by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 31, 2011 | Our Take on Things
Sometimes the stress of cash flow, business planning and the general day to day grind of people’s jobs can lead to some really bad decisions. Generally the really bad decisions are ones that are made quickly or out of an emotional response, rather than a...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 24, 2011 | Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Litigation
On Tuesday, the Ontario Court of Appeal handed down its decision in R. v. Cole and in so doing, offered some much-needed clarity on the issue of employee privacy rights in the workplace. The Cole case dealt with a high school teacher who was found (by a school board...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 17, 2011 | Corporate documentation, Estate Planning, Litigation
Recent events in Japan offer many lessons for those prepared to learn them; among them, the importance of preparedness. The laws of probability dictate that on a long enough timeline, anything that can possibly go wrong, will go wrong. The question is when, not if. ...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 10, 2011 | Commercial Leasing, Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Litigation
I was reading an article the other day about the proliferation of GPS technology; specifically, how those wonderful satellites sitting in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth do so much more than tell our cars how to get to where we’re going. The time signals they...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 3, 2011 | Our Take on Things
Many business owners reading the entertainment news this week, and possibly following @CharlieSheen on twitter (not that anyone in our firm would do that) may be asking themselves “what would I do if I had an employee who was behaving in a similar fashion?” The law in...
