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Our Social Impact group will be presenting complimentary seminars in Saskatoon on November 6 and Regina on November 7 ...

While we all hear the word "brand" tossed around as representing the word or logo that makes us remember a product line (think of ROOTS for shoes, bags and footwear) or offers a service (think of the AIRMILES & Airplane design for an air mileage incentives program), a brand is actually, in legal terms, a "trade-mark", that is, a word, design, or combination of word and design specifically chosen by a person or entity to distinguish their product or service from similar products or services offer

Big Brothers (now known as Big Brothers Big Sisters) is a non-profit organization that provides services to youth, including matching pre-screened and approved adult male volunteers with boys.

The purpose of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is to develop, implement and enforce accessibility standards to achieve accessibility for Ontarians with disabilities...

As we enter 2022, we wanted to highlight a few of our lawyers who volunteer their time and efforts to inspire creativity, share skills, and strengthen communities.

The Federal Government launched the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program to provide financial assistance to small businesses in respect of their commercial rent.

Not-for-profit organizations and other brand owners can look forward to amendments to the Canadian Trade-marks Act and Regulations.

The following is a synopsis of a presentation given at BLG’s Marketing Law News Flashes Conference held on February 28, 2013.

Currently, taxpayers are exempt from capital gains tax for charitable gifts of publicly listed securities and gifts of ecologically sensitive land and cultural property.

As we all adjust to life in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have been donating time and/or money to help those in need. Last week, Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, announced that he is putting $1 billion...

Paragraph 149(1)(l) of the Income Tax Act exempts from Canadian federal income tax a range of clubs, societies and associations commonly referred to as non-profit organizations (NPOs).

Have you ever considered donating publicly traded securities—such as stocks and bonds— to a charity?

School boards and private schools often choose to establish a separate corporation for the purposes of fundraising, and register the corporation as a charity.

You will want to know about the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Pankerichan v Djokic, if you are part of a religious community which is considering or is in the midst of the following...

Comme autre mesure visant à accroître l’efficacité des organismes de bienfaisance enregistrés, le budget propose de réviser les dispositions du Code criminel qui imposent des restrictions sur la façon dont les organismes de bienfaisance peuvent exploiter des loteries pour soutenir leurs causes.

The Bureau is the government regulator responsible for investigating and enforcing deceptive marketing and advertising practices in Canada.

Since 1976, the Canadian federal government has imposed a disbursement quota (DQ) on Canadian registered charities to ensure that a registered charity's resources are devoted to its mandated purposes.

In 2003, the government of Manitoba introduced a new tax credit called the Community Enterprise Development Tax Credit.