Practice Insight Newsletter – July - August 2019

July – August 2019

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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. MEET PETER TZAVIDAS

2. PRACTICE AREA SPECIFIC UPDATES

3. QUICK TIP: LEXISNEXIS PLATFORM QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

1. MEET PETER TZAVIDAS

Peter is the Content Development Lawyer for the Personal Injury module of Lexis Practice Advisor. Peter graduated from the University of Windsor Law School and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2016. Prior to joining Lexis Nexis, Peter was an associate at a boutique plaintiff firm, specializing in insurance litigation.

FUN FACT! Peter is a walking hockey encyclopedia – no need to Google hockey facts if he’s in the office.

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2. PRACTICE AREA SPECIFIC UPDATES

COMMERCIAL

Need to register land documents or do a title search, this Land Registration and Title Search Toolkit will guide you through the process.
Is your business compliant? Conform Is your business compliant? Conform with the Competition Act? Be sure… start with our Competition Act Compliance Programs practice note in the LexisNexis Competition Law – Introduction topic area.

CORPORATE

New checklists and precedents have been added to facilitate incorporating and organizing a corporation in Ontario. Check out the new Incorporation Checklist (OBCA) and the new Organization Checklist (OBCA).
See the newest Corporate Brief, which provides a detailed summary of recent developments in corporate law across Canada.

EMPLOYMENT

Check out our new toolkits, including an Intro to Employment Law that covers the basic principles of employment law; Accommodation; Discipline and Performance Management; Workplace Health and Safety; and Minimum Employment Standards.
Are you an employer who has recently fired an employee? Check out our new precedent, Termination Letter Outlining Employee's Continuing Obligations to Employer, to make sure your ex-employee respects any ongoing duties of good faith and/or restrictive covenants.

FAMILY LAW

Ontario: Use our Financial Statement (Form 13.1) Toolkit to properly fill out a financial statement.
British Columbia: Do you have clients experiencing domestic violence? Check out our practice notes in the topic on Managing Cases Involving Family Violence.

FINANCE

The Finance Quarterly Report (Q1 2019) was recently released. The Finance Quarterly Report is a review of select credit agreements governed under Canadian law filed on SEDAR during each quarter.
New Market Trends practice notes have been added identifying the current industry standard and recent trends on commonly negotiated credit agreement deal points.
New clauses were added to the Credit/Loan Agreements topic.

IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

See some of the new precedents added to our Legal Lifecycle of Businesses such as Consulting Agreement and Transition Services Agreement.
Gain practical skills from our topics on Business Skills for In-House Counsel including relevant documents on Stakeholder Mapping and the Internal Communications Planning Process.
Benefit from our ever-expanding Policy Bank by using readily available sample policies that you can adopt for your organization.

INSOLVENCY & RESTRUCTURING

Check out our newly updated materials on international insolvencies and the CCAA.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & TECHNOLOGY

See our recent addition to the Cannabis topic Cannabis Patent Implications which outlines the unique challenges and practical solutions to seeking patent protection for cannabis related inventions in Canada.
Check out the newly updated Trademark materials including the Practice Notes and Checklists under the topic Trademark Law and Regulation, updated to reflect the June 2019 amendments to the Trademarks Act.

LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION

New checklists have been added to our International Arbitration topic including Drafting Arbitration Agreements Checklist and How to Conduct an Efficient Arbitration Checklist.
Check out Master Abrams’ Tips: Orders for some helpful tips from the bench on orders.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

The Public M&A Quarterly Report (Q1 2019) was recently released. The Public M&A Quarterly Report is a review of plans of arrangement involving target companies listed on the TSX or TSX Venture Exchange filed on SEDAR during each quarter.
Check out our expanded collection of Transactions Search sample searches covering M&A and securities topics, now available in an easy to access practice note, that provide access to thousands of valuable agreements and deals.

PERSONAL INJURY

Ontario: Check out New Precedents that have been uploaded to The License and Appeal Tribunal topic page.
British Columbia: Check out our new Legislative Updates to the B.C. Supreme Court Rules.

SECURITIES

Will you be affected by the recent changes to say-on-pay voting in Canada? Check out our new practice note, shareholder resolution and more addressing say-on-pay requirements for Canadian companies.
Check out our new sample resolutions added to Board Composition and Mandates, including audit committee resolutions, pricing committee resolutions and more.

WILLS, TRUSTS & ESTATES

Ontario: Ensure your estate planning practices consider the important issues surrounding capacity in our practice note on Capacity in Estate Planning, which includes a discussion of capacity in general terms, testamentary capacity, capacity to grant or revoke a continuing power of attorney for property and capacity to manage property.
British Columbia: Know what orders the court has made in recent Wills Variation cases, by consulting our 2009-2019 Wills Variation Case Table (Order the Courts May Make).

3. QUICK TIP:

Check out the Quick Reference Guide to familiarize yourself with our new product interface.