by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 27, 2012 | Copyright & Trade-mark, Corporate documentation
Well, yesterday’s Ontario Court of Appeal decision certainly has generated a lot of discussion. You know, the one where Brothels are now legal, well they will be in a year if the Supreme Court of Canada doesn’t disagree. In our office the talk was not of the morality...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 23, 2012 | Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Privacy
It’s summertime (not really) and our thoughts naturally turn (again not really) to summer students, interns and other temporary employees. Some of these indentured servants, er, temporary workers, will return to their studies in the fall, some will wander off to other...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jan 20, 2012 | Corporate documentation, Litigation, Privacy
Almost a decade and a half after invasion of privacy was touted to be the tort of the 21st century, and after almost a century and a half of debate, Ontario got its first civil award for damages in a privacy breach this week. Calling it “intrusion upon seclusion”, the...
by Andriessen & Associates | Dec 30, 2011 | Copyright & Trade-mark, Corporate documentation, Estate Planning, Litigation
Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve – time to promise to workout more, eat less & be kinder to everyone (except the Kardashians, well, maybe even them). As many people find personal resolutions hard to keep, I’m happy to propose a few business...
by Andriessen & Associates | Oct 27, 2011 | Commercial Leasing, Copyright & Trade-mark, Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Estate Planning, Litigation, Small Claims Court
One of the many positives to being a small law firm is the close interaction between the litigation and non-litigation sides of the firm. We meet together on a regular basis to discuss files from both perspectives (how to avoid litigation and what strategy to pursue...
by Andriessen & Associates | Aug 2, 2011 | Corporate documentation, Litigation, Small Claims Court
As I was playing soccer with my Monday night league team, my thoughts shifted from the warm mid-summer breeze and lighthearted enjoyment of a recreational game of footy to the liability waiver I signed (or in this case didn’t sign) when I joined the league. I can’t...
