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Down rounds: What emerging companies should consider when raising in a slowing economy
September 13, 2022
Introduction Canada saw record levels of investment in 2021. The Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) 2021 Market Overview reported 752 deals totaling $14.7 billion in venture capital investments in emerging Canadian companies that year – more than double...
Geoff Mason speaks to the legality of employer surveillance on The Jas Johal Show
September 7, 2022
980CKNW The Jas Johal Show
Geoff Mason discusses the use electronic monitoring tools to assess the productivity of employees who work remotely: On the employer side, it’s much easier to have some sort of monitoring policy in place if the employee’s been made aware of...
Québec privacy law: Certain provisions of the Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information take effect September 22, 2022
September 7, 2022
In our blog published October 12, 2021, we reported that Québec’s Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, had received assent. As we wrote at the time, a majority of the changes...
Geoff Mason is a guest on The Jas Johal show, speaking on “quiet quitting”
August 29, 2022
980CKNW The Jas Johal Show
Geoff Mason joins Jas Johal for a conversation on “quiet quitting”, the concept where employees only perform the minimum requirements of their job. When you are seeing large-scale shifts happening in the employment world such as the great resignation, independent...
David Schnurr shares what companies need to know about IP in David Johnston Research + Technology Park article
August 25, 2022
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David Johnston Research + Technology Park Tenant Stories , "What your company needs to know about IP"
David Schnurr shares why startups need to get an early start on their patent strategy to protect their product, their company and to stay competitive in the long run. “There is a great deal to understand, such as the rules...
National security provisions of the Investment Canada Act amended to create voluntary filing option
August 22, 2022
As of August 2, 2022, the national security provisions of the Investment Canada Act (the “Act”) allow foreign investors who do not have a filing obligation under the Act to receive regulatory certainty that the transaction, as it pertains to...
Competition Act amendments: A move to retrofit, modernize
August 22, 2022
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The Lawyers Daily, Competition Act amendments: A move to retrofit, modernize
Eric Dufour and Reema Mahbubani discuss the most recent amendments of the Canadian Competition Act in their article published in The Lawyers Daily. Effective June 23, 2022, sweeping and substantial changes to the Canadian Competition Act (the Act) came into...
Geoff Mason appears on The Jas Johal Show discussing remote and hybrid work arrangements
August 9, 2022
980CKNW The Jas Johal Show
Geoff Mason provides insights into whether employers can request their employees back to the office and the future of remote work arrangements on 980CKNW The Jas Johal Show. Now that employees have had a taste of [remote work], it’s much...
Myron Mallia-Dare speaks with Abishek Gupta from Sutra Management Consulting on a recent episode of the Canadian RegTech Association’s podcast
August 7, 2022
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RegTech Roundup, Founders Series - Sutra Management Consulting
Myron Mallia-Dare speaks with Abishek Gupta from Sutra Management Consulting. In this episode, Abishek discusses how the company has been able to recognize gaps of knowledge at the operational level at organizations trying to deploy AI and how they seized...
Miller Thomson’s continuing support of equity, diversity and inclusion-focused student programs featured in UAlberta Law alumni magazine
August 4, 2022
UAlberta Law Without Prejudice
An article from the University of Alberta Faculty of Law’s Without Prejudice magazine introduces the Violet King Henry Law School Award, newly established through the support of Miller Thomson. Honouring the first Black woman to practise law in Canada and...