By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The coronavirus that hit like a tsunami leaving shattered lives and uncertainty in its wake made 2020 a year like no other, says Toronto-area employment lawyer and mediator Stuart Rudner. As the employment world continues to navigate through an ever-evolving reality, Rudner, founder and principal at Rudner Law, says […]
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Since financial fraud involves money transactions, paper and electronic records are the most common forms of evidence. Many fraud cases I’ve been involved in have required me to sift through financial statements and banking information, trying to find documentation that supports my clients. Any type of record that shows money being transferred can be used
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • While approval of the COVID-19 vaccine in Canada was heralded as welcome news, it could lead to court battles between parents who disagree about the wisdom of inoculating their children, says Toronto family lawyer A. Julia P. Tremain. Health Canada recently approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and doses began arriving
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A recent judgment in a wrongful dismissal claim is a useful reminder for both employers and employees that refusing to accept a reasonable offer of employment will negate a wrongful dismissal claim. Hickey v. Christie & Walther Communications Limited is not a ground-breaking decision but, insightful nonetheless. The plaintiff, Joseph Hickey, was the vice-president of
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • A decision by the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) to reduce funding to courthouse law libraries across the province will hurt not only smaller law firms that rely more heavily on those libraries but also the public’s ability to access justice, says Brett Harrison, president of the Toronto Lawyers
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • It is not surprising a European court slammed the brakes on Formula One legend Lewis Hamilton’s attempt to sideswipe a renowned watchmaker’s trademark application, says Toronto intellectual property lawyer John Simpson. The seven-time F1 world champion was hoping to block the Hamilton Watch Company (HWC) from registering the name,
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Employees who have been terminated can be overwhelmed by the process, which is why it is prudent to seek advice to avoid making a costly mistake, says Toronto employment lawyer Jeffrey M. Andrew. Employment laws can be confusing, says Andrew, and there is no one size that fits all
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In appearing to entertain a proposal for her to return to China in exchange for an admission of wrongdoing, the United States could well be setting a trap for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. I’ve been the lawyer on several cases where I was instructed by clients to make a deal with the U.S. prosecutor. American
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The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in Fraser v Canada deals with the effects of pension regulations on women employed by the RCMP and appears to expand the legal test for discrimination. I recently discussed this case at the Law Society of Ontario’s Ninth Annual Human Rights Summit. RCMP members participate in a contributory
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By Paul Russell, LegalMattters Staff • A recent worldwide injunction issued by an Austrian court against Facebook concerning intellectual property rights may prove to be just as unenforceable as a similar Canadian action involving Google, says Toronto lawyer Howard Winkler. According to a report on TechCrunch, Austria’s Supreme Court recently ended “a long-running speech takedown
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