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October 29th, 2018

The New Mandatory Data Breach Reporting Regimes: Four Key Elements

On October 15, 2018 Statistics Canada published the results of a survey on cyber-security revealing that more than one in five Canadian businesses has been targeted by a cyber-attack, and that in 2017 they spent $14 billion to prevent and/or deal with the consequences of such security incidents1. As a general rule, businesses have no […]

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October 16th, 2018

Compliance Programs: A Guardrail to Keep You on the Path of Good Governance

In our previous bulletins on the duties and responsibilities of directors we looked at the extent of these obligations both from a general point of view1 and in certain specific situations2. These initial articles sought to simplify the norms that govern the work of directors, and to illustrate how they apply in specific contexts. We have […]

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October 16th, 2018

Commercialization of Cannabis

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October 15th, 2018

The Reinforced Building Act: Obtaining and Retaining a Contractor’s Licence Has Become More Difficult

Key contact: Jean Patrick Dallaire On September 4, the Building Act became much stricter regarding the conditions for obtaining and retaining a contractor’s licence. It now gives broad powers to Quebec’s construction regulator, the Régie du bâtiment, requiring stakeholders in the construction industry to be pure as the driven snow. The Act to amend the […]

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October 11th, 2018

Norwich Orders and the Notice and Notice Regime: The SCC Splits the Bill for Compliance Costs Between Copyright Owners and ISPs

On September 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) rendered its decision in Rogers Communications Inc. v Voltage Pictures, LLC.1 In sum, the SCC decided that copyright owners must compensate Internet service providers (“ISPs”) for some – but not all – costs incurred in identifying alleged online infringers. As online infringement becomes increasingly widespread, copyright […]

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September 28th, 2018

Governance in the Era of the #Metoo Movement: an Overdue Wake-up Call

As part of our series of bulletins on the duties and obligations of directors1, we will focus on the application of the general concepts of psychological and sexual harassment. Ending intolerable behaviour: also a governance issue Few topics have dominated the news over the last two years more than the numerous allegations and accusations of […]