City of Montreal files complaint against police After taking on firefighters at the labour relations board, the city of Montreal has now filed a complaint against police. The city says that since the dispute over pension reforms began, police officers are issuing fewer tickets. “We believe that it has a direct relation with the…
The Multiplier Effect: 3 Adaptations To Help Women Scale Big There is no doubt: women entrepreneurs are a powerful economic force. In the US, they start businesses at twice the rate of men and are at least half owners of 46% of privately held firms in the country. Even more impressive, the post-recession increase in…
New Regulations Drive Financial Firms, Global Vendors to Partner on Risk Issues Financial services firms are asking global service partners to work with them more closely to comply with new US banking regulations, and providers have been receptive, according to findings by the Duke University Offshoring Research Network (ORN). The Office of the Comptroller…
Canadians expose foreign worker ‘mess’ in oilsands Canadian tradesmen from a huge oilsands construction project are waving a red flag about safety hazards and near misses, which they blame on the use of foreign workers who aren’t qualified and can’t speak English. “When you bring in a bunch of workers who are unqualified to…
Actyl Group sues McDonald’s over halting of foreign worker program An international recruiting service has filed a lawsuit in Manitoba court against McDonald’s Canada. Actyl Group is suing McDonald’s for breach of contract. [Read more…] Immigration law needs overhaul to deal with minor violations: R. Reis Pagtakhan Last week, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris…
Strategies shift as regulators renew scrutiny of bank compliance In an episode of hit television series Homeland, US intelligence agents track the finances of Iranian terrorists to a fictional western lender called “HLBC Bank”. This barely disguised reference to one of the world’s biggest banks underlines how the historically dull world of guarding against money…
Lawyers gradually getting their heads in the cloud The Jazz on the Mountain at Blue festival near Collingwood, Ont. brought together nearly 100 musicians in July. More impressive is that it came together in the spare time of a commercial litigator who regularly handles million dollar cases. “I did that in combination with a full time…
Federal opposition demands evidence for ‘obfuscation’ of law enforcement The federal Liberals are demanding the Conservatives provide “historic evidence” to back up thier move to impose an indefinite gag order on anybody working for a new commission intended to reinforce accountability and transparency in the RCMP. “The concern is not with the need for those…
What Do Lawyers and In-House Counsel Really Think About Litigation Finance? Litigation finance—when investors back pending legal cases in exchange for a cut of the proceeds—continues to gain traction here in the U.S. despite lingering concerns that the practice may violate historic prohibitions on third-party funding of lawsuits, as WSJ reported on Monday. How much…
Temporary foreign worker changes side-swipe fashion industry Canada’s fashion industry appears to be the latest sector of the economy side-swiped by changes announced earlier this summer to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Fashion industry companies that hire foreign models say they have been lumped into the same category as employers who hire low-skilled workers in the…
FinCEN proposes to expand financial institution customer due diligence requirements The proposal would require financial institutions to identify beneficial owners of legal entities and codify existing customer due diligence guidance. In a continuing initiative to strengthen the customer due diligence (CDD) requirements imposed on regulated financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA),[1] on July 30,…
What To Do When The Partner Track Closes For senior associates up for partner, firms have become increasingly focused on business potential and less so on an associate’s ability to out class others in the courtroom or at the negotiating table. In the days of yore, the partner track in Biglaw was oftentimes a reward…
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