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Call for revamp of carriage motions
Defendants should be completely excluded from carriage motions as part of a broader overhaul to the process for selecting class counsel, according to one of the lawyers on the losing side of the recent bruising battle to prosecute a price manipulation claim against a number of German automakers. In Quenneville v.
Assessments process still marred by delays
An Ontario judge has added his voice to a chorus of justices and lawyers calling on the provincial government to fix long delays at assessment offices. In Linett v. Aird & Berlis LLP, Ontario Superior Court Justice Patrick Monahan said the government should conduct a review of the process for assessing lawyers’ accounts because of delays that are undermining public confidence in the administration of justice.
The Countdown to Legalization: Marijuana and corporate/commercial law
April 9, 2018VIDEOThe Countdown to Legalization: Marijuana and corporate/commercial lawIn the third video of the Countdown to Legalization series, the topic of corporate/commercial law and its intersection with the upcoming marijuana legalization (Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act) is explored. Ryan Filson, partner at WeirFoulds LLP, and Carlo Di Carlo, associate at Stockwoods LLP, share their expertise on how the stock market will potentially be affected, as well as how marijuana companies will, too.
How ADR can help with family businesses
As baby boomers start retiring, disputes are arising within family businesses as to who will take over once the parents retire. Lawyers and alternative dispute resolution professionals say that mediation can help reduce conflict and ultimately salvage relationships in these situations. “There is so much wealth being passed on between the baby boomers and their descendants; this is a very common problem,” says Paul Iacono, president of YorkStreet Dispute Resolution Group Inc.
More transparency needed on good character
Lawyers are calling on the Law Society of Ontario to confirm whether it considers systemic factors when determining whether Indigenous candidates meet the “good character” requirement to become a lawyer. A group of lawyers and legal scholars has submitted a motion to the LSO’s annual general meeting, asking the regulator to review its process for assessing licensing candidates’ good character and whether it imposes a discriminatory barrier to admission for Indigenous applicants.
Sweeping changes proposed for Criminal Code
Under the federal government’s proposed changes to the Criminal Code, an individual charged with selling street-level amounts of crack cocaine will be entitled to a preliminary hearing, but someone prosecuted for a significant white collar fraud will not. The potential differences in procedural rights are part of sweeping changes in legislation introduced by the Liberal government on March 29.
Caution urged when sharing privileged documents
A recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal appears to have sparked a collective sigh of relief from lawyers involved in structuring commercial transactions. The ruling issued March 6 in IGGillis Holdings Inc. v. Minister of National Revenue confirms the legitimacy of the judge-made doctrine of transactional “common interest privilege” and overturns a decision released 15 months earlier by a Federal Court judge.
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