Articles 2020

A strategy for how elder parents can manage joint bank accounts from the perspective of a professional executor.

Not all income splitting is allowed in Canada, but one tax planning strategy to consider involves a prescribed rate loan as explained here.

Sometimes an executor has to administer an estate asset when the original Will is not available. Here's a tip.

This article explores how, if at all, digitizing and/or restoring a film is treated under copyright law in Canada. More specifically, if the film in the public domain and copyright has expired, is the digital restoration of the film result in a copyright in the digitally restored version?

In acknowledgement of International IP Day on April 26, this article will address some examples of focused government initiatives that are being taken in Canada to help financially support IP protection. This is not a comprehensive survey, just highlighting some bright spots that lawyers should be aware of for their clients.

Following are this week's summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of May 30, 2022.

Following are this week's summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of May 23, 2022.

New regulations subject crowdfunding services to significant obligations, including keeping records of certain clients, fund raising purposes and some beneficiaries and verifying the identity donors giving more than $1000. Charities should take note that personal identifying information regarding crowdfunded donations will be provided to FINTRAC just like donations through the traditional banking system and may be shared with other agencies within the federal government.