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- Tornado and Emergency Leave: does such a thing even exist?
- Toronto Neighbourhood Heats Up Over Copyright Battle
- Tort of Harassment Exists in Ontario
- Tough boss or bully?
- Tough break? KitKat and the fight over those four fingers
- Trade-marks: Ensure that your brand is distinctive, not descriptive
- Trademark 101 – How do I make sure my preferred business name is not taken?
- Trademark 101 – How do pick a good name for my business?
- Trades Improving Federal Property – Prompt Payment and Adjudication May Be Just Around the Corner
- Transitioning from the CERB to the EI system—what happens once the CERB stops?
- Tribunals And The Crown: What Are Their Roles In The Consultation Process?
- Trust Investments: Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket
- Uber and the Sharing Model – A Follow-up
- Uber and the Sharing Model – An Update
- Unclaimed Money – A Concern for Estate Trustees
- Understanding 2024 Ontario Budget Auto Insurance Updates: A Guide for You
- Understanding and Proving Negligence in Ontario Car Accident Claims
- Understanding Car Accident Claims in Ontario
- Understanding Concussions and Brain Injuries in Ontario
- Understanding Damages in Ontario Medical Malpractice Cases
- Understanding Duty of Care in Medical Malpractice Cases in Ontario
- Understanding Eligibility for Short-Term Disability Benefits in Ontario
- Understanding Long-Term Disability Claims in Ontario
- Understanding Medical Malpractice Claims in Ontario
- Understanding Surgical Errors: A Guide to Navigating Legal Recourse in Ontario
- Understanding Surrogacy Agreements: The What and Why
- Understanding the Legal Implications of Failure to Warn of Medical Risks in Ontario
- Understanding the Ontario Court Decision on UIA Flight PS752 Tragedy
- Understanding When to Seek Legal Advice for Brain Injuries in Ontario
- Understanding Wrongful Death Claims
- United States and Japan Accede to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement on February 13, 2015
- Unleashing the Power of Trademark Brand Narrative: How Mattel’s Barbie Movie Captivates Audiences Worldwide
- Unpaid Interns – Workloads Increase with Longest Federal Election in Over 100 Years
- Unplug: 5 Ways to Recharge and Enjoy Your Vacation
- Unsure About Your Estate Trustee? Ask a Judge
- Unvaccinated Parents Risk Losing Parenting Time
- Unveiling the Sole: Understanding Canadian Sneaker Law
- Upcoming Changes to Trademark Fees in Canada
- Update on Bill 18: The Stronger Workplace for a Stronger Economy Act
- Update on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
- Update To Cannabis Law In Workplaces – What’s New?
- UPDATE: Walmart’s $80 Birkin Bag: Discount Luxury or Designer Comedy Gold?
- Upholding Our Core Values of Respect and Equality Amidst Rising Hate
- US Supreme Court Lets Appeal Court Decisions on Same-sex Marriage Stand
- Use, Misuse and Disputes of a Power of Attorney during a pandemic
- Vaccine Hesitancy and Parenting
- Victory for IBM Employee: Supreme Court Grapples with Complex Damages Issue Related to Pension Benefits and Wrongful Dismissal
- Violating Human Rights can Increase the Cost of Termination
- Virtual In-House Counsel Outline
- Vision
- Walking the Financial Bridge to New Employment
- Walmart’s $80 Birkin Bag: Discount Luxury or Designer Comedy Gold?
- Warhol’s Canvas
- We Are Family: Legal Issues When There Are Children From Multiple Relationships
- We Have Moved!
- We’re Hiring a Patent Agent
- WEBINAR – Must-haves for every employment contract
- WEBINAR – Terminations & Severance Packages: Know Your Rights
- Welcome to Labour of Law!
- Welcome To The Team, Mike and Katiana!
- Welcome, David Ang!
- Welcome, Patrick Brunet
- What are Accident Benefits?
- What are my rights in a mass termination?
- What Are The 6 Recent Changes to Industrial Design Practice?
- What are the Duties of an Estate Trustee?
- What Are the Rights of a Pedestrian Injured in an Accident?
- What are your options if you are experiencing burnout at work?
- What are your rights during a mass termination?
- What Constitutes Use of a Trademark in Canada?
- What Does Public Policy Have To Do With My Will?
- What Does The Duty to Account Entail?
- What Exactly IS up for Negotiation? The Family Law Edition
- What Expenses can you Deduct for your Home Office?
- What Happens if I Am Hit by a Drunk Driver?
- What Happens if I’m a Passenger in a Car Accident in Ontario?
- What Happens to my Pension when I Divorce or Separate?
- What happens to my stock options if I lose my job?
- What Happens to Wedding Rings when you Divorce?
- What happens when an employer tries to change the terms of your employment?
- What Happens When An Estate Trustee Has Their Own Agenda?
- What happens when the CERB is discontinued? New COVID-related benefits explained
- What Injured Workers Need to Know About WSIB
- What is “income for support purposes”?
- What Is A Digital Asset And What Happens To Them When You Die?
- What is a Limitation Period?
- What is the date of separation when you and your spouse disagree?
- What is the difference between being separated and being divorced?
- What is the Difference between Separation and Divorce in Ontario?
- What is the Montreal Convention?
- What it Really Means to be a Probationary Employee
- What Legal Fees Can I Deduct On My Tax Return?
- What Not To Expect When You’re Expecting
- What Parenting Schedule Is Right for My Children After Separation?
- What responsibilities do parents and adult children have towards each other?
- What rights and responsibilities do parents and adult children have respectively towards each other?
- What Separated Parents Should Know About Their Canadian Child Benefits
- What Should I Do if I Am Hit by a Car While Crossing the Road?
- What Should I Do if I’m in a Skiing Accident in Ontario?
- What Should I Do Immediately After an Accident?
- What should you consider before shifting to the four-day work week?
- What Should You Do If You Can’t Find a Missing Beneficiary?
- What to Consider When Thinking About Retirement
- What to Do If You Are in a Car Accident in Ontario
- What to Expect in an Arbitration – Part I
- What to Expect in an Arbitration – Part II: The Role of Witnesses
- What to know about travel insurance in 2023
- What will happen to my children if my spouse and I die?
- What you need to know about protecting yourself from slip and falls this winter
- What you need to know about the new changes to the Construction Lien Act
- What you need to know as a self-employed support payor
- What? No Damages For Contracting Out?
- What’s in a Name? Uber Insists its Drivers are Independent Contractors
- What’s my Name Again?
- What’s so Special about the Matrimonial Home?
- When bullying and harassment in the workplace becomes too much, what are my options?
- When can former employees file a grievance?
- When Chili’s Met the Beastie Boys: A Sizzling Sabotage Showdown
- When Do I Need An Estate Administration Bond?
- When Do We Become Common-law Spouses?
- When Does an Employer have a Responsibility to Accommodate Family Status?
- When Family and Business Matters Collide
- When Home Renovations Go Wrong: How Small Claims Court Can Help
- When is a Trademark Clearly Descriptive?
- When is an Investigation Report Privileged? Simply Hiring a Lawyer is not Enough
- When is Currency not Currency?
- When Is It Worth It to Get a Lawyer After a Car Accident?
- When Is Late Too Late? Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies Limits on Courts’ Jurisdiction to Backdate Orders
- When to Go to a Collision Reporting Centre in Ontario
- When to Negotiate: Routes to Resolution in Separation and Divorce
- When Unilateral Management Policies are Invalid: The Renewed Power of the KVP Test
- When Would An Employee Want To Claim Frustration Of Contract?
- Where Can I Find That Case? A Short Guide To Finding Labour Cases
- Where do I belong? Four ways to determine if you are an employee or an independent contractor
- Who Has The Authority To Plan Your Funeral?
- Who is Considered a Parent?
- Who Owns Mayhem? Gaga Gets Sued While the Metal Band Watches from the Shadows
- Who Owns The Blues? Led Zeppelin and Copyright Infringement
- Who Owns the Hummus? Trademarks and Source Confusion
- Who’s My Mommy?
- Whoops! How to Repay a CERB Mistakenly Received
- Why Are Unions Good For Canadian Workers?
- Why do I Need a Will? I Have no Assets or all of my Assets are Joint with my Spouse
- Why Restaurants Need to Get Rid of Sexist Workplace Uniform Policies
- Why Should You Visit an Employment Lawyer Prior to Starting a New Job?
- Why Trademark Searches are Important
- Why Was My WSIB Claim Denied?
- Why You Should Have a Power of Attorney: Planning Ahead for Life’s Unexpected Turns
- WICC Sugar Bush Breakfast – Marie Clemens on Rogers TV
- Will Kits: Understanding the Consequences of “Do-It-Yourself” Estate Planning
- Will Ontario Recognize Your Foreign Divorce? Here’s What You Need to Know
- Will They Believe Me? Workplace Investigations and Credibility
- Wilson v. Atomic Energy – Supreme Court Drops Atomic Bomb on Unjust Dismissal Regime
- Wilson v. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited: What It Is, and What It Is Not
- Winning in Arbitration – Just the Facts
- With Cause or Not With Cause: Your Employment Contract May Be Unenforceable Regardless, Says the Ontario Court of Appeal in New Waksdale Decision
- Without a Will there’s a Way: Administering an Intestate Estate
- Women Without Heels and Full Makeup Need Not Apply
- Work-Life Balance: Do you have the Legal Right to Disconnect?
- Workers’ Compensation – Frequently Asked Questions
- Working and childcare during COVID-19 restrictions
- Working Notice and Limitation Periods: When Can I Sue?
- Working Remotely and the Exacerbation of Toxic Workplaces
- Workplace Harassment While Working from Home
- Workplace Safety for Students
- Workplace vaccination policies – an HR minefield
- World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- World Industrial Design Day
- Would The Real “Fashion Santa” Please Stand Up?
- Wrestling Legends and Legal Smackdowns
- WSIB Offset For Pre-Existing Condition: Thinking About Appealing?
- WWE’s Latest Trademark Filings: Control, Branding, and the Business of Wrestling
- Year in Review – 2015
- Yet Another Reason for Obtaining Trademark Registration in Canada – The Combating Counterfeit Products Act
- You Can’t Always do What You Want with Your Will
- You Should Also Consider Patents Before You Start Brewing!
- You Violated Employer Rules: Do You Still Need to Be Accommodated?
- You’ve Been Terminated: Now What?
- Zero Spill and Functional Features Under the Industrial Design Act
