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Skilled Lawyer Series 2017: The legal life cycle of a business

  • February 27, 2017

Lawyers have a role in business from start-up to wind-down. Our latest Skilled Lawyer Series looks at the legal life cycle of a business, eight webinars worth a total of 12 CPD hours helping you with everything from workforce planning to the ins and outs of raising seed capital. And don’t forget to check out our litigation series as well.

Netflix tax may be coming soon to Canada

  • February 27, 2017
  • Julie Sobowale

Netflix and chill may stop being a date-night bargain if rumoured plans to start taxing foreign-based streaming services go ahead. It’s a question of fairness, says one lawyer. If streaming services in Canada have to pay taxes, foreign services are reaping a competitive advantage.

New national security review guidelines get cautious welcome

  • February 27, 2017
  • Doug Beazley

Foreign investment can be a hard sell to Canadians. Many understand the benefits of an influx of offshore cash but may balk at the sale of a national icon or at a buyer seen to represent hostile interests. The Liberal government came in on a promise to be open to foreign investment and their first steps to clarify the rules are being cautiously welcomed in business circles.

Friends, family and angels: Lend me your cash

  • December 14, 2016
  • Kim Covert

The seed-money round comes when a startup needs a little grease to get the wheels turning, and it operates a lot on faith – people giving money at this stage are the friends and family who believe in the entrepreneur – or the would-be entrepreneur’s idea. There are legal implications to lending even at this level, Kim Covert writes.

Good negotiating skills a key to success

  • December 14, 2016
  • Carolynne Burkholder-James

It’s beginning to look a lot like negotiation season, with softwood lumber making its inevitable return and who knows what’s going to happen with NAFTA and other trade deals in January. In any case, it’s always good business to keep your negotiating skills sharp, writes Carolynne Burkholder-James.

Updates in deposit insurance sector long overdue

  • December 14, 2016
  • Ann Macaulay

The Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation and Finance Canada are both looking at updating regulations regarding the financial services sector, trying to address, among other things, the importance of electronic banking.

Clean business is better business

  • August 18, 2016
  • Ann Macaulay

“Consideration” in the form of cash or some other benefit has long been a business standard, greasing the wheels of commerce either overtly or covertly at home and abroad. But with the government starting to strongly enforce its 1999 Corruption of Public Officials Act, that’s starting to change. We take a look at what more changes the TPP might bring.