There is about to be a torrent of new litigation, the advent of an entire new area of law. And as a prelude to that revelation, the Supreme Court of Canada just released a decision permitting the B.C. branch of Faskens to...

In 2009 John McCormick, 64 years of age, a senior partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, brought a complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal of British Columbia. He argued that a provision in his partnership that required...

”After peaking at the end of 2010, employment in the investment banking industry has been declining steadily. The number of bankers at the 10 largest firms will fall by at least 3,000 in 2014 , leaving the total 20% below...

Information is the corporation’s most important asset. Executive employees are well aware that they enhance their value to competitors if they leave with their employer’s key competitive information. Mediocre performance...

Employment contracts contain mutual notice requirements on the termination or resignation of employment. The terms of notice and severance are a key component of the hiring negotiations, i.e. one month per year of service...