by Andriessen & Associates | May 21, 2013 | Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Litigation, Small Claims Court
Mike Duffy, Nigel Wright, Rob Ford – all men whose reputations have been taking a hit over the past week. Each of these individuals is choosing a different way to protect their reputation, but leaving aside personal reputations, what about your business reputation?...
by Andriessen & Associates | May 14, 2013 | Commercial Leasing, Copyright & Trade-mark, Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Estate Planning, Litigation, Privacy, Small Claims Court
I snagged the title to this Blog from a Huffington Post Blog by Krizia. The original blog described the evolution of a small business called Lotus Premium Denim. This Blog is not about Denim. The title of the Blog grabbed my attention because it refers to two things...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 5, 2013 | Litigation, Small Claims Court
Sometimes writing a weekly blog is a challenge, some weeks it almost writes itself. This week the latter is true. I heard on the radio yesterday, then read in the paper today, the story of the $ 22 000.00 Cell Phone Bill incurred by the 12 year old son of a family...
by Andriessen & Associates | Feb 26, 2013 | Litigation
The news today contains two stories about parties seeking or being ordered to pay legal fees over $ 100 000.00 to a party on the other side of a law suit. Helena Guergis has been ordered to pay $ 118 560.00 to the defendants she unsuccessfully sued for defamation...
by Andriessen & Associates | Feb 19, 2013 | Litigation
In the last month we’ve seen one, then two, and now three interesting, and completely expected lawsuits. I’m talking about the class actions against the federal government for the loss of a data drive containing the personal information about student borrowers. As a...
by Andriessen & Associates | Feb 12, 2013 | Litigation
As litigation lawyers, Inga and I walk a fine line between being an advocate on behalf of a client and straying into the use of words or actions that would have a label of “incivility” tossed in our direction. Our law society is always trumpeting the need for lawyers...
