Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 72 - Cultural Roots, Belonging, and the Fear of Change: What’s Next for Inclusion?
Daily Compliance News: June 24, 2025, The Questions, Questions, and More Questions Edition
Hot Topics in International Trade - Tariff Mitigation Strategies
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Adapting to Tariffs and Other Trade Policy Shifts Under the Trump Administration
A Brief Primer on Tariffs Under the Trump Administration
Protect, Prepare, Prevail: Navigating a Complex Cybersecurity World
Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
Patent Considerations in View of the Nearshoring Trends to the Americas
Examining E-Discovery in Competition Law
No Password Required: Education Lead at Semgrep and Former Czar for Canada’s Election Security
Shifting Dynamics in Private Equity
4 Key Takeaways | Major U.S. Supreme Court Trademark & Copyright Decisions
Hidden Traffic : New Human Trafficking and Child Labor Regulation in Canada with Sean Stephenson
[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
[Podcast] USMCA in Review, with C.J. Mahoney, Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Episode 4 - USMCA and the trade relationship between the U.S.A, Mexico, & China
Five Questions, Five Answers: Electric Mobility Canada on Its Promises for a Cleaner Economy
Five Questions, Five Answers: The Voice of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
Les tendances récentes observées dans les opérations immobilières au Canada révèlent l’évolution des pratiques de négociation et de nouvelles approches en matière de gestion des risques, de réglementation et de vérification...more
Influencer marketing isn’t just a trend; it’s the new frontier of digital engagement. But with big opportunities come even bigger responsibilities (and risks). Join us for American Conference Institute and Canadian...more
A translation of this post will be available soon. Dans la décision Grains Boivins inc. c. Élevages St-Georges inc. (2025 QCCS 25), datée du 10 janvier 2025, la Cour supérieure a rendu une décision rappelant que le...more
In 2177 23rd Avenue Holdings v. Pival International inc. (2025 QCCA 19) dated January 9, 2025, the Quebec Court of Appeal rendered an enlightening decision on the obligation of a landlord to negotiate the terms and conditions...more
Join industry leaders, legal experts, and fellow construction professionals at CI’s 17th National Conference on Navigating Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects, for two impactful days of knowledge sharing, actionable...more
Uncertainty caused by macroeconomic risks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, severe weather events and geopolitical tensions has given rise to increased judicial consideration of contractual terms apportioning risk in the...more
Ambiguous drafting of earnout provisions in M&A agreements is a perennial source of post-closing disputes. What may have seemed clear to parties in the heat of negotiations can often become less so as time passes,...more
Hosted by CI, the 7th Annual Conference on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern Canada Edition returns to Toronto for another exciting year with curated programming that addresses the most critical...more
Reconnect with your peers and key stakeholders from construction companies, public sector, and infrastructure! The Canadian Institute’s 7th Annual Conference on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern...more
In Rahman v Cannon Design Architecture Inc., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice upheld termination provisions that appeared to be in violation of the minimum standards prescribed by the Employment Standards Act, 2000...more
Written contracts are an essential tool in confirming the terms of an agreement between two parties following an apparently successful negotiation. Yet too often parties treat such agreements as mere formalities, signing them...more
More and more buyers are using representation and warranty insurance (RWI) to supplement or replace indemnities from a seller in the sale of a business in Canada. While some of our clients, particularly private equity funds,...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to intensify, businesses can expect ongoing disruption to key contractual relationships for a variety of reasons, including government-imposed restrictions on their activities, temporary...more
Pre-contract negotiations, such as prior drafts of agreements, are generally inadmissible as part of "surrounding circumstances" when interpreting a contract, and parties' subjective intentions are always inadmissible, the...more
Canadian crude oil exports by rail keep reaching all-time highs. Over 229,500 bbl per day were transported in August 2018, according to the National Energy Board. This was the fifth month in a row a new record has been set...more
In a recent decision, Rosas v Toca, 2018 BCCA 191 [Rosas], the British Columbia Court of Appeal turned sharply away from traditional contract law principles by holding that parties may modify a contract without providing...more
Due in large part to greater awareness of the strategic value of representation and warranty insurance (RWI), an increasingly competitive underwriting market in Canada (resulting in lower costs, lower deductibles and more...more
This publication is our eleventh installment in a series designed to provide our clients in the manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and related industries with monthly updates on any action taken by the Trump...more
After a marked slowdown in 2016, the global economy is experiencing robust, synchronized growth in 2017, which exceeds earlier expectations and should continue in the short term. Notwithstanding this improved outlook,...more
We only want one thing for Christmas this year: clear and unambiguous terms for ownership of intellectual property. We know you’ll understand after the year you’ve been having....more
Canadian M&A practitioners are increasingly using representation and warranty (R&W) insurance as a competitive tool in deal negotiations. The insurance, which provides coverage for breaches of a seller’s representations and...more
Canada and the European Union today announced that they have completed negotiation of their Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The announcement puts to rest extended speculation about whether a deal was still...more