Lang Michener LLP

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Lang Michener is a leader in Canada's legal profession and has been for more than 80 years. Our international firm, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Hong Kong, has over 200 dynamic professionals who provide effective, innovative solutions to Canadian and international clients. We have played a major role in shaping Canada's economic and political institutions, and understand the competitive global needs of our country's leading companies and industries. With commitments to excellence, service and value in all that we do, Lang Michener is dedicated to helping all of our clients achieve their business and personal goals.

Corporate Practice including Administrative Law, Advertising and Marketing, Agency and Distribution, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business Law, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications and Media, Computers and Software, Construction Law, Copyright, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Environmental Law, Finance, Franchises and Franchising, Government Procurement, Government Relations, Insolvency, Insurance, Insurance Defence, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Labour and Employment, Leases and Leasing, Litigation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Natural Resources, Patents, Privacy Law, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Technology and Science, Trademarks, Trusts and Estates, Wills.

Patenting Business Methods in the United States and Canada after In re Bilski
Ted B. Urbanek, April 3, 2009
Although business methods have, at least arguably, never properly been excluded from the ambit of patentable subject matter in the United States, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") generally took the position prior to the 1998 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

Ban on Naked Short-Selling in the U.S.
Tom A. Hakemi, Daniel D. Dex, March 24, 2009
It appears that the ban imposed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on naked short-selling will be permanent.

Dramatic Changes on the Horizon for B.C.'s Civil Procedure Rules
Katherine Reilly, March 12, 2009
British Columbia's proposed new civil procedure rules (the "Proposed Rules") are targeted to come into force early in 2010.

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