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A periodical glimpse into the wide variety of deals and cases that RSS handles each and every day. From helping start-ups and assisting individuals to working along major corporations, we provide the complete scope of legal services. Click here to read more (PDF).

Intellectual property rights such as trade-marks, patents, industrial design registrations are often the most important assets which a company owns. Richard Uditsky has a look at recent legislative amendments that owners would be prudent to take advantage of. Click here to read more (PDF).

A party may sometimes be represented by two lawyers to defend a claim: one designated by its insurer to defend against the demands involving an insured interest, and another selected by the party itself to address other grounds that may have been raised. The validity of this double representation was the focus of the Superior […]

A corporation of which you are a shareholder claims to have sustained important damages which, in your view, were caused by the fault of professionals. These damages and losses caused the corporation’s bankruptcy. Can you, as shareholder, sue the professionals to claim compensation for the corporation’s damages? No, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Brunette […]

In 9192-2401 Québec inc. (Fabrication Pro-Fab) c. Villeneuve (Immeubles Jolik), 2018 QCCA 1143, the Court of Appeal underlined that in a claim by a lessee against a lessor, in virtue of article 1854 CCQ, the lessee must prove that the damages were caused by either a defect, a default or a failure of the leased […]

Homeowner insurance policies frequently exclude vacant dwellings from coverage. But is a building considered vacant when its owners have not yet moved in while visiting occasionally to prepare the premises? The Superior Court recently examined this question in Nkana c. La Garantie, compagnie d’assurances de l’Amérique du Nord, 2018 QCCS 4265. Click here to read […]

Delays in the payment of public construction contracts are an annoyance to contractors. The Charbonneau Commission even concluded that these delays are an element facilitating the involvement of organized crime in the public procurement process. To solve the problem, the Quebec government recently launched a pilot project to develop means of accelerating these payments. Pierre […]

A hotel operator offers travellers to park their car in its parking lot while they’re on their winter vacation. A car is stolen while its owner is away. The hotel operator’s liability is at stake. Must one conclude that the car was under its care, which would deprive it of insurance coverage under the “care, […]

On June 12, 2018, the time limit to file a complaint for harassment under the Labour Standards Act was extended from 90 days to two years. We highlighted this in our July 3, 2018 newsletter. Does this mean that events prior to June 12, subject to the 90-day limit, now expired, can no longer be […]

Compensation for property damages is awarded to allow restoring the situation that prevailed before the damage. A court will therefore award an amount sufficient to repair, rebuild or replace the damaged property. But what if the cost of making the victim whole again is increased because of external factors, such as more rigorous standards than […]