Adopting your stepchild
In the course of my practice I have met many stepparents that want to adopt their stepchild.Β The reasons to want to adopt a stepchild are very personal and diverse to the stepparent, child and their parent. Sometimes the biological parent is unknown or absent, due to death or other reasons.Β The stepparent may have been in...
Continue reading the post titled Adopting your stepchildWhat is on-premises software and how is it different from cloud computing?
If youβre starting a software company, youβre probably wondering whether you should (a) distribute the software to your end-user; or (b) run the software from the cloud while providing the end user log-in credentials to remotely access the software. This is one of the existential questions plaguing software developers. Through this blog, Iβll first describe...
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Traditionally, Canadian courts and arbitrators have upheld discipline against employees who have disobeyed company policies by using or possessing marijuana[1] on company premises. There has generally been no need for the employee to have engaged in dangerous conduct, so long as the employeeβs use of marijuana occurred on company property. However, the potential legalization of...
Continue reading the post titled βComfortably Numbβ: Medical Marijuana in the WorkplaceThe Securities and Exchange Commission amends its whistleblower program
On September 23, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (βSECβ) Β finalized changes to its highly successful whistleblower program (the βSEC Programβ)1. Since it began, the SEC Program has paid over $500 million in total rewards to tipsters. Β Earlier this June, one anonymous individual was handsomely rewarded with nearly $50 million for detailed evidence about...
Continue reading the post titled The Securities and Exchange Commission amends its whistleblower programCan municipalities require climate warning labels on gasoline?
Hereβs a great new idea for municipal action on climate change: warning labels! Our Horizon1Β is a non-profit organization with a mandate to empower people and communities to take action on climate change. Their new campaign aims to get municipalities to use their existing powers in new ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For example,...
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While cryptocurrency exchanges may not be the Wild West they once were, consumers are still advised to venture carefully into online currency territory, saysΒ Peter Dillon during a recent interview with AdvocateDaily.com. See the full article below. Canadian case provides valuable lessons for crypto users By Mia Clarke, AdvocateDaily.com Associate Editor While cryptocurrency exchanges may not...
Continue reading the post titled Canadian case provides valuable lessons for crypto usersUS toxics overhaul
Most modern toxic substances control laws are based on the 1976 US Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Β§2601 et seq. (TSCA).Β It provides the US Environmental Protection Agency with authority to require reporting, record-keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions relating to certain kinds of chemical substances and/or mixtures,Β such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), asbestos,...
Continue reading the post titled US toxics overhaulWhat exactly is Canada doing about the protection of our environment?
The Federal Government is required under the Federal Sustainable Development Act, S.C. 2008, c.33 (βActβ[1]) to provide Canadians with a strategy as directed by the precautionary principle. The precautionary principle is defined in section 2 of the FSDA, for implementing any thing, action or process to develop, improve and protect our environment of threats of...
Continue reading the post titled What exactly is Canada doing about the protection of our environment?Social Media in Personal Injury Litigation: Will defence lawyers and insurance companies search my Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages?
Introduction Hiring private investigators to monitor plaintiffs in their daily lives is a common practice for defence lawyers and insurance companies, in order to find out if the plaintiff has lied about or exaggerated his or her injuries. In recent years, they have begun to regularly search social media pages for this information. These sites...
Continue reading the post titled Social Media in Personal Injury Litigation: Will defence lawyers and insurance companies search my Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages?Cascades/ Superior paper mill cleanup: final settlement?
Going after individuals for cleanups of historic contamination continues to pay off for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.
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