Business Law & Corporate Law
- Contract Disputes
- Contracts, Agreements & Governance
- Draft & Review Agreements
- Incorporating, Partnering & Joint Ventures
- Officer & Director Litigation
- Partnership Disputes
- Personal Real Estate Corporations (PRECs)
- Professional Corporations
- Shareholder Disputes
- Shareholder & Sweat Equity Agreements
- Trade-marks, Patents, Copyrights & Intellectual Property
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: Pre-Trial Applications
A lawyer becomes a “solicitor of record” after she or he has undertaken to act for a client and has appeared in court to get the...
THE SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT: The most important agreement of your Company!
First and foremost a contract, a shareholders agreement has all the ingredients thereof, for it to be binding and legal. There is an offer and acceptance,...
ASSIGNMENTS: Assigning your lease, rights in a partnership or intellectual property
Just like any other contractual right, real estate property rights can also be assigned. But, there are special duties and liabilities attaching to transfers of the right...
ASSIGNMENTS: Assigning your Contract to someone else!
Under a contract, the assignment of rights is the complete transfer of the rights to receive the benefits available to one of the parties to that...
WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CONTRACT: Consideration
Known as "the price of a promise" and a controversial requirement for contracts under common law, consideration is required under most common-law and civil law systems, while some commentators...
WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CONTRACT: Offer and Acceptance
According to law, a contract is a legally recognized agreement enforceable in court and/or by binding arbitration. In other words, it is a deal comprised of promises with a...
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: What happens when your witness is not available or the venue is prejudicial?
Pre-trial applications are becoming more and more important by the day and can last far longer than the trial itself. In pre-trial applications, counsel set the...
TYPICAL IDENTITY FRAUD SCHEMES AND THEIR RED FLAGS
Identity fraud is inseparable from identity theft because without the second the first can not be perpetrated. Generally, the purpose of it is illegal financial gain,...
TYPICAL MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEMES AND THEIR RED FLAGS
According to industry estimates, losses from mortgage fraud in Canada range into the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Some criminal groups are each responsible for...
TYPICAL REAL ESTATE FRAUD SCHEMES AND THEIR RED FLAGS
Describing real estate fraud means visiting a dark place where suspicious characters roam around, unlawful acts are committed brazenly, and you do not know who you...