This video presents the key changes to the Canadian intellectual property system, encompassing trademarks, patents and industrial design, their impact on businesses and the tools that are available to help you better protect and enforce your rights.

This video presents our annual review of top legal highlights of 2014.

Our Doing business in Canada publication is a general overview of the principal corporate, tax and other legal considerations that would be of interest to foreign businesses wishing to establish or acquire a business in Canada.

Duff & Phelps recently released their May 2015 Mergermarket Report entitled Energy: Turning Volatility Into Opportunity.

The Federal Court confirmed that companies subject to the Canada Labour Code are permitted to dismiss non-union employees without just cause.

The upcoming Civic Holiday is celebrated on Monday, August 3 in Ontario. The holiday, which was created in honour of John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, often raises questions for employees and employers alike.

The Honourable Neil Wittman, Alberta's Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, has ruled that a landowner is entitled to carry on her lawsuit against Alberta's Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Department (ESRD) for allegedly being negligent in monitoring and regulating EnCana Corporation (EnCana) in the hydraulic fracturing of a well, and negligent in investigating the alleged contamination of her water well.

Our Doing business in Canada publication is a general overview of the principal corporate, tax and other legal considerations that would be of interest to foreign businesses wishing to establish or acquire a business in Canada.

Canada is a top destination for foreign companies and investors attracted to our wealth of natural resources, stable and sound political and financial systems and world-class infrastructure.

On February 21, 2014, the US Department of Transportation and the Association of American Railroads announced a rail safety initiative to institute new voluntary operating practices for moving crude oil by rail.

Obtaining antitrust approvals is a key part of the overall transaction process for many M&A transactions. Currently, there are over 100 national and regional antitrust regimes, with new regimes being introduced and existing regimes extended on a regular basis.

Despite headwinds facing its dynamic economy, China continues to be one of the world’s leading targets for foreign direct investment and mergers and acquisitions activity.

A group of dissident shareholders attempted to gain control of Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. by requisitioning a shareholders’ meeting to replace the Company’s management.

On the heels of one of the busiest years in shareholder activism in Canada, this annual video webinar highlights the key developments of 2014 and what to expect for 2015.

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China announced a pilot agreement to launch a Patent Prosecution Highway between Canada and China.

The results are in for Q3-2013 Canadian M&A and the outlook is decidedly mixed. While Q3 M&A activity rose sharply on a value basis as compared to Q2-2013, Q3 volume was down from last quarter and overall 2013 M&A remains in a slump at the lowest levels in nearly a decade.

GE Capital announced that it was on track to sell between US$120 – 150 billion in assets by the end of 2016. Keurig Green Mountain recently announced that it entered into a share transaction valued at approximately US13.9 billion.

In the context of M&A transactions, an auction is a process by which multiple buyers simultaneously bid to acquire a target.

There are many rules and regulations that employers must follow to ensure workplace safety. The Ministry of Labour has just announced new rules relating to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.

The Government of Ontario has announced that it plans to update the Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act to implement recommendations made in a recent report prepared by Laura Albanese, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance.