November 09, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canadian Committee for UNIFEM (Canadian Committee for the United Nations Development Fund for Women)will be giving an award to Louise Frechette on November 20, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ottawa Ontario for her...
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October 08, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Susan Kohn Ross, Susan Ning and Cyndee Todgham Cherniak have profiles on LinkedIn and invite you to become our connections and let us know what you think about trade Lawyers Blog. We have also created a Group for Trade...
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August 26, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The July / August 2008 issue of the Canadian Bar Association National Magazine includes an article entitled "The Hungry Dragon" about Canadian lawyers activities with clients doing inbound and outbound business with Chinese...
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July 26, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
On July 16, 2008, CBP published a policy statement regarding how its officers are to conduct themselves when dealing with searches of laptops, PDAs and other electronic devices. See...
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February 18, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The following news is making its way around international legal circles and is important in light of our commitment to the rule of law:
FIJI BLOCKS ENTRY OF VISITING BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSUVA, Fiji (Fijilive, Feb. 16, 2008) – A...
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February 11, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I am reproducing another article that I have come across about searches by the United States Customs and Border Patrol of lap tops and cell phones. While most travelers are law-abiding citizens and would have nothing...
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February 10, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Lawyers must protect the confidential information of their clients, even their clients' names. As a result, lawyers (and other business persons) have to be careful when traveling to, from or through the United States. ...
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October 10, 2007By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On October 9, 2007, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal published a notice of vacancy. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal is looking for a new Chairman for the Tribunal who lives in Ottawa or the Ottawa...
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September 16, 2007By: Susan Kohn Ross
Looking for some resources to make your personal or business trip easier, try these, compliments of my good friend and colleague Ron Edelstein.
Seat Guru - This tool allows you to locate any seat in any aircraft flown by any...
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September 11, 2007By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Magda Theodate has provided us with notice of the following Job Opportunity:
General Counsel
Vacancy announcement No.07/29/PDate of issue:01 September 2007Deadline for applications:30 September 2007Position...
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September 10, 2007By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The September 8th edition of Canada's National Post newspaper featured an article on travel tips on how to travel like the stars - the article coincides with the Toronto International Film Festival. After reading some of...
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September 07, 2007By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
This is my first blog entry for Women Lawyers Blog. I hope that this will be a forum for women lawyers to share their ideas and success tips. I like the phrase"success tips" because I would like this forum to be...
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