by Andriessen & Associates | Aug 3, 2010 | Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Litigation
As Inga has noted, summertime is vacation time. For many of us, it’s the time of year when we try to take a week or two and get away from it all. Cool lakes, Muskoka chairs, quiet sunsets and melodious loons all beckon. But again for many of us, it’s almost...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jul 22, 2010 | Litigation, Small Claims Court
I fondly recall summertime when I was a kid – two months of no school & lots of fun, free time and sleeping in. As a teenager and then young adult in University, I loved summer time as the two to four months when I could earn a lot of money … and spend it as...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jul 19, 2010 | Copyright & Trade-mark, Corporate documentation, Litigation, Small Claims Court
I have been working on some trade-mark opposition work lately; the kind of work that involves advocating against the registration of a trade-mark. We do this sort of thing when a client has registered or unregistered trade-mark rights and where someone else is trying...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jul 7, 2010 | Litigation, Small Claims Court
If you work for money, sell stuff for money, or rent anything in exchange for money, you probably already know something about the Small Claims Court and, more than likely, have had some experience there yourself. Small Claims Court deals with disputes with a monetary...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jul 2, 2010 | Our Take on Things
What does the field of psychology have to say on how to collect a debt from your customer? You may not think it has much to offer. But you would be wrong. Consider what psychologists call the “anchoring effect”. It’s a simple concept. If you give a debtor a...
