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Model Code of Professional Conduct

  • July 12, 2016

CBA supports proposed changes to FLSC Model Code of Professional Conduct on competence, dishonesty, leaving a law firm, and incriminating physical evidence.

Aboriginal Law, Administrative Law, Air & Space Law and 41 more..., Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insolvency Law, Business Law, CCCA, Charities & Not-for-Profit Law, Civil Litigation, Commodity Tax, Customs and Trade, Competition Law, Constitutional & Human Rights, Construction and Infrastructure Law, Criminal Justice, Elder Law, Environmental, Energy and Resources Law, Equity, Family Law, French Speaking Lawyers, Health Law, Immigration Law, Insolvency Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Judges Forum, Labour & Employment, Law Practice Management, Well-Being, Maritime Law, Entertainment, Media and Communications Law, Military Law, Municipal Law, Pensions and Benefits Law, Privacy and Access, Public Sector, Real Property Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Sole Practitioners, Taxation Law, Wills, Estates and Trusts, Women Lawyers, Young Lawyers, Student Forum

Capital Markets Stability Act

  • June 30, 2016

The CBA comments on the revised draft Capital Markets Stability Act, and supports many amendments made in response to stakeholders' feedback on the 2014 draft.

Business Law, CCCA, Environmental, Energy and Resources Law

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

  • June 30, 2016

The CBA comments on parts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Chapter 12 (Temporary Entry for Business Persons) and Chapter 26 (Transparency and Anti-Corruption).

Business Law, CCCA, Charities & Not-for-Profit Law and 6 more..., Competition Law, Construction and Infrastructure Law, Criminal Justice, Environmental, Energy and Resources Law, Immigration Law, International Law

Revisions to Pension Plan Governance Guideline

  • June 17, 2016

The CBA comments on the Canadian Association of Pension Regulatory Authority (CAPSA) revised governance guidelines, and commends CAPSA's continued efforts to provide guidance on pension plan governance.

Business Law, Pensions and Benefits Law, Taxation Law

Governance Framework for IP Agents - Code of Conduct

  • June 13, 2016

The Canadian Bar Association welcomes a code of conduct for patent and trademark agents and recommends changes to provide greater clarity about the scope of agent work and to deal with the unauthorized practice of law by non-lawyer agents.

Administrative Law, Business Law, Charities & Not-for-Profit Law and 5 more..., Immigration Law, Intellectual Property, Sole Practitioners, Young Lawyers, Student Forum

PIPEDA Data Breach Notification and Reporting Regulations

  • May 31, 2016

The CBA looks at PIPEDA's data breach notification and reporting requirements and recommends regulations to balance individual privacy rights with the needs of businesses to collect, use and disclose personal information for reasonable purposes.

Business Law, Privacy and Access

Temporary Foreign Worker Program

  • May 27, 2016

The CBA offers suggestions to Minister Mihychuk on operation and enforcement of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program.

Business Law, Immigration Law, Labour & Employment

Entity Regulation

  • March 07, 2016

The CBA comments on entity regulation to the Federation of Law Societies and encourages the law societies to harmonize any new regulations between jurisdictions

Aboriginal Law, Administrative Law, Air & Space Law and 41 more..., Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insolvency Law, Business Law, CCCA, Charities & Not-for-Profit Law, Civil Litigation, Commodity Tax, Customs and Trade, Competition Law, Constitutional & Human Rights, Construction and Infrastructure Law, Criminal Justice, Elder Law, Environmental, Energy and Resources Law, Equity, Family Law, French Speaking Lawyers, Health Law, Immigration Law, Insolvency Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Judges Forum, Labour & Employment, Law Practice Management, Well-Being, Maritime Law, Entertainment, Media and Communications Law, Military Law, Municipal Law, Pensions and Benefits Law, Privacy and Access, Public Sector, Real Property Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Sole Practitioners, Taxation Law, Wills, Estates and Trusts, Women Lawyers, Young Lawyers, Student Forum