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Workshops and conferences

October 9th, 2020

Catherine Biron and Catherine Cayer to take part in a webinar on the Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations

On October 16, Langlois partner and lawyer Catherine Biron and lawyer Catherine Cayer, who are part of the labour and employment law group, will take part in a webinar as trainers following an invitation from the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines intégrées (CRHA) / the Order of Certified Human Resources Professionals (CHRP). In the […]

Publications

October 5th, 2020

Should I stay or should I go…? The decision in Micron Technology Inc. and the suspension of multijurisdictional class actions

As multijurisdictional class actions become increasingly common, they raise difficult questions about the conduct of the same or similar actions in different courts, the use of scarce judicial resources, and the costs to the parties. On September 2, the Quebec Court of Appeal rendered its decision in Micron Technology Inc. v. Hazan.1 The decision provides a […]

Workshops and conferences

September 25th, 2020

Stefan Chripounoff to take part in a webinar on the various means of prevention and resolution of disputes known in French as “PRDs”

On September 28 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Stefan Chripounoff, partner and commercial litigation lawyer at Langlois Lawyers and president of the Dispute Prevention and Resolution Committee of the Canadian Bar Association - Quebec Division, will take part in an online conference entitled "PRDS to the rescue". Speakers Marie-Claude Martel, lawyer at Arnault Thibault […]

Publications

September 23rd, 2020

A further step towards the modernization of Quebec’s environmental authorization regime

On September 2, 2020, the Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact (known in French as the “REAFIE”), as well as several other regulations, was finally adopted, thus allowing for the implementation of the new environmental authorization scheme under the Environment Quality Act (the “EQA”). It should […]

Publications

September 21st, 2020

Investigations under the Business Corporations Act and their findings: No backtracking, according to the Superior Court

On June 10, 2020, the Quebec Superior Court, under the pen of Justice Nicole Tremblay, rendered judgment in the case of Khalil v. Ressources Robex Inc.,1 in which it was called upon to rule on the investigation process and the inspector’s powers as set out in the Business Corporations Act (hereinafter the “BCA”).2 More specifically, the Court […]

Publications

September 18th, 2020

Real estate transactions: exclusive use servitudes deemed invalid

Key contact: Vincent Tremblay This article originally appeared in the August-September 2020 issue of Canadian Lawyer InHouse magazine. While exclusive use clauses remain common in leases, they can no longer be drafted in the form of servitude agreements in transactions. In April 2020, in the case of Société immobilière Duguay Inc. v. 547264 Ontario Limited1, the […]