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Hear updates from the Ministry and private practitioners about how Ontario’s climate change legislation is performing in practice.

Significant developments in international treaties, including the seeming demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the (impending) provisional application of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, are generating important questions in IP law.

Whether you are working with or lobbying political staffers (or you are one yourself), join us on April 4 to get the insights you need to navigate your professional obligations as a lawyer in the complex and challenging political milieu.

The natural life-cycle of most charities and not-for-profit corporations in Ontario will include fundamental changes to the structure of the organization, and can include amalgamations, separations, or dissolutions.

More men than ever play an active role in child care and they face struggles with balancing home and work. What can men do to support equality in the legal boardroom and the courtroom?

Ensure you are up-to-date on recent income tax case law, legislative changes and CRA administrative developments from the past year which could (and likely will) have a significant impact on your estate planning and estate administration files.

From proceedings against police stemming from the G20 summit, to lawsuits filed by inmates related to treatment in penitentiaries, there is no shortage of examples of class actions launched against the government and its institutions.

The Divisional Court’s decision in the CIBC v Computershare case has changed the landscape of mortgage priorities, mortgage fraud and solicitor’s duties to guard against fraud, and has also changed the law of indefeasibility of title changes again.

Join us for an in-depth discussion of the most common situations, the key strategies for avoiding them, and the practical tools you can use to address them.

In December 2016, the All Families Are Equal Act (the “Act”), intended to provide equal treatment for all children regardless of how they were conceived, received royal assent. Amending 41 statutes, including most notably the Children’s Law Reform Act and Vital Statistics Act, the Act recognizes the various types of families in our society and streamlines processes for parents utilizing assisted reproduction and surrogacy.