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September 14th, 2018

Cybersecurity Is Also a Question of Governance

While until quite recently the security of information technology infrastructures was dealt with by a corporate IT team, today every organization knows that cyber threats constitute a major risk that senior management must monitor closely. Cybersecurity issues go beyond the realm of technology. They now impact the way enterprises operate, make decisions, plan for the […]

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September 13th, 2018

Are Repetitive Class Actions Res Judicata or Abusive (And What Future for the Authorization Stage)?

Proposed class actions dismissed at the authorization stage resulting from the plaintiff’s lack of a cause of action or its incapacity to represent the class rarely remain unattended and are often reinstituted with another plaintiff. The Court of Appeal was recently seized with the issue as to whether a novel motion for authorization to […]

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September 13th, 2018

The Respective Responsibilities of the Supplier and the Client in a Software Implementation Project

Key contacts: Charles Lapointe, Yann Canneva and Antoine Hamel Rancourt What you need to know — Whether you are the supplier or the client, the scope and intensity of your obligations may vary depending on the type of project and the terms and conditions of the contract for the instalment and implementation of an information […]

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September 13th, 2018

Litigation: Can a Party Retain the Services of the Other Party’s Expert?

This article is a modified version of a case comment initially published by Éditions Yvon Blais in September 2018 (EYB2018REP2538). The expert plays a critical role in the adversarial judicial process. He or she must enlighten the court in order to assist it in making a decision, and this duty takes precedence over the interests […]

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September 12th, 2018

Why an Employer Should Review Its Internal Policies in Light of Bill C-45?

This article originally appeared on The Lawyer’s Daily website published by LexisNexis Canada Inc. on June 11, 2018. Despite the approaching entry into force of Bill C-45 legalizing the use of recreational cannabis in Canada, a recent publication by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) concluded that a majority of employers have not yet […]

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August 24th, 2018

Directors’ Liability: Get the Means to Defend Yourself!

The directors of any corporation have important duties and obligations which, in certain cases, can entail their personal liability.1 As in any area of human activity, allegations of fault can be made against directors, and the latter must defend themselves in order to show that the allegations are either baseless or that the director acted with […]