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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP 

Lawyers, Patent & Trade-mark Agents

Ottawa, Ontario Office
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World Exchange Plaza, 100 Queen Street, Suite 1100
Ottawa, Ontario  K1P 1J9
(City of Ottawa)

Telephone: 613-237-5160; 800-661-4237
General Fax: 613-230-8842
IP Fax: 613-787-3558
http://www.blgcanada.com



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Corporate LawEducation Law
Environmental LawFamily Law
Government ContractsGovernment Relations
Health Care LawImmigration and Naturalization
Insurance DefenseIntellectual Property Law
International Business LawInternational Trade Law
Labor and Employment LawMergers and Acquisitions
Nonprofit and Tax Exempt OrganizationsOil and Gas Law
Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair CompetitionReal Estate Law
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About this office:

At Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG), It Begins With Service.

BLG is a leading, full-service, integrated national law firm focusing on business law, litigation and intellectual property solutions for our clients. With more than 750 lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals in Calgary, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Waterloo Region, clients turn to us for assistance with their legal needs, from major litigation to corporate finance and patent registration.

Our goal at BLG is to provide our clients with the best service, by the best professionals and support staff. We are accessible to our clients and proactive in uncovering and serving their needs. BLG's team approach provides the best resources based on location, expertise and experience to develop and articulate solutions to legal challenges. BLG's strength is the ability of its professionals to apply our breadth and depth of legal experience to clients' businesses, whether their needs are in a single location, across North America or overseas.

BLG provides advice to a variety of regional, national, and multinational businesses across a wide variety of sectors. In addition, we represent public institutions such as universities, governments and agencies, health-care facilities including hospitals as well as business, trade, and charitable groups.

BLG's professionals and staff take pride in the communities we are a part of and members of the Firm are involved in BLG's community programs including pro bono legal services, fundraising and volunteer service.

For more information about the firm, its practice areas and community support go to www.blgcanada.com.



 

Specific Practice & Industry Groups Details:
Class ActionsElectricity Markets
Financial ServicesMergers & Acquisitions
Public-Private Infrastructure ProjectsSecurities & Capital Markets
Tax


Statement of Practice Summary:
Aboriginal Law, Advertising and Sponsorship, Appeal and Review, Asia Pacific, Aviation, Banking Litigation, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Business Immigration, Class Actions, Commercial Arbitration and Mediation, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Lending, Commodity Tax, Competition and Marketing Law, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Tax, Directors' and Officers' Liability, Education Law, Electricity Markets, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, Estate and Family Law, Expropriation Law, Financial Services, Forestry, Franchise and Distribution, Fraud Law, Government Relations, Health Care Institutions and Services (non-litigious), Hotel and Hospitality, Information Technology, Insolvency and Restructuring, Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnership, International, International Tax Law, International Trade Law, Investment Management, IP Litigation, Japan, Marine, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Law, National Transportation, Not-for-Profit, Oil and Gas, Pensions, Personal Tax and Estate Planning, Police and Municipal Government Liability, Privacy and Access to Information, Private Company, Product Liability, Public Law, Regulatory, Securities Litigation/Broker Liability, Structured Finance and Leasing, Tax Litigation, Venture Capital, Wealth Management.

Documents by Lawyers at this office

An Update on Federal and Ontario Temporary Solvency Funding Relief
R. Andrew G. Harrison, Maria S. Doerksen, François Morin, Bernard G. Roach, Scott McEvoy, October 10, 2009
More than 6 months have passed since the onset of the economic turmoil resulting in funding difficulty for plan sponsors of defined benefit pension plans. Solvency funding relief is currently available in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and...

Bank Charged $50,000 for Credit Card Interest Rate Disclosure despite Finding of "No Harm"
R. Stevenson Thomas, October 9, 2009
In a decision dated June 2008, released January 15, 2009, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada applied a $50,000 administrative monetary penalty to a bank as a result of the bank's credit card interest rate disclosure practices. This penalty is notable because it was applied despite the FCAC...

CRA Administrative Procedures for Retroactive Lump Sum Catch-Up Payments
R. Andrew G. Harrison, Maria S. Doerksen, François Morin, Bernard G. Roach, Scott McEvoy, October 9, 2009
Where a delay inadvertently occurs in the commencement of pension benefit payments to a member or his/her survivor, the obvious remedy is for a lump sum catch-up payment to be made out of the pension plan on account of the missed pension benefits. Such a payment in lieu of regular benefits,...



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