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Canadians Bought, U.S. Sold in First Quarter

June 19, 2012

Canadian companies are becoming the dominant bidders in U.S.-Canada cross-border M&A deals. A strong Canadian dollar, weaker valuations in the […]

Shut Up and Stand Still

June 19, 2012

Parties contemplating an M&A transaction typically enter into a confidentiality agreement (CA) to facilitate the exchange of non-public information. The […]

The Evolving Role of the General Counsel

June 19, 2012

A recent Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP poll of 1,300 business professionals found that nearly two-thirds of respondents believe that […]

Reconsider the Way You Protect New Ideas

June 19, 2012

Most corporate legal departments have established processes to translate new ideas into patents. In many companies this approach is automatic, […]

Prioritizing Your Patent Application

June 19, 2012

An expedited procedure for examining U.S. patent applications, called Prioritized Examination, or “PE,” has been implemented by the America Invents […]

Digital and Paper Records in Law Firms, Legally Wed

June 19, 2012

About one third of all law firms have a formal policy for managing paper records, but no policy for managing […]

How to Handle Audio, the Forgotten Esi

June 19, 2012

As early as the year 2000, federal courts acknowledged that discoverable electronically stored information (ESI) included audio. Audio stored in […]

Private Equity Looks South

April 19, 2012

Canadian financial institutions are doing better than their U.S. counterparts, so they are buyers in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. They […]

Canadian Pension Plans Are Private Equity Heavyweights

April 19, 2012

Canada’s public pension plans continue to be involved in high profile mergers and acquisitions globally despite the recent economic turmoil. […]

Carrots, Not Sticks, to Fend Off Unions

April 19, 2012

New federal labor rules concerning unionization alter the current regime by limiting pre-election hearings to determining whether there is a […]

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