pension issues in her
Pension Alerts. More...