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05/17/2012 Franchise Law e-COMMUNIQUÉ – May 2012
  1. Manitoba’s Franchises Act: Are You Ready?
  2. Practical Considerations for Dealing With Financially Troubled Canadian Franchisees
  3. “Read it and Weep!” - Is Restaurant Calorie Disclosure an Effective Behaviour Modification Tool?
  4. Repositioning Your Business For Change: The Pre-Sale Process
  5. Roll Out the Changes to Win: Court Grants Summary Judgment to Tim Hortons in Proposed Class Action
  6. What We’re Up To (Spring/Summer 2012)
03/29/2012 Canadian Disclosure Laws Expand - Manitoba Franchise Law Becomes Effective on October 1, 2012
02/27/2012 Roll Out the Changes to Win: Court Grants Summary Judgment to Tim Hortons in Proposed Class Action
02/08/2012 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)
01/16/2012 New Conspiracy Provisions Claim First Victims
10/17/2011 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)
07/20/2011 Franchisors Should Remember Their Potential Disclosure Obligations When Dealing With Franchise Resales
05/12/2011 Franchise Law e-COMMUNIQUÉ - May 2011
  1. Supreme Court of Canada Denies Leave to Appeal, Upholds Ontario Court of Appeal’s Decision Confirming the Applicability of an Arbitration Provision in a Franchise Agreement
  2. Ontario Superior Court of Justice Recognizes that a Franchisor’s Duty of Good Faith Often Involves the Balancing of Competing Interests
  3. Ontario Court Refuses to Grant Summary Judgment Against Franchisor Regarding Non-Competition Provision in Franchise Agreement
  4. A Canadian Perspective on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling on Class Arbitrations
  5. What We’re Up To (Spring 2011 - Summer 2011)
04/08/2011 Franchise Law e-LERT - Seidel v. Telus Communications Inc.
02/09/2011 Franchise Law e-COMMUNIQUÉ - February 2011
  1. Suncor Successfully Resists Proposed Class Action Involving Franchise Disclosure
  2. Reminder: New Brunswick's Franchise Law Became Effective on February 1, 2011
  3. Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds Arbitration Agreement in Franchise Agreement
  4. Welcoming Derek Ronde, the Newest Member of the Cassels Brock & Blackwell Franchise Law Practice Group
  5. What We're Up To (Winter 2010 - Spring 2011)
01/19/2011 Franchise Law Group e-LERT: Are you Ready? - New Brunswick Franchise Law Becomes Effective on February 1, 2011
12/03/2010 Franchise Law e-COMMUNIQUÉ - December 2010
  1. Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds Arbitration Agreement in Franchise Agreement
  2. Are You and Your Franchise Disclosure Document Ready for 2011?
  3. Price Chopper Supermarket Franchisees Obtain Injunction Against Franchisor Sobeys over Payment of Franchisee Legal Fees from Operations
  4. Materially Deficient FDD is no FDD at All; Franchisee Granted Rescission on Summary Judgment
  5. What We're Up To (Fall 2010 - Spring 2011)
  6. Are You Ready? Customer Service Accessibility Standards Become Effective on January 1, 2012
10/01/2010 Franchise Law e-LERT: If They Become Law, Amendments to Act Would Impose Stricter Requirements on Franchisors