In this issue - #99 May 30, 2007

A Canadian company persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to hand down a ruling that some legal specialists call the most significant patent ruling in decades.

 Pushor Mitchell now has free wireless internet available  in our office as a  service  to our clients.

WorkSafeBC has announced changes (to Part 3 of this province’s Occupational Health & Safety Regulations) pertaining to new and young workers

The latest figures from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) show that 58 per cent of Canadians say they feel overwhelmed by pressures from work, home, family, friends, physical health and community service. 

Always be wary when someone at your workplace asks you how long your arms are.

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 ongoing judicial debate on whether employers can change fundamental terms of the employment relationship upon giving reasonable, advance notice to the employee. 

In a recent edition of BDO Dunwoody’s electronic newsletter, “News Flash”, BDO addressed a “miracle cure” for achieving a lean and mean operation.

In Toronto, there has been another bizarre incident in the school setting. 

On May 3, 2007, Bill C-36 received Royal Assent and, once in force, will implement changes to make it easier for people to apply for benefits and for more Canadians with disabilities to receive benefits.

The growing number of immigrants in Quebec points to a shift that is forcing political parties, separatist and
federalist, to rethink their political foundations.

The Supreme Court of Canada has, in two noteworthy estate cases out of Ontario, held that judges should no longer presume that a parent who sets up a joint bank account or joint investment with an adult child intends to gift that joint property to the child on the death of the parent.

Bill C-26  will result in greater consumer protection for Canadians who use the services of the payday lending industry.
 

Transport Canada has announced that new Identity Screening Regulations, which have been under consultation since 2004, will come into force, applying to airlines operating domestic and international flights, with effect from June 18, 2007.

BAA announced May 9, 2007 its agreement to sell Budapest Airport to Airport Holding Kft, a consortium led by Hochtief AirPort GmbH for 1,309 million GBP.

Toronto, Ontario, May 28, 2007... The Honourable Carol Skelton, Minister of National Revenue, joined by the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance and Regional Minister for the Greater Toronto area, today announced two new initiatives

The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin and three of its current and former executives plead guilty to misleading the public about the drug's risk of addiction, a federal prosecutor and the company said.

The secret message of the Founding Fathers....