The back-story From early 2019 until June 2023, it was Justice Thomas McEwen who was in charge of overseeing the insolvency protection for Canada’s three large tobacco companies. The companies turned to the Ontario courts for protection after a multi-billion dollar award against them for injured Quebec smokers was upheld by the Quebec Court of…
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During an initial call or meeting, a capable recruiter will besiege you with questions, tailored to your unique circumstances. The objective, in part, is to understand why you’re considering a change. Are you aiming to make more money? Achieve a healthier work-life balance? Handle more sophisticated legal work? Next, the recruiter will collect an abundance…
United Nations labour agency to rule on whether the federal government neglected key labour conventions In a historic move, Canadian Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communication (FETCO) has lodged a formal complaint against the Canadian federal government with the International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations labour agency. This UN complaint, a first of…
1 Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #3 –March 31, 2024 Opening With Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), our past mistake has come back to haunt us. Going down this road, we’ve committed a social blunder. We’ve slid down the slippery slope. A case in point is…
Many employers in Ontario are becoming aware, whether through news articles, or painful and costly first-hand experiences, that employees can be owed significant entitlements upon termination. As we have explored in more detail in our previous blog posts, employers may owe terminated employees much more than was promised in the employment contract if a court…
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Assault on a government also known as a public official can have serious legal consequences. Government officials are entrusted with upholding the law and protecting public safety. Due to this, aggression against them is seen as an attack against the institutions they represent. If you have been charged with assault on a government official, it’s…
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I was happy to contribute an article to the latest issue of leading European legal industry magazine Legal Innovation and Technology Today. You should read the entire issue, which includes great pieces about DEI in the legal sector by Christy Burke, agile law firms by Chris Bull, and key corporate legal trends by Ari Kaplan….
Posted by Gordon LaFortune on Apr 7, 2022 Anyone following the news knows that Russia is now the world’s most sanctioned country and that the sanctions are intended to cause Russia so much economic pain that it will withdraw from Ukraine. Canada has joined other countries in imposing sanctions on Russia and Russians under the…
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If there has been one constant about the qualifications to own an American law firm, it has been this–you must be a lawyer. With the exception of the District of Columbia, the default rule in U.S. jurisdictions for decades has been that non-lawyers cannot own law firms. However, this is now changing, with many states…
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Skip to content Speak to a lawyer now: (416) 999-8389 Defending Cyber Security and Computer Hacking Charges in Canada The ROBICHAUD REPORT latest episode: More episodes: Listen to our OF COUNSEL Podcast: Of Counsel interviews remarkable lawyers about their careers in law.What motivates these lawyers? How do they manage to stay focused under intense pressure?…
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