In recent report entitled Dealing with exchange rates – Currency fluctuation and M&A, Toppan Vite, in partnership with MergerMarket, examined the effect that currency events – both short term and long term – have on M&A activity.

Trademarks that have no registered French version may be displayed on public signs and advertising in Quebec.

In King v. 1416088 Ontario Limited, 2014 ONSC 144, an Ontario court found that a 73-year-old employee terminated after 38 years of employment was entitled to claim wrongful dismissal damages.

The BC Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of an action brought by a senior project manager terminated without cause on 4 weeks' notice in Van den Boogaard v Vancouver Pile Driving Ltd., 2014 BCCA 168.

Changes to the Canada Labour Code took effect. Among the changes are a new 6-month limitation period for filing a claim for unpaid wages and a cap on the amount of wages that can be awarded.

The Court of Appeal upheld the award of 24 months' salary in lieu of notice for a 38-year employee who was 58 years of age at the time of his dismissal.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board overturned an employment standards officer's direction to an employer to pay $11,000 to a terminated employee in Exel Canada Ltd v McCarthy, 2014 CanLII 19404.

A BC arbitrator refused to admit clandestine video surveillance evidence in support of a termination of a 34-year employee in Unifor, Local 433 v Crown Packaging Ltd., 2014 CanLII 18105.

An Ontario court held in The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada v. Canada, 2014 ONSC 965 that the federal Expenditure Restraint Act was not contrary to the freedom of association of unionized employees under s. 2(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

In Teck Coal Limited v United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, Local Union No 9346, 2014 CanLII 5829, the BC Labour Relations Board upheld the interim order of an arbitrator that had permitted the employer to continue testing pending a decision on the union’s grievance against the employer’s mandatory random alcohol and drug policy.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission issued a new Policy on Preventing Discrimination because of Gender Identity and Gender Expression.

Cromwell v Leon's Furniture Limited, 2014 CanLII 16399, a Nova Scotia human rights board of inquiry found that the complainant had been subjected to racially discriminatory comments and differential treatment by her manager...

An Alberta arbitration board allowed the union's policy grievance and struck down the employer's random drug and alcohol testing policy in Unifor, Local 707A v Suncor Energy Inc, 2014 CanLII 23034.

The Supreme Court heard argument and reserved judgment on appeal from an Ontario Court of Appeal decision addressing RCMP collective bargaining.

InMihaly v The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, 2014 AHRC 1, an Alberta Human Rights Tribunal held that the standards used by the Association of Professional Engineers

The Manitoba government is introducing new amendments to the Workers Compensation Act that would make it easier for employees to have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recognized as a work-related occupational disease.

On October 16, 2015, Ms. Johanne Bélisle, Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and Chief Executive Officer at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), gave a keynote address at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Intellectual Property Institute (IPIC) ..

Le 16 octobre 2015, Mme Johanne Bélisle, Commissaire aux brevets, Registraire des marques de commerce et Présidente de l'Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC) a prononcé une allocution durant l'Assemblée annuelle de l'Institut de la propriété intellectuelle

Le 28 avril dernier, à notre bureau de Montréal, nous avons organisé une conférence portant sur les principales modifications touchant la propriété intellectuelle au Canada...

On May 6th, we hosted a webinar on some of the top privacy issues facing businesses today and what they can do to ensure compliance with changes in Canadian privacy law.