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Why I'm glad I practice Business Law.

What a crazy week in the headlines – three matters jump to mind that make me grateful I’m a business law lawyer:  Paris Hilton is being sued for wearing the wrong hair extensions. Really? Perhaps it’s just my advanced age, but I didn’t even realize she was wearing extensions, let along which brand. The lawyer

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Remote Work

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 impossible to completely defeat

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Summertime – It's Not Just for Vacations Anymore

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

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Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later

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 to register a trade-mark that is confusingly similar.   Opposition work

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We're off to Small Claims Court – now what?

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 value of up to $25,000. It’s where you go to

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The Psychology of Debt Collection

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 minimum amount that has to be

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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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