Disciplinary Action and the Timeliness of Warnings
Most employers know that it is not easy to fire or discipline an employee for just cause, especially if the reasons are due to performance ... Continued
Act to End Mandatory Retirement for Federally Regulated Employers Receives Royal Assent
Bill C-13, Keeping Canada’s Economy and Jobs Growing Act, has now received Royal Assent by Parliament. This omnibus legislation implements amendments to various acts, including ... Continued
Mining Company Ordered by the Court to Stop Drilling
In the recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Wahgoshig First Nation v. Ontario, 2011 ONSC 7708, Solid Gold Resources Corp. (Solid Gold), ... Continued
B.C. Court Grants Injunction to Restrain Mineral Exploration Work
On December 2, 2011, the B.C. Supreme Court granted an interim injunction restraining Taseko Mines Limited (Taseko) from continuing exploratory work under two provincial permits, ... Continued
A Tale of Two Trademark Appeals
Court considered what constitutes “use” in two cases
CounterPath partners with Rogers Communications
Vancouver-based CounterPath Corporation has provided critical technology behind the launch of Rogers One Number service, which lets Canadians use their wireless numbers to enable single-number ... Continued
CW presents to capacity crowd at Buildex 2012
Samantha Ip, Oliver Hanson, Satinder Sidhu and Anna Sekunova from our Construction Group presented at this year’s Buildex Vancouver event on February 9, 2012. Their ... Continued
Vedder Transportation Group wins Environmental Leadership Award
Vedder Transportation Group, a commercial trucking company with service areas across North America, won the Green Project Award at the first annual Abbotsford Environmental Leadership ... Continued
Priority Between Lien Claimants and Receiver
Our Court of Appeal in Bank of Montreal v. Peri Formwork Systems Inc., 2012 BCCA 4 recently had its first opportunity to consider whether builders ... Continued
Off to the Marché We Go! – Not Descriptive and Not Confusing
The Federal court recently dismissed an appeal to have a trademark expunged on grounds of descriptiveness and confusion. In Movenpick Holding AG v. Exxon Mobil ... Continued
Clark Wilson client Clio secures venture capital financing for expansion
Themis Solutions Inc., better known as Clio, announced on January 30 that it has raised a US$6 million series B round of venture capital funding ... Continued
British Columbia’s New Energy Plan
Commentary on the 2012 Natural Gas Strategy.