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As smoke from wildfires in Canada drift through Canadian provinces and the United States, what facts and tips should in-house counsel consider? Learn from this curated selection or resources.

Flight confirmations. Hotel reservations. Updated medical information for your doctor or a retail purchase. These online activities simplify our daily routines, both at work and play. However, such technical advances can come with a price: a cyber attack. Here, the authors provide in-house counsel with practical advice and tools to prepare for, and respond to, the cyber intrusions that are likely to come.

This Leading Practices Profile describes the structure of law departments and the role of general counsel in Canada in providing in-house legal services to support multinational businesses. In-house counsel from eight companies reveal how their in-house legal departments are structured and operate, and how they manage the various functions of their law departments, including compliance, technology, retention of outside counsel and providing value to the corporations
they serve.

Canada is the United States’ largest trading partner, making disputes between US companies and Canadian companies inevitable. Consequently, US companies may be forced to resolve their disputes in Canadian courts. Although both legal systems share much in common, including traditional common-law principles, procedural rules and substantive rights for litigants differ significantly. This article describes some of the most important distinctions of the Canadian legal system.

The Competition Act ("CA") is federal legislation of general
application related to all aspects of competition law in Canada, including merger review. The CA sets out the relevant monetary and (where applicable) shareholding thresholds that trigger a pre-
merger notification requirement. The CA also allows the Commissioner of Competition (the "Commissioner") to challenge a transaction if she believes it raises substantive competition issues, whether or not there is a pre-merger notification
requirement.

Canada is the United States’ largest trading partner, making disputes between US companies and Canadian companies inevitable. Consequently, US companies may be forced to resolve their disputes in Canadian courts. Although both legal systems share much in common, including traditional common-law principles, procedural rules and substantive rights for litigants differ significantly. This article describes some of the most important distinctions of the Canadian legal system.

Creating Value By Selecting Strategic Practice Area Providers - Practices at GE Canada

The proposed western Canadian LNG export industry has doubled in 2013, in both the number of projects and volume of gas sought for export. Read this article to learn more about the future of Canada's LNG export industry.

Many US businesses conduct cross-border transactions with Canadian trading partners. These transactions may involve a security interest in the assets of a Canadian debtor. While Canadian secured transactions law is similar to US state law under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), there are some significant differences that can create confusion for creditors. Secured creditors must understand how to comply with the perfection and priority rules in Canada or they could find their security interests at risk. Acquire a basic understanding of secured transaction, perfection and priority rules under Canada’s Personal Property Security Act (PPSA), including differences between the UCC and PPSA in terminology, filing rules and search practices, as well as the special rules for Ontario and Quebec.

This primer reviews the fundamental legal issues affecting private equity investments in Canada, including the latest developments in areas such as tax, antitrust, foreign investment review and securities law.

Manufacturers must be wary of new regulations and coordinated international efforts, especially the implementation of online databases, when it comes to consumer product safety. If your company isn’t prepared, it could face substantial sanctions for delayed reporting or recall compliance failures. Read this article to discover how Textron, Inc., proactively manages its reporting obligations.

The September 2017 amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations introduced a new scheme for pharmaceutical patent linkage litigation in Canada. That scheme is now much closer to the United States' (US) Hatch-Waxman scheme, but with remaining key differences that are explained in this chart.

Acquiring assets from an insolvent business involves important business and legal considerations. This article contains information you should consider before moving forward with an acquisition in Canada.

Find out why work-life balance is important in the Canadian Work-life Balance Report. Key findings include the most important benefits to in-house counsel in Canada, the impact of caregiving on recruitment and retention and ways companies can maintain productivity and promote balance.

This guide provides an introduction to Canada’s civil litigation and dispute resolution system. It describes the procedures followed in Canada’s civil courts and administrative tribunals and discusses alternatives to dispute resolution, with a focus on mediation and arbitration.

Bitcoin poses serious risks for inexperienced investors, but Bitcoin also promises a simpler, cheaper, private way to transact online, and advocates argue that Bitcoin can be a democracy and economy builder. This Top Ten will cover questions and issues surrounding this trendy virtual currency.

From the time lawyers join Howrey, they have access to personal training and coaching, carefully designed group training, and a wide array of on-line training resources that include Howrey’s own courses as well as those of the Practicing Law Institute and Harvard ManageMentor.

This multi-jurisdictional guide highlights several key aspects of digitalization, including among others, online claim filing, virtual hearings, case management systems and the use of these mechanisms in practice. The CMS Expert Guide to Digital Litigation offers a focused comparative analysis of more than 27 jurisdictions worldwide, examining the implementation of digital tools and mechanisms, prevailing legal regulations, ongoing projects as well as the general impact on access to justice and potential risks for businesses.

Self-service contract creation frees experienced attorneys to work on high value matters. Business users also benefit by getting contracts more quickly. By completing an online questionnaire, information is automatically captured for improved management and reporting and contracts can be generated quickly. Attend this session and let us demonstrate the principles and benefits of self-service contract creation through role-play illustrating the impact on the business and on Legal. Steps in the process will be interspersed with expert commentary by law department practitioners and industry experts.

This list of the top 10 questions to ask when determining materiality is not an exhaustive summary of issues but is a companion piece to the Practical Law complete Practice Note, Determining Materiality in Securities Offerings and Corporate Disclosure and Checklist, Is it Material?: Asking the Right Questions Checklist available with a free trial to the online service.

As social networking continues to grow in popularity, companies risk facing embarrassment, financial loss and liability for what employees post online; however, an impulsive response could result in privacy violations on the part of your company. From privacy rights to discovery issues, read this article before your own battle of the blog.

This article reviews the broad amendments to Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). Amendments include a new “books and records” offence that effectively brings Canada’s anti-corruption regime more closely in line with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and will make prosecutions much easier for enforcement officials.

This report presents results on a subset of respondents from the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Chief Legal Officer (CLO) 2013 Survey, published in January 2013. A total of 1,104 individuals from 36 countries participated in this survey to provide a global outlook of CLOs worldwide. This report provides results and analysis of respondents from Canada (n=50) as well as demographic information, such as staffing, budget changes, revenue and more, while also exploring intangibles such as CCLOs’ top legal and business concerns for the past 12 months and their anticipations for the future.

This guidance explains for covered companies how the existing Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising (“OBA Principles”) and Multi- Site Data (“MSD Principles”) (collectively, the “Self-Regulatory Principles”) apply to certain types of data in the mobile Web site and application environment.

This article outlines five key considerations for in-house counsel looking to cost-effectively enforce trademark rights in Canada.

Transport Canada has published Regulations Amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Update of Standards), which came into force on July 15, 2014. The new amendments formalize into regulation several requirements and standards for crude oil carriers, which are outlined in this article.

Learn about key developments in Canadian IP law in 2021.

This check card is a printable resource with practical reminders of the dos and don'ts of dealing with foreign officials under Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA).

This article discusses the rights and responsibilities of employers in Canada in providing childcare to their employees.

"Charities and Not-for-Profits: Are You Ready for the New Anti-­spam Legislation?" A transcript of a live Q&A session from the Nonprofit Organizations Committee's special presentation on Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation.