Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in November.
Condominium Law
Can Condos Terminate a Snow Removal Contract Early?
– Jocelyn Duquette, Condo Adviser
Has the Condo Tribunal Delivered all that it Promised to?
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
Loophole Around Mandatory Condo Director Training?
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
Condo Owner not Allowed to Get 20-year old Board Minutes
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
Changes to Lien periods Under the New Construction Act
– David Lu, Davidson Condo Law
Constitutional Law
Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario Finds Provision Allowing Health Benefits to the Terminated at Age 65 Unconstitutional
– Margaret Truesdale, Perley-Robertson Hill & McDougall LLP
Corporate Commercial Law
An overview of the Competition Bureau’s new Immunity and Leniency Programs
– Quin Gilbert-Walters & Ian Macdonald, Gowling WLG
Criminal Law
November 2018 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Scheer’s Guns and Gangs Strategy A Simple Plan for Simple Minds
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Time for the Civil Bar to Step Up
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Employment & Labour Law
Hold the Applause: Clapping Banned to Reduce Individual Anxiety
– Paul Willetts, Vey Willetts LLP
ONSC Judge Would Have Ordered at Least 36 Months Reasonable Notice – If Requested
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Employee Allowed to Sue for Sexual Harassment Five Years After Signing Full and Final Release
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
No Right to Sue Employer for Sexual Assault by Co-Worker: WSIAT
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
IBM appeal case reboots the importance of parties’ intentions for termination provisions
– Amy Derickx, Gowling WLG
What’s old is new again: Bill 47 passes into law
– André Poulin-Denis & Jesse Baker, Gowling WLG
IP & Copyright Law
Fake News on Fair Dealing from Michael Enright Himself and the CBC Sunday Edition
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Follow Up on Bill C-86 – The Omnibus Bill that Amends Canadian IP Law
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
My Speaking Notes for Senate BANC Committee November 21, 2018 re Copyright Board
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Industrial Designs: What’s New?
– Adam Soliman, Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP
Practice Management
Diversonomics Season 3, Episode 6 | Making an ally: How to capitalize on your discomfort zone
– Roberto Aburto & Cindy Kou, Gowling WLG
Diversonomics Season 3 | Episode 5 The long game: Putting ongoing D&I goals into action
– Roberto Aburto, Gowling WLG
Regulatory Law
Canada’s Supreme Court Clears the Way for New National Securities Regulator
– Brian Kells & Brianna Mayes, Perley-Robertson Hill & McDougall LLP
Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario rolls out licensing regime for cannabis retailers
– Jon-Paul Powers & William Bjornsson, Gowling WLG
Wills & Estates Law
Ontario Superior Court Case — Probate Fees and Double Wills
– Heather Austin-Skaret, Mann Lawyers
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!