ArticleSo You Think Your Information Is Safe On Google Drive…To actually preserve and obtain electronic evidence, one has to get a bit more creative.CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleYour Widget Is Better Than The Other Guy's? Prove It. Before You Say So In An Ad. Or Else...It is a different matter when a company asserts its product's superior performance in a commercial and only verifies the assertion after the commercial airs.CanadaMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticlePrivacy Regulation And Emerging Risks For InsurersOn April 9th 2018 87 million people around the globe were notified that the personal information contained on their Facebook profiles had been accessed without their consent. ...CanadaPrivacyBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleConstruction Liens And Adjudication Orders: The Court Weighs In On Having To "Pay Twice"From the moment the draft Adjudication provisions were presented to the construction industry, payors (owners mostly) made it clear they were very concerned about situations...CanadaReal Estate and ConstructionBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleGovernment Announces Details Of Rent Assistance Program For Small Business TenantsCommercial landlords and tenants have been monitoring government communications in the hopes of hearing that some form of rental assistance is on the way.CanadaReal Estate and ConstructionBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleTermination Of Agreement Under Section 112 Of The Condominium Act, 1998 - Not So FastIn a precedent setting case, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently ruled that a board of directors of a condominium must secure the vote of a two-thirds majority of unit owners before terminating an agreement...CanadaReal Estate and ConstructionBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleThe New Tax Proposals - Where Are We Now?Blaneys on Business readers may recall that we commented on Finance Minister Morneau's recent tax proposals affecting private corporations when he first mentioned them in the Federal Budget earlier this year.CanadaTaxBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleThe Legal Implications Of COVID-19 On The Tokyo Olympic GamesThis is not a typical Olympic year. In fact, this is the first time since 1992 that the summer and winter Olympics will be held less than one year apart.JapanCoronavirus (COVID-19)Blaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleThe Benefit Corporation Should Become A Legitimate Business ModelIf King Charles II had the chance to do it all again, the Hudson Bay Company might have been a Benefit Corporation — and Canada might have been a very different country. CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleCanadian Federal Court Applies File Wrapper Estoppel In Claim ConstructionA patent file wrapper (also known as prosecution history) generally refers to the correspondence between the patent office and an applicant regarding why a patent should be granted CanadaIntellectual PropertyBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleUnited States Customs and Border Protection Designates Ports of Entry for Optimized Processing of TN and L-1 StatusUnited States Customs and Border Protection ("USCBP") recently announced on its website that, sometime during September 2014, it would begin optimizing processing for first-time Canadian TN and L-1 applicants seeking entry into the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement (the "NAFTA"). CanadaInternational LawBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleCourt Of Appeal Summaries (January 2, 2023 – January 6, 2023)There were only two short endorsements released by the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 2, 2023.CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleLitigation In The Digital Age: New Rules On The Service Of Court Documents In OntarioThere is a new but little-known way to serve court documents in Ontario.CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleOverview Of The Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents ActThere are two distinct federal privacy laws in Canada: the Privacy Act, which applies to the federal government, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA")...CanadaPrivacyBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleConstruction Liens And Loan Advances: Why Prudent Commercial Lenders Hit "Pause" And How To Clear The PathOntario's construction and development sector faces ongoing supply-chain disruptions, labour shortages, and uncertain interest rates, resulting in tighter margins and increased payment disputes.CanadaReal Estate and ConstructionBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleContinuing Developments In Tax LawAs tax-reporting season nears, millions of tax returns will be filed. At the same time, a similar number of criminal type offences will be committed with little or no appreciation of their implications and often even unwittingly. CanadaTaxBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleThe New Canada Emergency Response Benefit For Canadians Who Need Income Support As A Result Of COVID-19Last week, the Government of Canada announced two new forms of relief for Canadians who have lost their source of income as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the Emergency Care Benefit and the Emergency Support Benefit. CanadaCoronavirus (COVID-19)Blaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleBenefit Corporations: Legislators Should Tread LightlyThe advent of the burgeoning benefit corporation movement represents a subtle but fundamental change in the way for-profit companies choose to do business. CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticlePiercing The Corporate Veil: When Directors, Officers And Shareholders Of A Corporation Will Be Personally LiableMost business people understand that a company is a separate legal "person" from its members and, by its creation, limits the personal liability of any individual officer.CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawBlaney McMurtry LLP
ArticleSupreme Court Issues Decision That Has Implications For Canadian Subsidiaries, Foreign-Owned ParentsThe Supreme Court of Canada has issued a decision in a case called Chevron Corp. v. Yaiguaje that has implications for large multi-national corporations with subsidiaries in Canada.CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawBlaney McMurtry LLP