by Andriessen & Associates | May 25, 2011 | Copyright & Trade-mark, Corporate documentation, Litigation
Toronto’s world-famous Caribana festival has just been rebranded as the Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival. Or…there is a new multi-ethic festival slated for Toronto this summer, named the Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival and the Caribana festival is no...
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 | Feb 9, 2011 | Copyright & Trade-mark, Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Litigation
I recently had a client send me a news item from a local TV station. The story was about how GPS-enabled smartphones automatically geotag the pictures they took. Those geotags, a few bits of longitudinal and latitudinal information that indicate where the picture...
by Andriessen & Associates | Nov 25, 2010 | Litigation
Today is Thanksgiving the U.S.A. so I am taking some time to reflect on the things I am thankful for in our giant neighbour to the south. There are the obvious things: Ben & Jerry’s, Whole Foods & Krispy Kreme donuts. I see a theme here … I’m sure there...
