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Although mergers and acquisitions are common methods to scale a business, these strategies may require substantial amounts of cash and/or a flexible capital structure.

It is a well-established principle in Canada that where two corporations amalgamate, the new, continuing corporation assumes all of the liabilities and obligations of each of the constituent corporations.

With a quiet Q1 and Q2 in the technology M&A space, Q3 2013 brought a pleasant surprise with its surge of deal activity, making for a healthy (and busy) end of year for the sector and raising hopes that the momentum will carry into 2014, surpassing the prosperous 2012 numbers, and making next year the year of the tech deal.

Earlier this month, we posted the first instalment in our two-part series summarizing Deloitte’s Technology M&A Report which outlines the top ten considerations for tech and other companies to keep in mind when using M&A to fuel development and growth.

The success rate of M&A deals has somewhat improved in the new millennium, increasing from an average of 35% to 55%.

Indemnification provisions are an essential component of any M&A transaction and, for obvious reasons, buyers and sellers have opposite agendas in drafting the scope and substance of their inclusion in a transaction agreement.

For the majority of employees, vacation time, vacation pay and public holidays will be set out in the terms of their employment contract.

A very recent Supreme Court of Canada decision considered the parameters of the duty to bargain in good faith.

With Canada Day fast approaching, it is an opportune time to remind employers within the federal jurisdiction of the new requirements under the Canada Labour Code for the calculation of general holiday pay.

A 7 year battle over a day of paid personal leave has finally reached a conclusion.

In what may be considered a particularly rare occasion, the Ontario Court of Appeal has addressed an employment law issue in the context of Go-Kart racing.

In Telus Communications Inc. v Telecommunications Workers Union, an Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench chambers judge quashed the decision of an arbitrator, upholding termination of a grievor terminated for dishonesty surrounding an absence from work.

Starting July 1, 2014, all employers covered by the OHSA will be required to give Basic Awareness Training to all workers and supervisors.

In a decision issued on September 26, 2013 in "Syndicat des travailleurs de Continental Asphalte (C.S.N.). et 9163-7272 Québec inc. (division de Construction DJL inc.)", AZ-51013413, Arbitrator Nicolas Cliche dismissed a grievance by the union seeking the removal of the video cameras installed by the employer on its sprawling site.

When does notice of termination actually occur when there is a sale of business?

The Supreme Court of Canada in IBM Canada v Richard Waterman considered whether employees’ pension benefits should be deducted from damages for wrongful dismissal.

On October 19, Canadian citizens aged 18 and over will elect the next federal government.