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Workshops and conferences

December 1st, 2022

Education Law – Review of the 2021 Case Law

On April 26, the Education Law team at Langlois Lawyers would like to invite you to its annual case law review for the year 2021. During this seminar, members of our team will present the most significant decisions rendered in the education sector over the past year. The decisions discussed will cover various topics of […]

Workshops and conferences

November 3rd, 2022

Langlois to present at upcoming industry-leading conferences

Langlois guest-speakers will take part in industry events presented by Open Forum Ouvert Communications, a leading Québec conference organizer tailoring to the business, finance and legal sectors. November 7: Strategic Day – Challenges in the construction industry Jean Patrick Dallaire and Marie-Douce Huard will present a session exploring the various methods of carrying our infrastructure […]

Publications

October 31st, 2022

Modernization of the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector: What employers need to know

Employers are subject to a number of new obligations as a result of the modernization of the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (the “Act”), the new provisions of which will come into force over a three-year period (from September 2022 to September 2024). Below are some of the amendments […]

Publications

October 26th, 2022

BIM: a tool for substantiating a claim

This article first appeared in French on the Corporation des entrepreneurs généraux du Québec website and was written in collaboration with Geoffroy Bertrand, Eng., MBA, PMP, of FTI Consulting. The use of Building Information Modelling, commonly known as BIM, is becoming increasingly widespread in both public and private construction projects. BIM is traditionally seen as […]

Publications

October 21st, 2022

Letters of intent for the acquisition of an enterprise: their purpose and the obligations they create

This article appeared in French in the October 2022 issue of the Journal des Parcs industriels published by the Corporation des parcs industriels du Québec. A letter of intent is the generally recommended formal first step in transactions involving the acquisition of one or more businesses. Although the content may vary depending on what the […]

Publications

October 13th, 2022

The Court of Appeal finds that the principle of proportionality does not extend the scope of the doctrine of forum of necessity

On December 3, 2021, in Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company Limited c. Pohoresky,1 the Superior Court of Québec (the Honourable Suzanne Courchesne) determined that it had jurisdiction to hear a class action brought by non-residents of Québec directed, in part, against foreign defendants (the “Foreign Defendants”). According to the Superior Court, the doctrine of forum of necessity codified […]