In this issue - #118 November 28, 2008

Once again, the readers of Okanagan Life Magazine have voted Pushor Mitchell Lawyers as the "Best Law Firm" in the Central Okanagan for 2008.

Pushor Mitchell's "Client Survey" results from the last 3 months are in.

The lawyers and staff of Pushor Mitchell have been very busy in the last couple of months.

Pushor Mitchell has also partnered with the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation with a $50,000 commitment to their Gift for Life Campaign - The Christmas Catalogue.

Vanessa DeDominicis, Intellectual Property Lawyer and Registered Canadian Trade-mark Agent, has been accepted by the United States Patent and Trade-mark Office as a recognized Foreign Trade-mark Attorney.

In the case 1st Technology v. Rational Ent. and Bodog (Fed. Cir. 2008) the plaintiff (1st Technology sued for Rational Ent. and Bodog for patent infringement.

The Supreme Court of Canada, in a rare patent case, has upheld the validity of selection patents.

In a recent edition of his weekly column, “Legal Ease”, which appears nationally in a variety of print and electronic media, Robert Smithson addressed the risks associated with serving alcohol to employees at holiday celebrations.

If your job happens to be as coach of the Bulgarian women’s hockey team, job security probably isn’t in your near future. 

If one of the employees at your company approaches a manager complaining about harassment from a co-worker, you need superb interviewing skills to uncover the truth and protect yourself in the event of a lawsuit. 

Staff at retail operations are accustomed to dealing with complaining customers but rarely do they get their “shot” at revenge.

The front page in Kelowna’s Saturday Okanagan newspaper blared “Cybersacked” this past weekend.  The accompanying story told of a spa employee who found out she was fired by reading a message sent by her employer to her Facebook inbox.

Everyone has experienced bad customer service.  The rude store clerk, the curt receptionist, the apathetic customer service representative.  You could probably offer advice to these people on how to shape up their attitude.

Speaking of problem employees, MSN Careers has compiled its list of the 10 worst employees of 2008.

We have recently become aware of a phishing scam targeting domain name customers of a small number of domain registrars including Network Solutions(R).

Facebook has won a $873 million judgment against a Canadian man who bombarded users with millions of unsolicited messages about drugs and sex.

Beginning January of 2009, the new tax-free savings account that was proposed in the 2008 Federal Budget will come into operation.

Infants conceived with techniques commonly used in
fertility clinics are two to four times more likely to have
certain birth defects than are infants conceived naturally,
a study found.

They're drawn by the allure of ageless beauty.Unfortunately, for some, the result can be blotchy skin, bumps on the face and worse.

The Canadian government passed legislation in 2005 mandating the creation of a do-not-call registry. 

For the first time in Canada, a man who witnessed a horrific crash that killed three people on a Vancouver-area bridge in 2001 has been awarded damages for suffering "nervous shock."

Zero tolerance for under 21 drinking and driving in Ontario

Seventy-two vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award for 2009.