Canadian Lawyer: January 2012
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“ Cover”
PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT # 40766500 NEILL ON NEIL TOP IP, LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT BOUTIQUES PREDICTIVE CODING January 2012 $7.00 THE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING? THE GLORY DAYS OF UNIONS ARE GONE BUT SOME SAY THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW LAUCHING A WAR ON THOSE LEFT IN THE LABOUR MOVEMENT. Paul Cavalluzzo r...
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“ Letters to the Editor” (page 6)
letters to the editor Send your letters to: gail.cohen@thomsonreuters.com dilemma of a full-recourse loan as pointed out by Ron Kalish in your article. Lexfund processes its loans through the plaintiffs' lawyers More perspectives on litigation loans I would like to offer some additional perspecti...
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“ Regional Wrap-Up” (page 7)
REGIONAL WRAP-UP ATLANTIC Multiple choice or essay? N.s. lawyers' ethics to be tested Scotia Barristers' Society replaced its old Legal Ethics Handbook and ush- ered in a new Code of Professional Conduct. The legal community is well aware L of the transition. Indeed, it's been more than two years...
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“ Banking on Corporate” (page 14)
OP I N ION BY NEILL MAY BANKING ON CORPORATE Canadian corporate law Neill on T he breadth of a lawyer's and a law firm's duty to a client has been well analyzed since the Supreme Court of Canada's 2002 decision in R. v. Neil. That being said, since the bright-line rule laid down in that case cont...
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“ Top Court Tales” (page 15)
BY PHILIP SLAYTON TOP COURT TALES Don't drift off Discontent over the method of the latest Supreme Court of Canada appointments should lead to changes in the process. Court watchers can now go back to sleep, particularly those who only wake up when there are appointments in the off- ing. But only...
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“ Cross Examined” (page 17)
CROSS EXAMINED Making change Emma Halpern's focus is on helping improve life for as many people as she can. BY DEAN JOBB Emma Halpern is the equity officer for the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society. ber of others, from troubled youths to poor people in need of legal advice to the homeless teen she ...
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“ The death of collective bargaining?” (page 25)
Paul Cavalluzzo, of Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP, represents the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. DE 26 JAN UARY 2012 www. CANADIAN Lawyermag.com liaM sharp DEATH A THE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING? THE GLORY DAYS OF UNIONS ARE OVER AND WITH AN INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION ...
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“ Top boutiques: IP and labour & employment shops holding thier own” (page 32)
Labour & employment, IP boutiques holding their own Fees and depth of knowledge and systems give specialized fi rms the edge. By Michael McKiernan firm's managing partner. He says the 59-lawyer shop has grown in tandem with the increasing emphasis corporations are putting on their IP portfolios. ...
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“ Tax Law” (page 43)
LEGAL REPORT/TAX LAW No such thing as free parking Employees at prestigious girls' school challenge decision on parking as a taxable benefit. BY JENNIFER BROWN I s there really such a thing as free parking these days? If you work in any major centre in Canada, access to parking and whether you ha...
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“ Tipping toward the plaintiffs” (page 46)
LEGAL REPORT/LITIGATION J Tipping toward the plaintiffs Class action defence counsel say the certification game is becoming increasingly stacked against them and the courts are helping the other side. BY RICHARD FOOT ustice Paul Perell cracked open a hornets' nest last July when he delivered a de...
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