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January 29th, 2019

Corporate Responsibility: What Happens Abroad Doesn’t Stay There

This article originally appeared on The Lawyer’s Daily website published by LexisNexis Canada Inc. on February 15, 2018. Two recent developments portend a rapidly changing environment for Canadian companies doing business abroad. First, the Supreme Court of Canada will soon decide whether it will hear an appeal by Nevsun Resources Ltd., a British Columbian mining […]

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January 25th, 2019

Municipalities and Additional Work: Formalism Is Essential!

In a judgment rendered on January 11, 2019 (Ville de Saguenay v. Construction Unibec Inc., 2019 QCCA 38), the Quebec Court of Appeal restated the principle that a municipality acts by a resolution of its council or by adopting a bylaw, and indicated that contractors should be prudent when the scope of work pursuant to […]

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January 21st, 2019

Reminder to Employers: New Labour Standards Came into Force on January 1, 2019

On June 12, 2018 Quebec’s Labour Standards Act was updated by the coming into force of an initial phase of the provisions of Bill 176, entitled An Act to amend the Act respecting labour standards and other legislative provisions mainly to facilitate family-work balance, as reported by our colleagues Marianne Plamondon and André Sasseville in […]

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January 15th, 2019

The Additional Hypothec – Purpose and Scope

For several years now, in both commercial and personal financings, financial institutions and private lenders have added a clause to their loan agreements providing for an additional hypothec over and above the principal hypothec provided for in the agreement. This is now a well-established practice in Quebec. It should first of all be noted that, […]

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January 11th, 2019

New Rules on Staff Training for Cannabis Retail Sales and Information to Provide to Consumers

The Government of Quebec has recently enacted the Regulation respecting training on the retail sale of cannabis and information to be communicated to a purchaser in the course of a cannabis sale. This regulation describes, among other things, the guiding principles surrounding the sale of cannabis and the main elements of the training that Société […]

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January 11th, 2019

Cannabis and Trademarks: CIPO Updates its Goods and Services Manual

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office's Goods and Services Manual has recently been updated with the addition of several terms related to marijuana and cannabis in many categories. This manual provides a representative list of descriptions for products and services that are considered acceptable (or not) in a trademark application. This allows applicants to designate the […]