Articles 2020

Mandatory arbitration clauses are becoming increasingly common in commercial contracts, from large-scale purchase and sale agreements to independent contractor consulting contracts, to consumer contracts (such as cellphone contracts). Three of the key aspects of a mandatory arbitration clause are the scope of the contract, the arbitrator selection, and the arbitration procedure. This article discusses all three.

The authors explore the partnership between Google and Apple, highlight a few key privacy considerations associated with the technology, and touch on some of the praise and criticism that the collaboration has received so far.

The global impact of COVID is spurring efforts to find solutions and innovative Canadian technology companies need to take stock of their intellectual property (IP), be aware of common pitfalls and take steps to proactively adopt some key best practices to survive and thrive.

Summaries of last week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Read about the latest from the Ontario Court of Appeal on the bench and bar's obligations to self-represented litigants.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected businesses tremendously. Many are feeling the effects of a significant drop in the market values of almost all asset classes, including real property and private equity. However, as this article explains, these lower asset values may provide a timely opportunity for companies to make fundamental changes to the corporate structure of their business through estate freezes.

A look at the special relationship between financial advisor and senior client and what remedies are available to seniors when things go wrong.

Under new Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”) legislation, non-arm’s length parties which transact with each other using arm’s length terms – as often required by the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) – are penalized unfairly. This is the result of a definition in the formula which erroneously refers to the “current reference period” when it should refer to the period immediately prior to the “current reference period."