Articles 2024

Taking a parental leave as a practicing lawyer is challenging, both emotionally and financially. Deepa Tailor (Tailor Law) highlights potential options for lawyers taking a parental leave and shares a comparison of how parental leave programs for lawyers vary between jurisdictions.

With the mid-semester blues hitting, Julia Chumak provides some tips on how she stays positive and energized through this busy period in law school.

Missed our recent program on salary negotiation? Aarohi Kumar provides a recap.

Amanda Ross provides a case summary for R. v. Henry, 2019 ONSC 4978. In the case (a summary conviction appeal), the Honourable Mr. Justice Schreck considered the Ontario Court of Appeal's recent decision in G. v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 264, and ruled that a conditional discharge is not a “sentence” for the purposes of SOIRA and does not trigger the imposition of an order to register and comply with its terms.

Ramkey Communications Inc. v. Labourers’ International Union of North America involved an appeal of a judicial review of a construction union certification application. In allowing the appeal, the Court determined that the Divisional Court had misapplied the Tessier test. The result meant that the “construction technicians” were allowed to unionize under provincial labour laws and not regulated by federal labour laws.

How copyright registration may help to streamline the discovery process.

Can copyright actually protect fashion designers?

The Ontario Superior Court recently confirmed that a franchisee is not entitled to sue for damages under s. 7 of the Arthur Wishart Act when a franchisor voluntarily, but without obligation under s. 5 of the AWA, provides a disclosure document that contains misrepresentations.  The decision in 2101516 Ontario Inc. v. Radisson Hotels Canada Inc. is good news for franchisors.

An in-house IP counsel, IP strategist and IP litigator discuss the components of a successful IP program.