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New Anti-Spam Law: Better Act Quickly
In December 2010, the federal Parliament passed the Act to Promote the Efficiency and Adaptability of the Canadian Economy by Regulating Certain Activities1 that Discourage Reliance on Electronic Means of Carrying out Commercial Activities, better known as the “Canada’s Anti Spam Legislation” (CASL (…)
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Is a director required to be a shareholder or member of the legal person? / Who is eligible to become a director?
This Need to Know Express is part of a series of newsletters which each answers one or several questions in a practical and concrete way. These bulletins have been or will be published over the next few weeks. In addition, a consolidated version of all the Need to Know Express newsletters published (…)
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Registration Requirements of Venture Capital and Private Equity Fund Managers in Canada: A Favourable Regulatory Framework
LAVERY: A LEADER IN MONTREAL IN THE PRIVATE EQUITY, VENTURE CAPITAL AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY Creating and setting up private equity and venture capital funds are complex initiatives requiring specialized legal resources. There are very few law firms offering such services in Quebec. Lavery (…)
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The External Directors of a SME
OVERVIEW: Good governance can and should create value for SMEs Good governance can constitute protection against a director’s potential liability The general duties of the director of a SME are the same as those of the director of a large corporation (care and loyalty) The terms (…)
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Legal newsletter for business entrepreneurs and executives, Number 15
Employment Conditions of Foreign Workers Share Ownership : an Overview Certificate of Intellectual Property Pertaining to Software
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Legal newsletter for business entrepreneurs and executives, Number 11
SMEs, Governance and Directors
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SMEs, Governance and Directors
Since the mid-1990s, the promotion of corporate governance has been the subject of various public and private initiatives in Canada. The first of them were aimed at reporting issuers. State-owned corporations and other public sector organizations were targeted next.As a result of the example (…)
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Directors and Risk Management
Risk management has always been a part of an enterprise’s management profile. Historically, boards of directors did manage risk, albeit in a less systematic way.Greater emphasis has been placed on this aspect of management over the last few years. Thus, the practices which were recommended to (…)
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Directors’ duties in light of the Peoples and BCE decisions
The Peoples and BCE decisions have shed considerable light upon the parameters and criteria for the exercise of directors’ duties in Canada.The purpose of this bulletin is to provide an update on: the nature and scope of directors’ duties and obligations; the identity of the (…)
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Quarterly legal newsletter intended for accounting, management, and finance professionals, Number 4
Greater opportunities for GST/QST claims Shielding the directors of a company placed under the protection of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act The value of a trade-mark: a matter of control The Export and Import Permits Act: an act too often overlooked
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Protecting your trade-marks from Facebook usernames
As of June 13, 2009, Facebook Inc. allows Facebook users to create personalized usernames for their Facebook pages on a first-come, first-served basis.