Publications - Business Law

• MlABC ANNUAL LEGAL REPORT - 2009: Annual General Meeting - by Brenda Lightbody and Mark Baron of Richards Buell Sutton LLP [with the helpful assistance of Michael Shane of Richards Buell Sutton LLP] LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ...
• Legal Risk Audit, May 27, 2009 by Michael A. Kale - In today’s rapidly changing world, successful businesses need to develop and implement sound risk management practices to enable them to optimize future opportunity, minimize risk and drive performance.
• The Lawyers Weekly, March 2008 - Businesses Feel the Heat from Global Warming: There may be no end in sight to the debate over global warming, but that doesn’t prevent it from casting a long legal shadow over Canadian businesses. - This article originally appeared in the March 7, 2008, issue of The Lawyers Weekly published by LexisNexis Canada Inc.
• B.C. Privacy Commissioner's Draft Guidelines for Employers : The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner is seeking public comments on draft employment privacy guidelines. The Personal Information Protection Act ("PIPA") regulate ...
• MlABC ANNUAL LEGAL REPORT - 2007: Annual General Conference - by Brenda Lightbody and Mark Baron of Richards Buell Sutton LLP [with the helpful assistance of Michael Shane of Richards Buell Sutton LLP] LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ...
• MlABC ANNUAL LEGAL REPORT - 2006: Annual General Conference - by Brenda Lightbody and Mark Baron of Richards Buell Sutton LLP [with the helpful assistance of Michael Shane of Richards Buell Sutton LLP] LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ...
• Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act : In July 2004, the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act") became law in B.C. The Act is intended to protect consumers and guarantors from the following conduct ...
• MlABC ANNUAL LEGAL REPORT - 2004: Annual General Conference - by Michael P. Shane of Richards Buell Sutton LLP [with the helpful assistance of Brenda Lightbody of Richards Buell Sutton LLP] LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ...
• British Columbia's Business Corporations Act: An Overview : by Sze-Mei Yeung Fall, 2003 The Government of British Columbia has announced that it is replacing the current Company Act with the new Business Corporations Act (the "New Act"). ...
• New Corporate Rules in the United States : by Jeff Lowe What Does It Mean for Canadian Corporations? The recent financial collapse of Enron and the bankruptcies of a number of other major US corporations prompted intense ...
• Recent Changes to the Employment Standards Act : by Georg Daniel Reuter Introduction The B.C. Government has now concluded its review of the Employment Standards Act and has enacted changes to the Act which are intended to give ...
• International Law (2000) : D. Scott Lamb Scott Lamb is a member of the law firm of Richards Buell Sutton LLP in Vancouver. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the University ...
• International Law (2001) : D. Scott Lamb Scott Lamb is a member of the law firm of Richards Buell Sutton LLP in Vancouver. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the University ...
• New Ways to Raise Capital in British Columbia : The British Columbia Securities Commission has recently introduced new legislation to enable businesses to gain greater access to capital. Multilateral Instrument 45-103 ("MI 45-1 ...
• Privacy Law: Recent Developments in Canada : A. INTRODUCTION: THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE In recent years, increased competition in mature economies, coupled with technological improvements in the ability to collect, store and an ...
• Starting a Business in Canada : Introduction The variety of forms of business organization will each fit the specific needs of your business in a different way. Several factors must be taken into consideratio ...
• The Take Over : When buying a business, the purchaser must eventually use the services of professional advisors. It is important that the purchaser obtain legal and accounting advice sooner rather ...
• Exit Strategies for Small Business Owners : Your client is a small business owner who is, or should be, thinking about retirement. As their financial advisor, your concern is that the balance sheet will collapse under the s ...
• Going Public, The Pros and Cons : The decision to go public is one of the most critical decisions a company can make. Once a company makes a decision to sell its shares to the public, virtually all facets of the co ...
• Guarantees and Mortgage Modifications : Most guarantees and covenantor agreements that lenders require to be signed in support of mortgage loans provide that the lender may vary the terms of the mortgage without having t ...
• Qualifying as a Business Immigrant : Is there a special secret or trick to get into Canada as a business immigrant? The short answer is NO, there are no tricks. The Business Immigration Program is a bureaucrat's inv ...
• PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR DIRECTORS AND AGENTS OF CORPORATIONS: UNWELCOME SURPRISES : In two relatively recent British Columbia court rulings, corporate directors who signed documents on a corporation's behalf were found personally liable for the money owed. While ...
• Directors Liability : Directors of corporations are often unaware of the potential personal liability they may attract by acting as directors. A director, whether of a private company or one that is pub ...
• All For One and One For All - Why You Need a Shareholders' Agreement : It is common for two or more companies or individuals to carry on business through a company in which they are both shareholders. Because a company is a legal person distinct from ...
• Directors & Officers Liability Expands : A 1999 decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal provides a review of directors and officers liability in Canada. In that decision, AGDA Systems International Ltd. v. Valcom Limited ...
• IP Rights on the Internet : By Scott Lamb & Sze-Mei Yeung A recent BC Supreme Court decision has dealt with the protection of traditional intellectual property rights on the Internet, in a case pitting fre ...
• REVENUE CANADA PAYS FOR ITS DISHONESTY : In a recent B.C. decision, a Supreme Court judge ordered Revenue Canada to pay a taxpayer $50,000 as punishment for misleading ...
• THE MEANING OF "SPOUSE" EXPANDS ... A LITTLE : The B.C. Legislature recently proposed to expand the definition of "spouse" in several important statutes that govern entitlement ...
• FOREIGN JUDGEMENT STANDS DESPITE FRAUD : Mrs. Stanton and Mr. Gudbranson lived part of their married life in Utah. When she sued him in Utah for spousal support in 1988, he ignored the ...