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Sam Adkins, Stephanie Axmann, Thomas Isaac; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2013, previously published on May 1, 2013 On April 23, 2013, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) released its updated "Aboriginal Consultation Policy on Land and Resource Development Decisions" (Policy).
| | Don’t be a “Dummy Director”
Shane C. D'Souza, Ian C. Michael; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2013, previously published on April 25, 2013 “Independent directors who step into these situations involving essentially the fiduciary oversight of assets in other parts of the world have a duty not to be dummy directors.” p. 21 of transcript, In re Puda Coal Stockholders Litigation, Del. Ch. C.A. 6476-CS (February 6, 2013).
| | Exemption From “Wrapper” Requirement for Foreign Offerings Into Canada May now Be Obtained by Exemption Application
McCarthy Tetrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2013, previously published on April 29, 2013 Last week, we alerted you to rule amendments proposed by the Ontario Securities Commission that aim to eliminate the need to prepare a Canadian "wrapper" for offerings of foreign securities made in Ontario on a private placement basis to sophisticated investors. A wrapper is usually a...
| | The Second Opinion: U.S. Supreme Court Limits Extraterritorial Reach of Alien Tort Claims
Brandon Kain; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 29, 2013, previously published on April 26, 2013 In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., released last Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court significantly restricted the claims that may be brought against foreign actors under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS“). The ATS is a one-sentence statute enacted in 1789 which provides that...
| | The Second Opinion: A Municipality Invokes an Illegal Clause in its Call for Tenders to Justify the Contract Award
Martin Boodman; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 29, 2013, previously published on April 24, 2013 The decision in Entreprise P.S. Roy inc. v. Magog (Ville de) 2013 QCCA 617 considers the legality of conditions imposed by a municipality in a call for tenders and whether a municipality can invoke an illegal clause in its call for tenders to justify its award of the contract to the lowest...
| | WorkSafeBC Approves New Workplace Bullying and Harassment Policies
Christopher McHardy; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 29, 2013, previously published on April 26, 2013 WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors has just published 3 new Occupational Health and Safety policies concerning workplace bullying and harassment. The following new policies take effect on November 1, 2013:
| | Compliance Not Optional: Crown Not Immune from Copyright Act
Helen Burnett; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 29, 2013, previously published on April 29, 2013 Is the Crown immune from paying tariffs under the Copyright Act? On March 31, 2004 and March 31, 2009, the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, operating as Access Copyright, filed proposed tariffs claiming royalties for the reproduction of published works by employees of the provincial and...
| | Bullying and Harassment, or Not
Earl Phillips; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2013, previously published on April 25, 2013 Tragic cases and more mundane legislative changes have everyone talking about bullying and harassment. For employers it is necessary to take a step back and consider what is not workplace bullying and harassment.
| | ICANN’s Trademarks Clearinghouse Opens For Business
Lisa Martz; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2013, previously published on April 25, 2013 With the launch of the Trademarks Clearinghouse, brand owners can now stake their territory In the brave new world of expanded generic top level domain names (“gTLD’s”). The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), the non-profit organization...
| | Responding to Threats of Patent Infringement
Timothy St. J. Ellam, Kara L. Smyth, Steven Tanner; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2013, previously published on April 25, 2013 Patent disputes have proliferated in Alberta. As the economy has levelled-off in recent years, patentees have increasingly sought to enforce patents as part of their business strategy. Threats of patent infringement have proliferated and infringement actions have been filed in all Courts,...
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