Employment considerations when purchasing a professional practice* Β
Purchasing a professional practice can be an exciting time for the purchaser, but it can also be an overwhelmingly complex and time-consuming endeavour if you donβt engage the right people to guide you through the process. There are many important business and legal considerations to keep in mind when considering whether to purchase a practice....
Continue reading the post titled Employment considerations when purchasing a professional practice* Β2016 Shaping Up To Be ‘Significant’ Year For Franchise Law
(Note: This article was also publishedΒ on AdvocateDaily.com) The Supreme Court of Canada isΒ set to hear its first franchise case in more than four decades something that, coupled with significant recent decisions, could bring needed balance to the industry, franchise lawyer Peter Dillon tellsΒ AdvocateDaily.com. βIf franchise litigation were a wine, then 2015 would be a good...
Continue reading the post titled 2016 Shaping Up To Be ‘Significant’ Year For Franchise LawNavigating self-representation at court: Understanding legal costs and awards
Starting a lawsuit can be unpleasant, costly, and time-consuming. The legal system is not intended for self-represented parties, but sometimes people have no choice but to represent themselves. Sometimes, self-represented parties lose their case. Sometimes, they prevail. Typically, when a party wins at trial, they receive compensation for damages, and also something called a costs...
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Entering Canada as a business visitor: Essential requirements
In this blog, I will discuss the prerequisites for entering Canada as a business visitor, while also touching upon instances where a work permit is necessary or where a work permit exemption may be applicable. Our immigration team consistently receives inquiries from Canadian companies and organizations seeking to host foreign nationals on business visits to...
Continue reading the post titled Entering Canada as a business visitor: Essential requirementsPulitzer Prize for Reporting to Inside Climate News
Inside Climate News, a small online non-profit devoted to covering the changing climate, has won one of the most prestigious prizes in journalism. Three Inside Climate reporters received the National Reporting Pulitzer Prize for coverage of pipeline regulation and the hazards of tar sands oil. The prize is awarded each year “for a distinguished example...
Continue reading the post titled Pulitzer Prize for Reporting to Inside Climate NewsPlanning for drought and drinking water in Ontario
Climate change is worsening flooding but it will also bring faster spring runoffs, hotter summers, more evaporation and droughts. What will that mean for Ontario’s drinking water supply? Source water protection committees are trying to plan ahead. According to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Glen Murray’sΒ Annual Report on Drinking WaterΒ 2014: Under the Clean...
Continue reading the post titled Planning for drought and drinking water in OntarioAnti-Fluoride in Drinking Water: Litigation Update
Will citizen groupΒ litigation and the threat of personal liability stop fluoridation of drinking water in Ontario? In ourΒ earlierΒ blog post, we described a threat by an advocacy group called Concerned Residents of Peel to End Water Fluoridation (Concerned Residents) againstΒ Peel municipal councillors. The group threatened the councillors withΒ personal liability if they did not stopΒ the Region from...
Continue reading the post titled Anti-Fluoride in Drinking Water: Litigation UpdateEnergy East Pipeline v Belugas, Part 2
The threatened white beluga whales of the St. Lawrence or high-noise pipeline work? Earlier this month we blogged about Justice Claudine Royβs decision granting a temporary injunction to environmental groups, blocking Energy East Pipeline Ltd. and TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. from conducting exploratory work in the St. Lawrence River near Cacouna, QC until October 15, whenΒ a...
Continue reading the post titled Energy East Pipeline v Belugas, Part 2Waterkeepers want notice of sewage bypasses
Congratulations to Lake Ontario Waterkeeper for their innovative application to the Ontario Environmental Commissioner, to force Toronto to give public noticeΒ when it bypasses sewage into Lake Ontario due to wet weather- about three times a month. The Environmental Bill of Rights allows anyone to filed a request for review of an existing practice or policy....
Continue reading the post titled Waterkeepers want notice of sewage bypassesAre common industrial chemicals developmental neurotoxins?
Toxic chemicalsΒ may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among childrenβsuch asΒ autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexiaβaccording to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The researchers call for a new global prevention strategy to control the use of these substances: methylmercury, polychlorinated...
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