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National security provisions of the Investment Canada Act amended to create voluntary filing option

As of August 2, 2022, the national security provisions of the Investment Canada Act (the “Act”) allow foreign investors who do not have a filing obligation under the Act to receive regulatory certainty that the transaction, as it pertains to […]

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Competition Act amendments: A move to retrofit, modernize

The Lawyers Daily

Eric Dufour and Reema Mahbubani discuss the most recent amendments of the Canadian Competition Act in their article published in The Lawyers Daily. Effective June 23, 2022, sweeping and substantial changes to the Canadian Competition Act (the Act) came into […]

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Geoff Mason appears on The Jas Johal Show discussing remote and hybrid work arrangements

980CKNW The Jas Johal Show

Geoff Mason provides insights into whether employers can request their employees back to the office and the future of remote work arrangements on 980CKNW The Jas Johal Show. Now that employees have had a taste of [remote work], it’s much […]

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Myron Mallia-Dare speaks with Abishek Gupta from Sutra Management Consulting on a recent episode of the Canadian RegTech Association’s podcast

RegTech Roundup

Myron Mallia-Dare speaks with Abishek Gupta from Sutra Management Consulting. In this episode, Abishek discusses how the company has been able to recognize gaps of knowledge at the operational level at organizations trying to deploy AI and how they seized […]

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Miller Thomson’s continuing support of equity, diversity and inclusion-focused student programs featured in UAlberta Law alumni magazine

UAlberta Law Without Prejudice

An article from the University of Alberta Faculty of Law’s Without Prejudice magazine introduces the Violet King Henry Law School Award, newly established through the support of Miller Thomson. Honouring the first Black woman to practise law in Canada and […]

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Geoff Mason discusses “climate change and working conditions” on The Jas Johal Show

980CKNW The Jas Johal Show

Geoff Mason is a guest on 980CKNW’s The Jas Johal Show discussing how climate change is impacting the workplace and whether employers are legally contracted to provide their employees with suitable working conditions in response to extreme weather events: As […]

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Myron Mallia-Dare speaks with Tolga Kurt Managing Partner of H3M Analytics on a recent episode of the Canadian RegTech Association’s podcast

RegTech Roundup

Myron Mallia-Dare speaks with Tolga Kurt, Managing Partner of H3M Analytics where they discuss Tolga’s motivation for starting H3M Analytics in 2018 and his desire to use AI for  the greater good. In this session, Tolga describes how the software […]

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Stephen Hsia and Jillana Schmidt-Kim write on electronic witnessing and signing of estate planning documents

The Lawyer's Daily

Stephen Hsia and Jillana Schmidt-Kim’s article titled “Estate planning: Electronic witnessing and signing in B.C.” is published in The Lawyer’s Daily: When preparing an estate plan, British Columbians are generally advised to make three basic documents: a will, an Enduring […]

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Spoliation: Destruction of evidence has litigation consequences

Aside perhaps from perjury, no act serves to threaten the integrity of the judicial process more than the spoliation of evidence. Our adversarial process is designed to tolerate human failings — erring judges can be reversed, uncooperative counsel can be […]

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What exactly are carbon tokens?

In this short piece, we will examine carbon tokens: a tool of increasing relevance in the battle to address climate change. How are carbon instruments typically structured and traded? In the fight to address climate change, businesses and individuals have […]

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