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Maybe it was all the hype about "Back to the Future" last week, but lately, a lot of people have been asking us for "originals" of documents, when they are given PDF or Fax Copies. News Flash: it is 2015, not 1985 and for most documents, a PDF or Fax version is as...

October is Small Business Month in Canada: this is a great time to celebrate the backbone of the Canadian Economy (or a group of tax cheats, depending on how you look at it ... I'm just not ready to see Small Businesses that way). Just because a business is "small"...

I was recently interviewed by a prominent legal community newspaper, The Law Times, with respect to my thoughts on a July 2015 Court Decision that permitted Judgment Creditors to use a Court Supervised Sale of property to enforce a Judgment, rather than having to go...

Remember when you were a kid and your parent, likely half listening to you, agreed to give you a chocolate bar you really shouldn't have been getting that close to dinner? When your parent then actually listened to your request and changed their mind, the first thing...

I have the privilege of being involved as a Mentor to two different levels of students. I am a Mentor in the Ryerson Law Practice Program to four students who have law degrees and are now in the program that is an alternative to Articling. It is great to work with...

This Blog is directed to individuals carrying on business as sole proprietorships, though I won't tell if you're reading this and you don't fall into that category. I have heard many explanations over the years for not incorporating: 1. I am not sure the business will...

When I was a much younger lawyer (been doing this 23 years now) I happily embraced technology. I had a computer monitor with multi-colour, not just one colour display. I used a laser printer, instead of dot matrix and I hopped on the CompuServe bandwagon faster than...

Ah, finally, today my commute was the reasonable amount of time it always takes in summer. I was able to see my family for breakfast & expect I can see them for dinner as well. This week, if my leg was not injured, I would finally be able to join my Stand Up...

It's still summer, we've almost got one quarter left in this calendar year - are you prepared? When thinking about preparation within the context of a business, it's not just about legal obligations, however, may tasks include legal obligations. If you're going to...

Those of you who follow this Blog or our firm's twitter feed will know I'm no fan of the Games that are destroying my summer and business in the GTA. You can imagine how happy I am that Kanye et al have snuffed out the PanAm flame and I'm counting down the days until...

Those of you who are children of the 80s may recognize the Frankie Goes to Hollywood "reference" in the title of this Blog. Yes, I've stolen it from "War". But the "absolutely nothing say it again" answer given in the song is not the same answer to the title of this...

Business is global. Doing business globally means at times you're going to find yourself in a legal dispute with someone who is not in the same country as you. When that happens, where do you sue? The first step is to read the agreement, if there is one, that you have...

We're into the first full week of July and normally things slow down in the summer. That appears to not be the case this summer, which is a very good thing in light of the "Canada is in a Recession" talk that started to come out of the USA last week. So, what does...

Hold onto your hats, it's rant time on the Blog today. I recently read the traffic forecasts from "Officials" for the Pan Am games - I suppose I wouldn't want anyone to know my exact title if I was forecasting traffic this either. As a selfish, business lawyer, I of...