Langlois lawyers is pleased to announce the appointment of four new partners. In Montréal, Daniel Baum, Sandra Desjardins and Jessica Syms are part of the Civil and Commercial Litigation team and Vincent Tremblay practices Business Law from our Quebec City office.
We are pleased to welcome Laurence Gauthier, a partner in the Montréal office. Laurence joins the insurance law group and her practice focuses on civil litigation, insurance law and professional liability.
Lexpert Publishes a Special Edition Listing Top Litigators
We’re pleased to announce that our colleagues Vincent de l’Étoile and Pierre Y. Lefebvre were listed by Lexpert as Canada’s leading litigation lawyers.
On November 27, 2019, the Government of Quebec published the new Regulation respecting personnel placement agencies and temporary foreign worker recruitment agencies (the “Regulation”), which shall come into force on January 1, 2020.
Last October 3, the Court of Appeal of Québec issued an important decision in the CSSS Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Workers’ Union case, concerning the admissibility as evidence of a videotape obtained as part of a surveillance operation. In this case, the Court of Appeal nullified an arbitration award that had previously refused to admit into evidence a videotape showing an employee engaged in activities that were incompatible with her state of disability.
The first snowfalls of November have announced the return of a special season for local businesses: the holidays. The same questions come up every year: employers are wondering how to offer a memorable evening to their employees while avoiding excesses and inappropriate behaviour.
Here are some suggestions to consider for minimizing the possibility of incidents during office festivities.
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