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Commercial Leasing: It’s Not Only Your Lease That Could Matter (and how to make sure that it is)
What happens if a fire or other calamity destroys a commercial tenant's premises or property located on the premises? The Landlord, the Tenant and their advisors will certainly review various provisions of the lease, such as requirements for each of...
Franchise or Trademark License?
Franchises are sometimes presented under the guise of trademark license agreements in an attempt to avoid the requirements of the Arthur Wishart Act, which protects franchisees by imposing strict disclosure obligations on franchisors and giving rescission rights to franchisees where...
Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act – Anticipated for 2016
Ontario's Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) provides a modern legal framework for not-for-profit corporations, including charitable corporations. It sets out how not-for-profit corporations in Ontario are created, governed and dissolved. Once the ONCA is in force, existing not-for-profit corporations will have...
Time is Running Out for Not-For-Profit Corporations to Continue Under the New Canada Not-For-Profit Corporatio
Tick tock...time is running out. This summer Corporations Canada has been actively reminding federal corporations that are currently incorporated under Part II of the Canada Corporations Act (CCA) that they have to continue (transition) under the new Canada Not-for-profit Corporations...
