January 07, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Jennifer O'Brien at QMI Agency is reporting that Canada's Immigration & Refugee Board has rejected a growing number of refugee claims made by persons from Colombia. She reports that:
"Colombia remains on Canada's list of top 10...
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October 19, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On October 2, 2010, I gave a presentation at the University of Windsor, Center for Transnational Law and Justice concerning Canada's anti-bribery laws. The theme of my presentation was that Canada takes a balanced approach to...
Posted in Trade Law, Litigation & Class Actions, Canada, Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, Anti-Bribery/Anti-Money Laundering, USA, Government Relations, Global Compliance & Risk Management | No Comments
September 25, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I have not located a Canadian goods and services tax (GST) / harmonized sales tax (HST) case in which the Tax Court of Canada has been asked to accept a appellant's Google research. So, from a Canadian perspective, it is not...
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February 21, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
A recent British Columbia Court of Appeal decision (issued on January 25, 2010)allows a defeated party in an arbitration to start over. In Westnav Container Services Ltd. v. Freeport Properties Ltd. (2010 BCCA 33), the British...
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August 05, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On August 5, 2009, Ontario Judge Benotto pronounced the sentence in the Livent case. Mr. Garth Drabinsky was sentenced to four years on count one (fraud) and seven on count two (forgery) to be served concurrently. Mr. Myron...
Posted in Canada, Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, Litigation & Class Actions, Big Deals | No Comments
February 10, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
In poor economic times, make sure you knw whether you are entitled to claim settlement monies and file your claim on time. This is an opportunity for Canadian companies and other companies which have shipped goods by air.
You...
Posted in Litigation & Class Actions, Trade Law, Canada, USA, International Transactions, International Anti-Trust/Competition Law, Competition/Anti-Trust Law, Consumer Protection Law | No Comments
September 02, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
In July 2008, Canada's Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark decision (Privacy Commissioner of Canada v. Blood Tribe Department of Health) concerning solicitor-client privilege in Canada. It is a great decision – to...
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August 15, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
It is the Olympics and some people are asking what ever happened to Ben Johnson. The world remembers Ben Johnson as the Canadian track runner who won gold at the Seoul Olympics and lost his medal to doping.
Well, he is...
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August 13, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
David Debenham of Lang Michener LLP has provided the following brief summary of Animal House Investments Inc. v. Lisgar Development Ltd., 2008 CanLII 39607. One of the relevant questions answered in this case is:Is a loan...
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April 07, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
An unusual situation is developing in the asset transaction between MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. and Alliant Techsystems Inc. One of Canada's federal opposition parties is making it known that it...
Posted in Trade Law, Big Deals, Canada, USA, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, International Transactions, Government Relations, Border Security Initiatives, Litigation & Class Actions | No Comments
January 11, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On January 9, 2008, the Federal Court of Appeal heard the judicial review application in Apple Canada Inc., Dell Inc., Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Canada Co.), Sandisk Corporation and Sony of Canada v. Canadian Private...
Posted in Litigation & Class Actions, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Entertainment/Media Law, Internet & E-Commerce Law, Canada, International Intellectual Property Protection | No Comments