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Speaking Engagements
GAAR: 30 Years Later
November 25-27, 2018
Ed Kroft presents "GAAR: 30 Years Later" at the Canadian Tax Foundation Conference.
2018 Bennett Jones Employment Symposium - Cannabis - Second Session
November 21, 2018
John Gilmore, John Batzel, Simon Foxcroft and Matthew Macdonald presented at the 2018 Bennett Jones Employment Symposium- Second Session on OH&S issues arising from Cannabis in the Workplace "Clearing the Smoke: Addressing the Uncertainty Around Cannabis in the Workplace".
2018 Bennett Jones Employment Symposium - Second Session
November 21, 2018
Laura Inglis, Jennie Buchanan, Dana Kiefer and Jenna Vivian present "A Touchy Subject: Investigating Workplace Violence, Bullying and Harassment" at the 2018 Bennett Jones Employment Symposium - second session.
Contentious Matters in Wills and Estates
November 8 and November 15, 2018
Barbara Kimmitt presents "Precedents to consider in the Estate Litigation Context" in Calgary and Edmonton.
2018 Bennett Jones Employment Symposium
October 31, 2018
Laura Inglis, Jennie Buchanan, Dana Kiefer and Jenna Vivian present "A Touchy Subject: Investigating Workplace Violence,
Bullying and Harassment" at the 2018 Bennett Jones Employment Symposium.
2018 Bennett Jones Employment Symposium - Cannabis in the Workplace
October 31, 2018
John Gilmore, John Batzel, Simon Foxcroft and Matthew Macdonald presented at the 2018 Bennett Jones Employment Symposium on OH&S issues arising from Cannabis in the Workplace "Clearing the Smoke: Addressing the Uncertainty Around Cannabis in the Workplace".
Bennett Jones Construction Breakfast Seminar 2018
October 30, 2018
Darrel Pearson presented the Bennett Jones Construction Breakfast Seminar series in Calgary. Topics included: 1) Impairment of National Security (s. 232) and Canadian Countermeasure Surtaxes; 2)
NAFTA Negotiations Update (the “USMCA”); 3) Safeguard Actions (on Steel and Aluminum products); 4) Trade Remedies: Dumping and Subsidization and special import duties; and 5) Contracts: Allocations of Liabilities and Other Key Terms.
Legally Speaking - The Practice of International Trade in Canada
October 02, 2018
Darrel Pearson presents "Legally Speaking - the practice of International Trade in Canada" at the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers national conference in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Duncan Card at Society For Computer Law - 2018 Annual General Meeting
September 27, 2018
Duncan Card was a panelist on “Artificial Intelligence in the UK: ready, willing and able?”, Panel Chair, The Hon. Lord Tim Clement-Jones, at the Society For Computer Law, 2018 Annual General Meeting, London, England.
Asset Recovery Americas
September 25, 2018
Lincoln Caylor co-presents "When the claimants become the defendants" at the Asset Recovery Americas conference at New York, United States. Some fraudsters see the best means of defence as being attack. Allegations against lawyers and insolvency practitioners – and how they can defend themselves. And what should claimants do where there is genuinely a 'bad apple' in the profession?
2018 Employment Litigation Advocacy Seminar
September 21, 2018
Sara Parchello participates in and presents “Motions for Summary Judgement: Dos and Don’ts” at the Employment Litigation Advocacy seminar presented by The Advocates’ Society.
Resolving Cross-Border Disputes Using International Arbitration
September 20, 2018
Vasilis Pappas and Artem Barsukov presented on the topic of resolving cross-border disputes using International Arbitration before the members of the Swedish-Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Canada (EUCCAN) in Toronto, ON. The presentation highlighted how parties to cross-border commercial transactions can effectively use International Commercial Arbitration to obtain final and binding decisions that can be enforced in over 150 countries as if they were decisions of the local courts. Mr. Pappas and Mr. Barsukov also discussed how companies can opt in to International Arbitration and provided tips on drafting arbitration clauses for commercial agreements. Finally, the presentation also covered Investor-State Arbitration and discussed the new mechanism for the resolution of investor-state disputes proposed under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the EU.
2018 IBTR Seminar
September 18, 2018
Sara presents “Cannabis in the Workplace” at the 2018 IBTR (insurance brokers of Toronto region) Seminar.
Introduction to Intellectual Property: Theoretical Frameworks
September 13-15, 2018
Martin Kratz, QC delivered Osgoode Hall Law School’s Intellectual Property Law LLM course, "Introduction to Intellectual Property: Theoretical Frameworks", together with Dr. Carys Craig, full time Faculty at Osgoode Hall. Mr. Kratz and Dr. Craig are the co-directors of the Intellectual Property LLM program at Osgoode Hall Law School. Osgoode Hall Law School’s LLM program in Intellectual Property Law is Canada’s advanced post graduate Intellectual property program of studies.
Martin Kratz, QC has been appointed by the Editor of Dimock, "Intellectual Property Disputes: Resolution and Remedies", Carswell, to update the chapter on Computer Related Disputes.
OHS Update: The New Alberta OHS Act, Regulation and Code
September 11, 2018
Jennifer Miller co-presents "Dramatic Revision of the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act" at the Human Resources Session at the Oil Sands Trade Show And Conference in Fort McMurrary, Alberta. With revisions coming to the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act, Susan Greeves of Syncrude Canada Ltd. and Jennifer will present these changes and help you to interpret them.
2018 International Compliance Professionals Association
June 18, 2018
Darrel Pearson, jointly with John Grayston of Grayston & Company, presented "Update on CETA & other FTA's" at the 2018 International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA) European Conference held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Randy Hughes on State of Cross Border Criminal and Cartel Enforcement
June 14, 2018
Randy Hughes moderates a CBA/ABA panel on “The State of Cross-Border Criminal and Cartel Enforcement: Enforcement Trends in the U.S. and Canada” in Toronto. The panel will discuss how criminal cartel enforcement is in a state of transition and panel members include:
Richard Powers, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Matthew Boswell, Interim Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau, Gatineau, Quebec
Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (DRIE)—Toronto Chapter
June 12, 2018
Ruth Promislow led a panel of industry experts on how business leaders can respond to a data breach at the Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (DRIE) June Symposium in Toronto. The panel helped attendees:
elevate their substantive knowledge of cybersecurity threats and the current regulatory environment;
offer practical strategies to mitigate legal and reputational risk and limit business interruption; and
adapt compliance best practices to their business.
Ruth Promislow at ITAC Cyber Security Forum
June 12, 2018
Ruth Promislow presented on responding to a cyber incident at the Information Technology Association of Canada's inaugural Saskatchewan Cyber Security Forum.
She was also part of an expert panel to discuss emerging issues in cybersecurity, along with speakers from IBM, HP Canada and Saskatchewan's Chief Information Security Officer.
2018 Global Law Week
June 11, 2018
Darrel Pearson presented "The Shifting Trade Paradigm: Are Your Clients Prepared? Are You?" at Global Law Week hosted by New York State Bar Association, International Section. Darrel also participated in the round table session discussion. This panel will discuss the recent and ongoing trade issues affecting your clients with international operations.
2018 MedTech Summit
June 11-15, 2018
Ashley Paterson speaks at the 2018 MedTech Summit in Brussels on a panel with international product liability counsel.
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
June 06, 2018
Katherine Fisher and Jim Schmidt presented on Emerging Trends in Commercial, Investor and Employee Fraud at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Ruth Promislow on Cybersecurity and the Law
May 29, 2018
Ruth Promislow led a discussion on cybersecurity and the law at The Cyber Security Forum, held at Langdon Hall in Cambridge, Ontario. The forum looks at the most pressing cybersecurity and privacy issues that confront businesses and critical infrastructure in Canada.
The panel Ruth led focused on how the law, regulation and cybersecurity intersect, in areas such as:
Canada's new federal breach reporting and notification regime;
government contracting requirements;
cyber insurance; and
'self-regulation' within particular industries.
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