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Workshops and conferences

May 25th, 2020

Tommy Tremblay and Mike Siméon to take part in a webinar entitled Fraud and corruption: trends during times of crisis

On June 2nd, partner and lawyer Tommy Tremblay, and lawyer Mike Siméon, will take part in a webinar entitled Fraud and corruption: trends during times of crisis, presented by the Canadian Bar Association Business Law Section. The current situation, provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic, follows a pattern observed during previous economic crises wherein corporations face […]

Publications

May 22nd, 2020

Looking to the future: best practices and strategies for litigation and dispute resolution post-COVID-19

As our economy takes its first steps toward reopening and we look ahead to the post-COVID-19 world, many companies are grappling with the fallout of the various defaults or breaches of contract they have experienced during the crisis. While much has been written about “force majeure” and what companies should do if they are unable […]

Publications

May 22nd, 2020

Developers’ loss of control over the syndicate of co-owners (condominium association)

This article first appeared in French in the Spring 2020 edition of the Copropriété Plus magazine. Are you a real estate developer building condominiums? If so, this article may be of interest to you. The legal provisions aimed at ending the real estate developer’s control over the syndicate of co-owners are designed to ensure the smooth […]

Publications

May 21st, 2020

Trademark owners, don’t get lost in translation

Key contact: Yann Canneva This article originally appeared in the April-May 2020 issue of Canadian Lawyer InHouse magazine. They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. The same is true for business names and trademarks. In our globalized economy, these can take on new and unintended meanings in other markets, sometimes with […]

Publications

May 21st, 2020

Appointment of receiver and notice of exercise: will the Court of Appeal settle the controversy?

A recent judgment rendered by the Superior Court in the judicial district of Montréal1 is in line with the current trend in rulings regarding the appointment of receivers under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act ("B.I.A.”), namely the requirement that the notice of exercise of a hypothecary right referred to in the Civil Code of Quebec ("C.C.Q.”) […]

Publications

May 21st, 2020

Supreme Court confirms that workplace safety can supersede freedom of religion

In October 2019, we reported that the Quebec Court of Appeal dismissed the application of three Sikh truckers who challenged a company policy requiring them to wear a safety helmet over their turban in certain circumstances. This decision is now final since, on April 30, 2020, their application for leave to appeal to the Supreme […]