Business Essentials – Episode 3: Real estate law and the importance of keeping good relationships
In Siskinds’ Business Essentials, a limited-run podcast series, Chris Sinal of Siskinds’ labour & employment group sits down with some of the firm’s business lawyers to discuss current issues and challenges facing our clients as they adapt to the new business environment resulting from …
View the post titled Business Essentials – Episode 3: Real estate law and the importance of keeping good relationshipsExamination for discovery to proceed via video-conference
The legal landscape is changing: an examination for discovery has been ordered to proceed by way of video-conferencing in Arconti v. Smith 2020 ONSC 2782. One important procedural step in a legal proceeding, is examinations for discovery. It allows the parties to obtain important facts and e…
View the post titled Examination for discovery to proceed via video-conferenceNo child should be left behind
In years gone by, the wisdom even among medical professionals was that children recover well from brain injuries. That was disproven long ago, but still seems to lurk in some corners. Some children may recover well, but many seem to bounce back quickly, and then as time goes on, they may not…
View the post titled No child should be left behindCrypto-Platforms hit with eleven coordinated class actions
Crypto-currency trading platforms (“Crypto-Platforms”) received an unwelcome surprise last month, when eleven of them were hit with coordinated class action suits in America by two law firms. The class actions target some of the largest crypto-currency exchanges in the world: Binance, Bibox …
View the post titled Crypto-Platforms hit with eleven coordinated class actionsLawsuits and claims for accident benefits
As an Ontario driver, if you are injured in a car crash, your auto insurance company should provide medical, rehabilitation, and lost wage benefits. If the car crash was not your fault, you could also sue the at-fault driver for compensation. In Ontario, a lawsuit and a claim for benefits ar…
View the post titled Lawsuits and claims for accident benefitsBusiness Essentials – Episode 2: How to keep your company’s data as clean as your hands
In Business Essentials, a limited-run podcast series, Chris Sinal of Siskinds’ Labour & Employment Group sits down with some of the firm’s business lawyers to discuss current issues and challenges facing our clients as they adapt to the new business environment resulting from COVID-19. …
View the post titled Business Essentials – Episode 2: How to keep your company’s data as clean as your handsA review – inspection vs. investigation?
We have written numerous blogs over the years on the difference between inspections vs. investigations. This blog is a reminder on the general distinction between an inspection as opposed to an investigation and the authority of Provincial Officers (“PO”) and outlines the aspects of a strict…
View the post titled A review – inspection vs. investigation?Amending order provides clarity on director and shareholder meeting requirements
On April 24, 2020, the Ontario government issued an amendment to its initial emergency order in connection with meetings for corporations. The initial order, which came into effect at the end of March of this year and is discussed in my earlier post, provides temporary flexibility and relief…
View the post titled Amending order provides clarity on director and shareholder meeting requirementsBusiness Essentials – Episode 1: Challenges related to COVID-19 facing employers now and in the future
In Business Essentials, a limited-run podcast series, Chris Sinal of Siskinds’ Labour & Employment Group sits down with some of the firm’s business lawyers to discuss current issues and challenges facing our clients as they adapt to the new business environment resulting from COVID-19. …
View the post titled Business Essentials – Episode 1: Challenges related to COVID-19 facing employers now and in the futureUpdate on rent relief for Canadian small businesses
On Friday, April 24, 2020 Prime Minister Trudeau announce more information regarding the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (“CECRA”) program. When it was initially announced on April 16, 2020, little more was known about the CECRA program than that it would assist small businesses …
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