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Do you own assets in Europe — even mere joint ownership in an apartment? Are you likely to be transferred there by your employer for a few years? In either case, a new European Union Regulation could have sweeping impact on your estate, triggering the need to amend your will. The EU Succession Regulation (also known […]

Can one be a contestant on La voix, Quebec’s version of a popular vocal talent competition TV show featuring amateurs coached by established artists, while being on disability leave and receiving salary insurance indemnities? Such was the question recently raised before a labour arbitrator. A leave with incompatible activities A disability leave with compensation is […]

New regulatory amendments on road vehicle safety standards will come into force on November 20, 2016. The coming into force of new road vehicle safety standards involves several changes. Click here to read about those amendments.

What is an “indictable offence” pursuant to article 2402 C.C.Q.? Justice Marie St-Pierre, in the recent Quebec Court of Appeal decision Desjardins Sécurité Financière, compagnie d’assurance-vie c. Émond, answers this question. In this decision, Desjardins Sécurité Financière, compagnie d’assurance-vie [Desjardins] appealed a judgement of the Court of Quebec rendered by Justice Céline Gervais. Justice Gervais […]

You just hired a new employee. In the employment contract, or under a verbal agreement, you specify that the employee will be on probation for a period of six months. What are the consequences of such a condition? Salary The question of compensation is easily answered: an employee on probation has a right to be […]

The consequences of accusing an insured of having attempted to fraudulently obtain an insurance indemnity are serious. The Superior Court of Quebec issued an important reminder of the insurer’s burden of proof in the case of Eggsotique Café inc. c. Promutuel Lanaudière, société mutuelle d’assurances générales (2015 QCCS 178). Ms. France Corbeil was the sole […]

It is fairly well known that, under art. 2091 of the Civil Code of Québec, an employer must give reasonable notice when terminating an employee without a serious reason. Too often, however, we forget that this article imposes a similar obligation upon an employee who resigns without a serious reason. A recent decision reminds that […]

When mergers and acquisitions reach a certain size, calculated, for instance, by the value of the assets of the resulting corporation, parties to the transaction can be required to obtain government’s green light before finalizing the deal. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development recently announced statutory annual adjustments to two of these thresholds. […]

Citizens sometimes consider government structure reorganizations as cause for headaches. However, those may also have clearly positive impacts, as we can see from this example. Prior to January 1, when an instance of psychological harassment caused an employment injury, a worker could be involved in two proceedings, with distinct objects, but where the same witnesses […]

At RSS, we are very fortunate to have numerous dynamic clients, whose projects and goals are most diversified. Interacting with them keeps our firm in constant development, both in terms of quality and diversity of services. Herbert Z. Pinchuk, head of RSS’s Business Law Group, illustrates the firm’s vitality with a brief description of recent […]