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Document(s) published by this organization: 87
Show: results per page Sort by:  | Citizenship and Immigration Canada Publishes Ministerial Instructions Establishing the Start-Up Business Class
Henry J. Chang; Blaney McMurtry LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 25, 2013, previously published on April 2013 As previously reported, on January 24, 2013, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism(the “Minister”) announced that Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC”)would launch a Start-Up Visa Program to recruit innovative immigrant entrepreneurs who will...
| | Can Employers Be Sued For Inflicting Mental Distress?
Jack B. Siegel; Blaney McMurtry LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 16, 2013, previously published on April 2013 As a Workers’ Compensation practitioner, I have for years been troubled by the 2002 decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, in the case of Prinzo v. Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, a wrongful dismissal case that awarded damages, not only for 12 months’ pay in lieu of notice, but...
|  | Tips for Service Providers: Your Standard Form Contract Should be More Than an Afterthought
Varoujan Arman; Blaney McMurtry LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2013, previously published on April 5, 2013 Are you a small service provider that does not have a written contract with your customers or a one pager you drafted yourself? Counsel can suggest a few simple improvements to your standard form contract that may go a long way to improving your relations with customers and minimizing your risk....
| | The Case of the Vanishing Tenant
Bradley Phillips; Blaney McMurtry LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2013, previously published on April 4, 2013 In the middle of the night, a commercial tenant removes all its goods and chattels of value and, without prior warning, ceases operating its business from its leased premises prior to the end of the term of its lease.
| | "Drawing the Circle” Around ESA Termination Clauses
Christopher McClelland; Blaney McMurtry LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2013, previously published on March 27, 2013 Employees may have a further basis upon which to challenge termination clauses in their employment contracts following a pair of recent Ontario Superior Court decisions. Ironically, the source of the challenge in these cases was the use of inexact “catch-all” language purporting to...
| | Recent Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Case Sends Mixed Messages to Canadian Companies
Henry J. Chang; Blaney McMurtry LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2013, previously published on March 26, 2013 In the United States, both the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission place a premium on the self-reporting of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act1 (“FCPA”) violations, cooperation with the authorities, and the implementation of an effective anti-corruption...
| | Ontario Mining Act Amendments Take Full Effect April 1, 2013
Blaney McMurtry LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 11, 2013, previously published on February 26, 2013 A “new” Ontario Mining Act comes into full force April 1, 2013.
| | Corporate Social Responsibility, Resulting 'Social Licence' Now a Must For Mining Companies and Other Resource Firms
Blaney McMurtry LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 11, 2013, previously published on February 26, 2013 Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the resulting ‘social licence’ that its faithful exercise can deliver is becoming as basic to the needs of ore mining, oil and gas, forestry, fishery and other resource-based businesses as extraction licences and permits.
| | Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs Essential For Canadian Corporations Operating Globally
Blaney McMurtry LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 11, 2013, previously published on February 26, 2013 United States companies recognize the importance of establishing an effective anti-corruption compliance program in order to prevent and detect potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA). This awareness results from a long history of aggressive FCPA enforcement by the...
| | Citizenship and Immigration Canada Announces Start-Up Visa Program
Henry J. Chang; Blaney McMurtry LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 26, 2013, previously published on February 19, 2013 On January 24, 2013, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Citizen Jason Kenney (the “Immigration Minister”) announced that Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC") would launch a Start-Up Visa Program to recruit innovative immigrant entrepreneurs who will...
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