WeirFoulds is proud to support Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition 2017
WeirFoulds is proud to provide continued support to the Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition (QEC) for 2017, one of the longest-running and best-known undergraduate start-up competitions in the world
Bill 87: Government’s Response to Recommendations of Sexual Abuse Task Force
On December 8, 2016, Bill 87, Protecting Patients Act, 2016, received first reading. If passed, Bill 87 will amend the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (the RHPA) and four other […]
Raj Anand profiled by Desi News on his life and his work towards promoting equality in the legal profession
WeirFoulds Partner Raj Anand was profiled in the February 2017 issue of Desi News, Canada’s number one South Asian magazine, in the Grant’s Desi Achiever special feature article Law and Behold!.
In the piece, Raj discusses his role as the co-chair of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensees Working Group, as well as his life and his hope for a more equitable legal profession and society.
Setting up shop
Robert Robert Eisenberg spoke to Canadian Lawyer about the pending legalization of marijuana, marijuana dispensaries and landlords. To read the full article, please click here.
WeirFoulds is a Proud Supporter and Continued Sponsor of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada and BLSACares
WeirFoulds is a proud supporter of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada (BLSA Canada) by acting as a continued sponsor of the Annual National Conference and the association’s charitable branch, BLSACares. The conference will be held in Windsor on February 9 – 12, 2017. This year’s theme is “Oneness in Motion: Impacting the Future”.
Medical Assistance in Dying (“MAID”) from a Regulator’s Perspective
The recent legalization of medical assistance in dying (also known by the abbreviation “MAID”) is one of the most radical and significant changes to the Canadian health care system in […]
WeirFoulds Associate Michael McIsaac was a panalist on Moore in the Morning Free-for-all
Associate Michael McIsaac was a panelist on Moore in the Morning Free-for-all to listen to the full segment, please click here.
AVOCATS HORS QUÉBEC: Lorsque les membres s’expatrient
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WeirFoulds Welcomes Two New Partners
WeirFoulds LLP is pleased to announce that Faren Bogach and Bianca La Neve have joined the Partnership. Faren Bogach has a litigation practice focused on construction and commercial matters. She […]
WeirFoulds Associate Michael McIsaac was a panelist on Moore in the Morning Free-for-all
Associate Michael McIsaac was a panelist on Moore in the Morning Free-for-all.
No Bidding Around: The Competition Bureau Targets Bid-Riggers in 2017
Over the past few years, we have written and presented extensively about how Canada’s Competition Bureau has cracked down on price-fixing and bid-rigging in Canada’s construction industry. In December of […]
WeirFoulds Partner Raj Anand Works to Assist Law Firms to Combat Racism and Discrimination
Raj Anand, a senior civil litigation and human rights partner at WeirFoulds, and a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC), has added to his long list of […]
The Intersection Between Form and Substance in Corporate Law
In its recent decision in Mennillo v. Intramodal inc., 2016 SCC 51 (“Mennillo“), the Supreme Court of Canada addressed, for the first time since 2008, the oppression remedy. At issue […]
Parental Recognition and Proposed Amendments to Ontario Legislation: Part 2
In February 2016, we wrote about the Cy and Ruby’s Act (Parental Recognition), 2015, which proposed a number of amendments to statutes dealing with parental recognition[1]. We noted that the proposed […]
Lisa Borsook named to the Women’s Executive Network’s (WXN) Top 100 Hall of Fame
WeirFoulds partner Ian Mitchell is named a “Corporate Lawyer to Watch” in the 2016 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada.