Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in April.
Civil Litigation
When is it too late to sue for debt owing on multiple issued invoices?
– Sarah Macaluso, Merovitz Potechin LLP
Parental Waivers for Children’s Activities – Are they valid?
– Michael Brown, Merovitz Potechin LLP
Condominium Law
When Neighbourly Disputes Get Out of hands
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Should Condo Owners Vote on Changes to Common Elements?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Soliciting Proxies: Can Condominium Managers Do It?
– Melinda Andrews, Davidson Condo Law
Privacy and the Common Elements: Are Police Surveillance Cameras Allowed on Condominium Property?
– James Davidson, Davidson Condo Law
Criminal Law
Ontario’s Legal Aid Cuts: David vs Goliath
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Wilson-Raybould Was Not Wrong to Record Wernick’s Call
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
April 2019 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Employment & Labour Law
Employee Entitled to Vacation Pay on “Discretionary” Bonus
– Sean Bawden, The House Work Blog
Medical Cannabis and Safety-Sensitive Jobs: Where can Employers Draw the Line?
– Andrew Vey, Vey Willetts LLP
Arbitrator reinstates locomotive engineer fired for drinking whiskey on the job
– Paul Willetts, Vey Willetts LLP
Bill 66 becomes law, changing overtime and union representation of some employees in construction
– André Poulin-Denis, Gowling WLG
Food & Beverage Law
Blockchain: An innovative tool for keeping the global food supply chain safe and ethical
– Stephen A. Pike, Shaela W. Rae & Filip Hrga, Gowling WLG
Naturally complicated
– Ronald L. Doering, Gowling WLG
IP & Copyright Law
Data protection in Canada: The six-month pediatric extension
– Cole Meagher & Jenny Thistle, Gowling WLG
New Streamlined System for Remedying Double Patenting is on the Horizon for Canada
– Wendy Lamson, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong with the Government’s Proposed Regulations re Time Limits at Canada’s Copyright Board?
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
The Copyright Board’s “New Leaf”? Not So Much and Not at All
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
The Toronto Real Estate Board is Back in the Copyright News
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Access Copyright Proposed Tariffs: Is the Copyright Board Turning Over New Leaves?
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Practice Management
How to make less money
– Jordan Furlong, Law21
The future of law, maybe
– Jordan Furlong, Law21
Privacy Law
Federal Privacy Commissioner proposes a complete reversal of its longstanding approach to data transfers, including cross-border transfers
– Multiple authors, Gowling WLG
Security Law
Attorney General Independence: The Forgotten Basford Standard and its National Security Nexus
– Craig Forcese, Intrepid
Testimony: Professor Michael Nesbitt on Bill C-59 in Senate
– Michael Nesbitt, Intrepid
Testimony: Professor Leah West on Bill C-59 in Senate
– Leah West, Intrepid
Trade Law
Steel Safeguards: The First Test of Canada’s Membership in the Alliance for Multilateralism
– Gordon LaFortune, Canadian Trade Law Blog
We include highlights of recent posts and articles from Ottawa-area blogs that are of substantive value to the legal community. Did we miss one? Let us know!
