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Jul 29, 2013

Quiz: Navigating Franchising Leasing Agreements

With franchisors and franchisees involved, lease agreements can get fairly complicated. In many situations, it’s not immediately obvious where obligations lie, or whether a clause will be…

Jul 22, 2013

OSC Finds Mining Disclosure Misses the Mark

On June 27, 2013, the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC”) published OSC Staff Notice 43-705 Report on Staff’s Review of Technical Reports by Ontario Mining Issuers,…

Jul 8, 2013

Facts or Fiction? Dispelling the Myths about the Bundling of Construction Projects

Project bundling combining a number of smaller projects into one larger project under a single contract as a method of delivering projects has recently been…

Jul 1, 2013

Helping Clients Get the Most from the Procurement Process – Update

Competitive procurement is an inherently risky activity. In the public sector, owners calling for bids for goods or services often face difficult and stressful award decisions. On…

Jun 6, 2013

Accountability, Transparency and Professional Ethics: Today’s Challenges for the Ontario College of Teachers

At the 2013 Annual Meeting of Members Raj Anand, a lawyer, arbitrator and mediator with WeirFoulds LLP and a member of the board of directors of the…

May 27, 2013

Quiz: Municipal Bylaws & Commercial Real Estate

Municipal governments have broad powers to regulate many aspects of commercial operations, including land use and zoning regulations, business licencing, and billboard and signage regulations. Commercial real…

May 21, 2013

2013 Ontario Budget: Capital Markets Essentials

Premier Kathleen Wynn’s Ontario budget was tabled on May 2, 2013. It contains proposed new powers for the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) to “update and strengthen” securities…

May 7, 2013

At Phalt? The Road to Compliance in the Paving Industry

In recent months, four European competition agencies have targeted what they are calling “asphalt cartels”, alleging that various road-paving companies in their respective jurisdictions have engaged in…

May 5, 2013

Securities Law Quarterly – Q1 2013

Our coverage is succinct and targeted to serve the needs of issuers and their advisors. In the first quarter of 2013, regulators proposed new measures to increase…

May 3, 2013

2013 Federal Budget – Essentials for the Mining Industry

The federal budget, released on March 21, 2013, contains tax measures specifically affecting the mining industry. Download the PDF to read the full update.

Apr 24, 2013

Retainers and Opening Files

The area of estates and trusts can present practitioners with unique problems, many of which can be avoided or mitigated by taking appropriate measures at the outset…

Apr 16, 2013

Antrim Truck Centre: Supreme Court Restores Compensation Award For New Highway Construction

Where no land is actually taken from landowners, when is a public authority liable to pay compensation for the construction of public works? In Antrim Truck Centre…

Apr 15, 2013

To Be Or Not To Be? The Question of the Exclusion of Trust Property Upon Marriage Breakdown

Ludmer v Ludmer 2013 ONSC 784 is a case that dealt with, among other things, the exclusion of trust property in a net family property calculation upon…

Apr 5, 2013

Quiz: Impact of Changes in FIT 2.0

Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff program was introduced in 2009, when the province enacted the Green Energy and Green Economy Act as a means to stimulate renewable energy generation…

Mar 25, 2013

Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal Endorses a Forward-Looking Approach to Prevention of Competition

WeirFoulds Partner Ralph Kroman on Canada’s Broader Anti-Spam Law: US Communications are at Risk.

Mar 11, 2013

Client Newsletter – Spring 2013

Mar 8, 2013

Consolidation of Ontario’s Electricity Distribution Sector

Background The Province’s Distribution Sector Review Panel has issued a Report recommending major changes in the electricity distribution sector. If carried out, the recommendations will have significant…

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