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Legal Psychology

My wife is a psychologist. A clinical psychologist. A clinical psychologist who is a tenured professor at York University. She is smarter than me. She has a lot of degrees. She likes to send me psychology articles that are related to the law. Some I can digest, others make me go “huh?”. I took psychology

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Your Electronic Footprints

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 was taken, embedded in the picture’s metatdata, then presumably followed the pictures

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Lawyer/Client Confidentiality & Tax Time

It’s starting to be the “most wonderful time of the year” if you’re an accountant, which we are not. However, accountant or not, we all start to turn our minds to taxes as April looms closer & closer. In August 2010, the Federal Government released details of its new reporting regime for aggressive tax planning

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Business Succession Planning

One of the best reasons to incorporate is so that your business becomes an asset that you can transfer to the next generation.  A well-organized corporation can be the primary source of wealth for families.  Yet many small business owners don’t take the necessary step of following up their incorporation with succession planning for the

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A Repair and Storage Liens Act Primer

This is a piece of legislation that receives little attention, although for people in the repair and storage business, it is a powerful weapon. The Act applies to anyone who repairs or makes improvements to other people’s stuff (except land or buildings – that is the domain of construction liens). Stuff is an easier word

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Our firm is relocating tomorrow!

The paint is almost dry on the walls, the tiles just need some grout and God willing, Bell will figure out where they installed our T1 line so that we can have phone service … ready or not …. here we come ! Our new home, effective tomorrow is: 703 Evans Avenue, Suite 101, Toronto,

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Andriessen & Associates

Is a Business law firm located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We are experienced lawyers who provide one stop Business legal advice, from drafting documents to aggressive litigation. Most of our services are on a flat fee basis, to allow Businesses to budget for legal work.

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