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2010

• Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) will be accepting statements of interest for SD Tech Fund (clean tech fund) between Feb. 24 and Apr. 21/10. The SD Tech Fund provides funding for late-stage and pre-commercial clean technologies of Canadian companies. There are numerous funding project categories, from alternative energies to sequestering technologies. For more info click here.
• April 28, 2010 - DAN HIRSH will be one of the speakers of The Osgoode M & A Skills Boot Camp program. Dan will be speaking on the topic of "Effective Due Diligence" More...
• April 6, 2010 - MICHAEL FRALEIGH will be speaking at Osgoode's 3rd Annual Critical Issues in Legal Risk Management for Hospitals on the topic of "Medical Malpractice Update: The Key Cases Over the Past 12 Months". More...
• March 26, 2010 - MICHAEL FRALEIGH will be one of the speakers of The Osgoode Certificate in Health Law program.  Michael will be speaking about "Medical Malpractice: Theory and Practice" (Module 3).  More...
• March 4, 2010 - "An Inquest into the Death of Mr. O. Man Winter".  MICHAEL FRALEIGH will be one of the speakers at this mock inquest dinner presented by the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto. More...
• February 16, 2010 - We are pleased to welcome RAZIEL ZISMAN who joined our Securities Law Department to carry on his practice which focuses on securities and corporate law matters. 

2009

• On November 5, 2009 Harris Rosen delivered a lecture to over 100 attendees at the National Association of Career Colleges' Professional Development day, held in downtown Toronto. Harris addressed the duties of instructors when they have reason to believe their employer/college may in turn have a duty to accommodate a student or prospective student under current human rights legislation. Emphasis was placed on recent case law in the Supreme Court of Canada, and cases relating to colleges and educational institutions specifically. The evolving "undue hardship" test that employers face was covered with some degree of depth." You can visit the National Association of Career Colleges website at www.nacc.ca.
• Tax Law Bulletin - Recent amendments to the Canada-US Tax Treaty. More...

2008

• Tax Law Bulletin - Recent changes to withholding tax on interest payment. More...

2007

• June 12, 2007 - Michael Fraleigh will be speaking on Medical Negligence Claims at a programme entitled Legal Risk Management for Nurses.
• March 5, 2007 - Harris M. Rosen was called to the Ontario Bar in 1994 and has joined the firm's Business Law Group to continue his administrative, regulatory and Private Career Colleges practice. Aside from his years in private practice, Harris also headed up a regulatory department in a public company with over 600 employees and raised venture capital to co-create a revolutionary consumer-friendly product. We are also pleased to welcome Alan Wolfish, Q.C., as our Government Relations & Education Consultant. Alan spent many years as legal counsel for the Government of Ontario and prior to his retirement from the government in 2003, he was Director of Legal Services for both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. 
• February 21, 2007 - Steven A. Cygelfarb spoke at the Six Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer seminar put on by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
• January/February 2007 - To Incorporate or Not to Incorporate? A brief overview of the legal entities contractors or other small business operators can form to conduct business and to minimize their personal exposure and liability.  As appeared in Hardware and Home Centre magazine. More...
• January 31, 2007 - Lloyd Fogler has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Canada Lands Company Limited, a Federal Crown Corporation whose mandate is to obtain optimal financial and community values for Canadians through the disposition or holding of certain surplus federal real properties.  View press release.
• January 1, 2007 - We are pleased to welcome into Partnership Karen A. Murray.  Karen became a member of the firm in 2004 and practices in our Securities Law Group.