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Toby Kruger; Lawson Lundell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 30, 2012, previously published on May 23, 2012 On May 10, 2012, Marko Vesely and Toby Kruger appeared at the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) in A.B. by her Litigation Guardian, C.D., v Bragg Communications.
| | Environmental Assessment Streamlining Federal Government Initiatives
Brad Armstrong, Michelle L. Forrieter, JoAnn P. Jamieson; Lawson Lundell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2012, previously published on April 20, 2012 On April 17, 2012 the federal government announced its Plan For Responsible Resource Development, setting out further details on steps to implement proposals for streamlining the federal environmental assessment (“EA”) process. This Plan follows on the heels of the federal budget and...
|  | 2012 Federal Budget: Changes to the Thin-Capitalization Rules
Alexander Coombes, Leonard Glass, Ben Heller; Lawson Lundell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 13, 2012, previously published on April 2012 Canadian tax law, like virtually all developed taxation systems, contains a series of rules that are designed to limit the deduction of interest expense on debt obligations owing from a Canadian entity to non-residents of Canada within corporate groups. These rules are referred to as the...
| | Environmental Assessment - Improving the Process
Brad Armstrong, Christine J.S. Kowbel, Toby Kruger; Lawson Lundell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2012, previously published on March 23, 2012 On March 13, 2012, the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development issued recommendationsfor improving the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) process.
| | Employee Life and Health Trusts and Health and Welfare Trusts
Alexander Coombes; Lawson Lundell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2012, previously published on March 9, 2012 Employers and Benefit Plan Administrators are faced with a relatively new choice in determining the appropriate vehicle for providing certain employee benefits: should benefits be structured through an Employee Life and Health Trust (“ELTH”) or the historic Health and Welfare Trust...
| | Canadian Tax Rates, Not Quite a Tax Haven
Leonard Glass; Lawson Lundell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2012, previously published on March 2012 Canada has not historically been known for its favourable levels of taxation. However, in the course of the past decade, corporate tax rates have been steadily reduced with the result that favourable rates of taxation are incurred by corporations with business income in Canada. Indeed, it is...
| | Insubordination and Just Cause Dismissal: Considerations for Employers
Nicole K. Skuggedal; Lawson Lundell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 5, 2012 When does employee conduct cross the line from criticism to insubordination? Specifically, when does such conduct amount to just cause for summary dismissal in a non-union workplace?
| | How to Craft Computer Policies on Personal Emails and Surfing
Nicole K. Skuggedal; Lawson Lundell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 5, 2012, previously published by Small Business Profit Guide on December 2011 This article discusses employee privacy rights for information stored on work computers and the importance of adopting a well-conceived policy on computer usage. The best way to protect your company from being found in violation of employee privacy is to adopt a well-conceived policy on computer...
| | Reverse Break Fees - Breaking up is hard (and expensive) to do
Valerie C. Mann; Lawson Lundell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 5, 2012, previously published by Business in Vancouver, Mergers & Acquisitions Annual News Report on November 2011 This article discusses reverse break fees. When Google announced its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion recently, commentators reported on the typical deal metrics - premium (Google’s offer represents over a 63% premium), and multiples. However, Google’s offer of a $2.5...
| | Environmental Law: Managing Risk - 'I Done What He Told Me To' - What to Do (and Not to Do) When the Regulator Calls
Toby Kruger, Clifford G. Proudfoot; Lawson Lundell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 5, 2012, previously published by Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. on November 2011 This paper examines the scope of a regulator's authority to conduct inspections and investigations across a number of common regulatory contexts. The paper begins by focusing on the basic framework courts use to determine the legality of an inspection or investigation. The paper then examines...
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