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Rebecca Hamovitch

Rebecca is an associate in the Business Law Group. Prior to joining Cassels Brock as an associate, Rebecca worked as both a summer student and an articling student at the firm. During this time, she gained experience working on various matters and transactions within the Business Law, Advocacy, and Financial Services practice groups.

Rebecca’s experience within the Business Law Group includes conducting legal research on intellectual property, entertainment, franchise law, and general corporate law matters, assisting with asset and share purchase transactions, drafting a variety of commercial documents, and drafting agreements and other materials related to the entertainment industry, intellectual property issues, and franchise law. Rebecca also co-authored a paper on copyright, entertainment and media law jurisprudence, which was presented at the Entertainment and Media Law Symposium in Toronto.

While in law school at the University of Toronto, Rebecca was a volunteer caseworker in the children’s rights division of Downtown Legal Services and was a volunteer for Law in Action Within Schools, an educational program for Toronto high school students. Rebecca also chaired the university’s Orientation Week for incoming law students, and was an associate editor for the Journal of International Law and International Relations.

Education

J.D., University of Toronto, 2010
B.A., McGill University, 2006

Call to the bar

Ontario, 2011

Associations

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Ontario Bar Association

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Franchise Law e-COMMUNIQUÉ – February 2012
  1. Existing Franchisees With A Right of First Refusal Must Actually Exercise That Right In Order To Trigger Franchise Disclosure Obligations
  2. Federal Court Holds That Intellectual Property Rights Do Not Automatically Transfer In An Asset Sale
  3. Recent Ontario Court Decision Outlines The Limitation Period For Rescission Claims Under Ontario’s Franchise Legislation
  4. The New Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act: What It Might Mean for Your Franchise System’s Ad Fund
  5. Saskatchewan Court Finds Franchisor Waived Arbitral Termination Decision By Its Post-Termination Conduct
  6. A Discrepancy Between Disclosure Document and Franchise Agreement Causes Alberta Court to Deny Enforcement of Non-Competition Clause
  7. What We're Up To (Winter And Spring 2012)

Franchise Law e-COMMUNIQUÉ – October 2011
  1. Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissal of a Proposed Class Action Involving Franchise Disclosure
  2. Recent Decision of the Manitoba Appeal Commission Is a Disturbing Precedent for Franchisors Being Viewed as Employers for the Purposes of Worker’s Compensation
  3. Cassels Brock at the Forefront of Franchise Education – Restaurant Finance & Development Conference (Las Vegas) and Franchising for Dummies Seminars at Cassels Brock (Toronto)
  4. Ontario Superior Court of Justice Balances Franchisor and Franchisee Interests in Denying an Injunction
  5. Are You Ready? Customer Service Accessibility Standards Become Effective on January 1, 2012
  6. What We're Up To (Fall 2011)


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