I was talking with a friend recently about legendary basketball coach John Wooden, who passed away at the age of 99 this month. My friend worked in close proximity to… [more]
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eDiscovery is subject to trends, like fashion or the latest iPhone application. The newest trend climbing the charts is project management, so I thought it was timely to write about project planning… [more]
IT Contracting: Focus on Quebec, Part I – Seller Liability for Software Integrators?
by Michel Généreux
July 13th, 2010
In light of Quebec’s unique legal environment in North America (i.e. Quebec is a civil law… [more] jurisdiction with French as its official language), I thought I would use my first
The new year comes early in Canadian legal publishing circles – as early as July in fact. Even now, legal publishers are preparing to roll out new editions of their… [more]
Rona Ambrose, Minister for Status of Women, held a press conference today at the Punjabi Community Health Service Centre in Mississsauga, Ontario, during which she addressed so-called honour killings. The… [more]
In a prosecution that has garnered steadily growing criticism since it's inception in 2008, two Russian art exhibit organizers were convicted today under the Russian Criminal Code section that sanctions… [more]
This is an internal Heenan Blaikie piece which my colleagues Michel Gamache and Chantal Belanger (Technicienne en documentation) wrote to help those of us who have problems finding Québec official… [more]
I have been following a discussion about the concerns regarding the government's cancellation of the long-form questionnaire for the 2011 Canadian Census. The following message just went out over the… [more]
I was in Whistler, British Columbia, for a law firm retreat and stayed at one of the best hotels – you know, one of those places with the ultra plush… [more]
China confirmed earlier today that it will renew Google's license in the country for another year, after a month-long stand-off between the two. Google had publicly claimed on Friday that… [more]
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I was watching Roy Halliday pitch, tonight. The game… [more]
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Aliens - Exclusion and expulsion - Power to detain and deport - Minister’s certificate - Review - Evidence
In 2002, Harkat was detained pursuant to a ministerial security certificate issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) as a person inadmissible to Canada on grounds ...
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Contracts - Formation of contract - Signing - Electronic signature
The plaintiff expressed an interest in purchasing the defendant’s (vendor’s) condo. The parties agreed to carry on their discussions through e-mail. Following an exchange of e-mails, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant was contractually bound to ...
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The petitioner was a Receiver appointed in March 2009 by a California court over the assets of GJB Enterprises Inc. (a “Ponzi scheme”) and its principals, the Berkes (the GJB parties). The court ordered ...
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The plaintiffs were “direct to home” satellite based subscription program providers. Rex and other defendants offered “grey market” services to Canadian residents to facilitate the unauthorized reception in Canada of the plaintiffs’ ...
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