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The recent tragic events in Paris have triggered a lot of discussion. It is therefore not unlikely that your employees would discuss those events and express their thoughts or opinions before third parties — including your customers. Certain basic rules still apply, notwithstanding the highly charged emotional context… Click here to read a commentary by Jacques […]

Registering or renewing your trademarks promptly could save you a bundle: recent amendments to the trademark legislation will make things more costly when they come into force. Click here to read comments by Richard Uditsky.

With the coming into force of the new Code of Civil Procedure on January 1, 2016, it is important to remember that several new provisions will affect the management of your files. Click here for comments by Patrick Henry.

The Quebec Court of Appeal renders judgement on the issue of the financial implications of the liability insurer’s duty to defend an action against its insured. Click here to view Jean-François Lamoureux’s comments on this case.

Franchising, just like any other contract, consists of a blend of rights and obligations between the parties. A recent decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal provides an extensive analysis of the franchisor’s obligations. In this document, Herbert Z. Pinchuk, Rhona Luger and Sharon G. Druker highlight the impact this decision may have on the […]

The bad news: the SCC won’t hear Constructions GSS Gauthier. The good news: CGL insurers can reasonably challenge the precedential effect of Gauthier re the standard “Work” exclusion To learn more

Your business operates under the Canada Labour Code? You’ll probably want to take note of recent changes on the certification and revocation of a trade union and on the calculation of the holiday pay for general holidays. Changes in rules on trade unions On certification — As of June this year, a trade union seeking to […]

It’s been a few years already since pay equity was front-page news. However, this does not mean that employers no longer have to worry about this issue. Quebec’s Commission de l’équité salariale recently announced that it will be investigating employers who had to perform a pay equity initiative by December 31, 2010, but have yet […]

We’ve all had second thoughts after closing a deal that turns out to be less than optimal. Usually, this is just a reminder of the need to consider our decisions more carefully. But acquiring the wrong company, or buying it for an inflated price, is far more than a costly lesson. It can be a […]

The number of files presented to the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (“CSST”) by workers who allege having sustained psychological damage injury is on the rise. Such a condition may allow the worker to obtain compensation, provided he has suffered an “employment injury” under the law. But how can working […]