2022 Client and In-House Counsel Update – Hybrid Edition
WeirFoulds’ Commercial Litigation Practice Group invites you to our Annual Client and In-House Counsel Update, hybrid edition. At this in-person session (with a livestream option), we will cover some of the legal issues that affect your business every day and offer practical advice on how to navigate them. For those joining us in person, we will host a networking reception after the seminar.
If you are interested in attending the program, please email events@weirfoulds.com.
Moderated by Nadia Chiesa, the discussion will focus on:
Contract Fundamentals: Jurisdictional Clauses
Speaker: Natalia Sidlar
• Enforceability of jurisdiction clauses in commercial contracts
• How the increased reliance on technology in litigation has affected the court’s views of jurisdiction clauses
• Effect of jurisdiction clauses in the consumer vs commercial context
The Latest on Settlement and Settlement Privilege
Speaker: Lia Boritz
• Settlement privilege: its purpose and contours
• A critical exception where immediate disclosure of a settlement is required
• Recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Bankruptcy and Insolvency: What You Should Know
Speakers: Wojtek Jaskiewicz and Philip Cho
• Insolvency Proceedings 101
• Creditor Considerations
