Personal liability of directors and officers in Canadian franchise disclosure
One of the most important — and least understood — aspects of Canadian franchise law is the potential for personal liability arising from franchise disclosure obligations. For many foreign franchisors, particularly those based in the United States, this issue comes as a genuine surprise. In …
View the post titled Personal liability of directors and officers in Canadian franchise disclosureWhy franchise disclosure matters in Canada
Foreign franchisors entering Canada often approach franchise disclosure as a familiar concept. Most established franchisors already have disclosure documents, franchise agreements, operating manuals, brand standards, training materials, and a developed understanding of how their system is so…
View the post titled Why franchise disclosure matters in CanadaUtah latest US state to mandating disclosure of fracking chemicals
On October 24, the Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining approved a new rule requiring companies to use FracFocus, the US’s national hydraulic fracturing chemical registry, to report the amount and types of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to produce oil and gas. Seven other s…
View the post titled Utah latest US state to mandating disclosure of fracking chemicalsSmart regulation: if regulators studied psychology
How would environmental regulation be different if our regulators were up to date on current research in psychology and neuroscience? A leading American legal scholar and member of the Obama Administration, Cass Sunstein, published a detailed analysis in the University of Chicago Law Review.…
View the post titled Smart regulation: if regulators studied psychologyWhat's toxic in that product?
What’s toxic in consumer products? A law we should have Labels on consumer products like cosmetics contain a long list of ingredients, usually in teeny tiny print, in English and in French. Unfortunately, most of us have no idea how to pronounce the multi-syllable ingredients, or why they a…
View the post titled What's toxic in that product?What's in bottled water?
The major difference between bottled water and municipal tap water is that we know less about what is in bottled water.
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