McCarthy Tétrault Advance™

Join us for this interactive program that has been developed to prepare you for a wide variety of negotiations. Our partner, Bill Scott, will lead the 2 hour session first identifying the three basic negotiation styles and then explaining how these three styles are used in negotiations.

You will learn:

• how self awareness and strategy impact results;
• how to remove obstacles to clear communication;
• the significance of building relationships of trust; and
• the imperative of walking the right side of the ethical line.

Through simulations using a case problem, attendees will have an opportunity to practice these lessons and to become more skilled at 'holding your own' in a competitive or a difficult negotiation.

Accredited by the LSUC for 0.75 hours Professionalism credits and1.25 hours Substantive credits for Ongoing Members, and 2 hours CPD credits for New Members

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

This program is intended for corporate counsel who prepare commercial agreements containing dispute resolution clauses, instruct those who do, or have responsibility for the oversight of litigation proceedings.

Our panel of experts, Harry Underwood, Lisa Constantine and Dana Peebles will discuss both domestic and international arbitrations. They will address best practices with respect to drafting arbitration clauses and instructing counsel conducting arbitrations.

Topics include:

• Choosing between arbitration and the courts;
• The legal framework for arbitrations in Ontario;
• Drafting the arbitration clause; and
• Special considerations relevant to international arbitrations.

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 Substantive CPD credits for Ongoing Members under the LSUC MCPD Regime. It does not qualify for Professionalism or New Member credit.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

We invite our friends and clients to help us celebrate the launch of the third edition of the definitive text for class actions defendants, McCarthy Tétrault Defending Class Actions in Canada.

As the number and size of class actions are increasing in Canada — leaving no sector immune — this compact and accessible text is a must-read for management and in-house counsel alike.

This Breakfast Seminar will:

• provide an overview of class actions in B.C. and the proposed changes to the Class Proceedings Act;
• give tips on strategies to defeat certification, both prior to and at the certification hearing;
• describe current trends and hot topics in class actions in Canada; and
• address defending on the merits, including limitations defences.

Panel of Speakers: Miranda Lam, Warren Milman, Andrew Wilkinson and Jill Yates

Attendees will receive a complimentary copy of Defending Class Actions in Canada.

This program qualifies for up to 1.0 hour of CPD credit under the LSBC MCPD regime.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Miranda Cheung.

Join us at our offices across the country for the McCarthy Tétrault Advance™ Current Legal Issues in Canadian Retail Summit on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Geared at legal counsel and business managers in the consumer and retail sector, this informative session will offer presentations on the latest trends and developments.

Hear leading practitioners speak on the following topics: 

• Misleading Advertising and Comparative Advertising: "What Not to Do" (a primer on the law on misleading advertising and comparative advertising & practices to avoid);
• Competition Law for Consumer Products;
• Are you ready for the next crisis?: Disaster Planning for Corporations;
• Trending Topics in Retail Leasing;
• Tax, Trade and Customs: Critical Cross-border Issues for Retailers in Canada.

The presentations will be in English only from our Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver offices. Other offices will participate via video conference. Regardless of which office location you participate from, you will have the opportunity to ask the presenters questions throughout the course of the summit.

This program qualifies for up to 3 hours of CPD credit in Ontario and BC, and will be accredited by the Barreau du Québec.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 Substantive CPD credits for Ongoing Members under the LSUC MCPD Regime. It does not qualify for Professionalism or New Member credit.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

Once again, we have a full-day format with both plenary sessions and workshops on a variety of topics and developments in the areas of employment and labour law.

During the plenary, you will hear about recent developments in pension, immigration and federal laws, and about collecting and using medical information within privacy and human rights parameters. You will also get our traditional update on significant cases from the past year.

Lunch will feature closing arguments in a mock trial, with a jury “vote” and a ruling from the bench. Following lunch, you have an option of workshops on attendance management programs, workplace investigations, and managing employees suffering from stress and mental illness.

This program qualifies for up to 6.0 hour of CPD credit under the LSBC MCPD regime.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Miranda Cheung.

Our National Appellate Litigation Group will discuss significant commercial appeals recently decided in 2011 or to be decided in 2012.  Tailored  to corporate counsel as well as senior business executives responsible for instructing counsel, our experts will address how these decisions impact various obligations and exposures that are part of everyday business processes and outcomes, both immediately and looking forward.

Featured Cases:

• The suite of copyright cases currently before the Supreme Court of Canada
• Sharbern Holding and “material misrepresentations” in securities litigation
• The Indalex appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada on pension and insolvency priorities
• The Ontario Court of Appeal's new summary judgment test in Combined Air Mechanical  
• Seidel v. TELUS Communications and the role of arbitration clauses in class actions

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 Substantive CPD credits for Ongoing Members under the LSUC MCPD Regime. It does not qualify for Professionalism or New Member credit.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

Corporate Counsel plays a critical role in the M&A process. It requires a clear understanding of M&A, the process and knowledge of certain fundamentals to ensure your company's transaction goes forward successfully. In this session, our partner Ian Palm will lead the discussion during which he will identify the many components of the role and discuss the value that in-house counsel can have on the M & A process.

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 Substantive CPD credits for Ongoing Members under the LSUC MCPD Regime. It does not qualify for Professionalism or New Member credit.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 Substantive CPD credits for Ongoing Members under the LSUC MCPD Regime. It does not qualify for Professionalism or New Member credit.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 Substantive CPD credits for Ongoing Members under the LSUC MCPD Regime. It does not qualify for Professionalism or New Member credit.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

MPAC assessors are adopting new practices that will impact how you do business. Join a panel of our property tax litigators, Brad Teichman, Phillip Sanford and Tara Piurko, in a discussion about the valuation of unutilized 'density rights' and an increasingly aggressive approach to the assessment and taxation of revenue-generating signage. They will also talk about MPAC's next multi-year reassessment, which will culminate with the issuance of new assessment notices in approximately twelve months and the very topical issue of property tax recovery disputes between commercial landlords and tenants.

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 Substantive CPD credits for Ongoing Members under the LSUC MCPD Regime. It does not qualify for Professionalism or New Member credit.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

An application for accreditation for 1.5 hours of Professionalism and New Member credit is being made to the Law Society of Upper Canada.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Nicole Nassri.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Diane Touchette.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Alison Rannelli.

This program qualifies for up to 1.0 hour of CPD credit under the LSBC MCPD regime.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Miranda Cheung.

In this session, a number of experts will provide their perspectives on updates or developments in connection with:

• federal securities law;
• enforcement activity across Canada;
• reputation of organized marketplaces;
• shareholder activism.

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 Substantive CPD credits for Ongoing Members under the LSUC MCPD Regime. It does not qualify for Professionalism or New Member credit.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 Substantive CPD credits for Ongoing Members under the LSUC MCPD Regime. It does not qualify for Professionalism or New Member credit.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Zahra Malik.