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September 12th, 2017

Is the Amount of Fees Billed by a Lawyer Protected by Lawyer-Client Privilege? The Latest Twist in the Kalogerakis Case

The issue of whether or not the amount of legal fees incurred by a party is privileged, which seem rather straightforward, has sparked a great deal of debate over the last few years, most recently before the Quebec Court of Appeal in the matter of Kalogerakis v. Commission scolaire des Patriotes1. Factual context and procedural […]

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August 22nd, 2017

Purchasing an Electric Vehicle While Living in a Condominium: Be Sure to Plan Ahead!

This article first appeared in French in the Summer 2017 edition of the Copropriété Plus magazine. If you are planning on buying an electric vehicle and live in a condominium with a parking space, you will probably want to install a charging station in the building’s parking area. In order to do so however, you […]

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August 18th, 2017

The First Regulations Under the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act Are About to Come into Force!

The first implementing regulations for the Act to increase the number of zero-emission motor vehicles in Québec in order to reduce greenhouse gas and other pollutant emissions (S.Q. 2016, c. 23) (the “ZEV Act”) were recently published in the Quebec’s Official Gazette. The coming into force of these regulations triggers the coming into force of […]

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August 8th, 2017

Langlois and Fraticelli Provost Confirm Their Unification Agreement

On September 1st, 2017 almost all the members of law firm Fraticelli Provost will be joining Langlois lawyers. To read the press release, please click here. Address They will be located at our Montréal office at 1250 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, 20th Floor, Montréal, Quebec H3B 4W8, Canada.

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August 7th, 2017

Injunction With Extraterritorial Effect Against a Non-Party: the Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions Inc. Decision

1. The context According to the summary of facts set out in the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada1, Equustek Solutions Inc. (“Equustek”), a manufacturer of networking devices in British Columbia, entered into a distribution agreement with Datalink Technologies Gateway Inc. (“DataLink”) for the online distribution of its products. In 2011, Equustek accused DataLink […]

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August 4th, 2017

Auto-Generated Juridical Acts: Are Lawyers’ Functions Being Usurped?

While some see the development of artificial intelligence as a means of increasing access to justice by automating certain tasks, this new technology could have significant repercussions for the legal profession. In this context, the Superior Court recently rendered an important decision in Chambre des notaires du Québec c. Compagnie d'assurances FCT et al.1 on the […]