Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in June.
Civil Litigation
SCC Upholds Costs Order Against Lawyer Personally
– Margaret R. Truesdale, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP
Saadati v. Moorhead: The repudiation of a dubious perception of mental illness
– D. Lynne Watt, Gowling WLG
What is an Occupational Therapist?
– Najma Rashid, OTLA Blog
Relief From Forfeiture Granted Where a Tenant Failed to Deliver a Timely Written Notice of Their Intention to Renew the Lease
– Rob de Toni, Merovitz Potechin LLP
Does the Insurer have a Duty to Defend the Insured Based on the Policy’s Coverage?
– Mitch Kitagawa & Kentt Coburn, Kelly Santini LLP
Insurers Must Provide Actual Reason(s) for Examinations Under Oath
– Mitch Kitagawa & Kentt Coburn, Kelly Santini LLP
Joint Retainers: When Multi-Parties Share the Same Lawyer
– Eric Appotive, Kelly Santini LLP
Using Expert Evidence in Medical Malpractice Claims
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
ODSP Rate Increase for Medical Travel: Moving in the Right Direction
– Emily Cumbaa, RavenLaw
Condominium Law
Can Condos Prohibit the Display of Canadian Flags?
– Jocelyn Duquette, Condo Adviser
Will Toronto’s Proposed Airbnb Regulation Help Condos?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
How Much will the Condo Authority Cost Condo Owners?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Construction Law
It’s finally here! Ontario reforms the Construction Lien Act
– Gowling WLG
Corporate Commercial Law
New Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) Rules in Effect as of July 1, 2017
– Ian McLeod, Mann Lawyers
Criminal Law
Jordan, Cody And Some Friendly Reminders On Delays In The Courts
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Lessons Learned In Criminal Law
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
June 2017 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Employment & Labour Law
Ontario Court: ‘total payroll’ must be considered when assessing employer severance pay obligation
– Paul Willetts, Vey Willetts LLP
Wrongful Dismissal Cases are Appropriate for Resolution by way of Application: ONSC
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Can Employers Opt-In to the Common Law to Opt-Out of the Canada Labour Code?
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Mind the Gap – What Happens When Details Are Missing From a Settlement?
– Sean T. McGee, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Family Law
Securing Support with Life Insurance: The Dagg v. Cameron Estate Case
– Kathleen Wright, Mann Lawyers
School Registration
– Caspar Van Baal, Mann Lawyers
Indigenous Law
Own-Source Revenue – Reconcili-action?
– Michel Nolet, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
International Law
NAFTA renegotiation and modernization consultations
– Richard G. Dearden & Wendy J. Wagner, Gowling WLG
IP & Copyright Law
Fidget-Spinners And The Spin Over the Inventor
– Paul Taylor-Sussex, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
The revolution will be blockchained: Blockchains and the future of digital music
– Matthew Estabrooks & Shawn Duguay, Gowling WLG
Gene Simmons Attempts to Trademark the “Sign of the Horns” Hand Gesture
– Adam M. Tracey, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
SCC Facebook Decision – This is not a Sponsored Story
– Adam Soliman, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Supreme Court of Canada rejects the Promise of the Patent Doctrine
– Adam Heckman & Kiernan A. Murphy, Gowling WLG
Proposed industrial design regulations released for public consultation
– M. Kent Ledwell, Gowling WLG
Google Suffers Severe Setback from the Supreme Court of Canada
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Facebook Must Face the Fact That Its Forum Selection Clause is Unenforceable in Canadian Privacy Class Action
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
My ABC 2017 Presentation and Update on Access Copyright v. York University
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Re:Sound Resoundingly Loses Judicial Review of Copyright Board Tariff 8 Decision
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Practice Management
Fight the future
– Jordan Furlong, Law21
Dispatches, but not from the brink
– Jordan Furlong, Law21
Privacy & Security Law
A Law for New Seasons: Bill C-59 from the “Big Picture” Perspective of National Security Reform
– Craig Forcese, National Security Law
Agenda for National Security Law Day
– Craig Forcese, National Security Law
Enhancing the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians: Reduxed and Reduced
– Craig Forcese, National Security Law
Data breaches in Canada: Reporting obligations, class actions and breach management
– Anastasia Semenova & Wendy J. Wagner, Gowling WLG
Real Estate Law
Buyer Beware! Some Conditions Really Shouldn’t be Waived
– Mary G. Griffith, Maclaren Corlett
Regulatory Law
Health Canada’s Self Care Products Consultations
– Gordon B. Greenwood, Maclaren Corlett
Tax Law
Tax Benefits Available to Persons with Disabilities
– Anthony P. McGlynn, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP
Wills & Estates Law
Powers of Attorney Abuse – Make sure they are acting in your best interest
– Carol Craig, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
What Happens When An Estate Trustee Has Their Own Agenda?
– Marcia Green and Paul Taylor-Sussex, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
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