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At the time this article is being written on February 21, 2020, the coronavirus remains a serious global threat.

When an Ontario employer terminates an employee holding unvested Restricted Stock Units, can forfeiture clauses in equity agreements lawfully eliminate the employee's right to continued vesting during the statutory notice period? The Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Wigdor v. Facebook Canada Ltd. addresses this critical question, examining whether such provisions impermissibly contract out of Employment Standards Act protections and what financial consequences employers face when equity forfeiture term

At the beginning of this year, I discussed the issue of border searches of electronic devices performed by United States Customs and Border Protection ("USCBP").

Since Express Entry began on January 1, 2015, Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC") has issued several rounds of Invitations to Apply ("ITAs").

On March 6, 2017, President Trump signed a new executive order (the "New Order"), implementing a new travel ban.

The UK's Bribery Act 20103 has extra-territorial application. It also has unique offences and is considered more stringent than either the FCPA or the current CFPOA.

Several recent decisions, such as Telamon Corporation v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company, have highlighted the importance of assessing the precise legal status of an alleged defaulter's work...

Following are the summaries for this week's civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

As a former in-house lawyer for the Metropolitan Police in London, I am well aware of the importance of a strong, co-operative relationship between police and the Crown.

In recent years, the retail landscape has taken a novel turn with the rise of pop-up shops, which occupy retail space for short periods, anywhere from a few hours to over a year.

Foreign-based franchisors may wonder how difficult it would be to expand their businesses into the United States.

Employee embezzlement and fraud is a widespread problem, costing Canadian employers hundreds of millions of dollars in losses every year.

In the midst of an outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus, or COVID-19, countries around the world are putting measures in place to prevent and minimize the risks of the virus spreading...

The decision of the Court of Appeal in TD Bank v. Phillips involves a separated couple, their joint asset, a joint debt, and an outcome that is anything but.

In anticipation of the federal legalization of recreational cannabis by the end of 2018, Ontario has passed new laws to regulate the drug's growth, consumption, and distribution.

Many employers are often surprised to hear that the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the "ESA") is not the starting point for determining how much notice of termination an employee is owed.

The credit crisis that has affected Canada, the United States, and the rest of the world in recent months has its roots in an esoteric financial market known as asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP).