How to police what people say about you on the internet (Audio)
Brian Bowman recently spoke with Richard Cloutier of CJOB regarding how to police what people say about you or your organization online. Brian Bowman interview with CJOB March 19, 2013
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Federal Court overturns Veterans Review and Appeal Board decision
In recent months, Veterans Ombudsman, Guy Parent, has questioned the manner in which the Veterans Review and Appeal Board handles hearings, noting that there are “systemic” problems in the way in which the Board makes decisions. In numerous cases, the Federal Court found that the Board failed to act in accordance with its legislated mandate and breached the principles of procedural [...]
PitbLAWg may be AWOL on January 18, 2012.
In a USA Today article “TwitPic, WordPress to go dark for online SOPA protest” Yamiche Alcindor reported that WordPress, along with other websites will not available on Wednesday January 18, 2012 to protest the proposed US legislation, Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act. WordPress is the host site for PitbLAWg. If WordPress [...]
Expansions of the Concept of Latent Defects in Residential Real Estate Transactions
A purchaser of residential real estate closes the transaction, moves in and then subsequently discovers that there is a convicted pedophile living across the street. The new purchaser has a young family living with him. Is the existence of the neighbouring pedophile a “latent defect” under real estate contract law sufficient to enable the purchaser [...]
Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act takes effect October 17, 2011
If you are involved with a federally incorporated charity or non-profit corporation, you need to know that the law has recently changed and that you must take steps to address this. To learn what is required and how this change in the law will affect your organization, take a look at the PitbLAWg post by [...]
Toyota advertising case raises privacy issues
In 2009, a woman initiated a lawsuit against a Californian advertising firm and Toyota U.S.A. because of an aggressive advertising campaign that she claimed was designed to make individuals believe they were being stalked by a criminal (which, in fact, turned out to be fictitious). While the charges are now being dealt with by the Los Angeles Superior [...]
PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITY ACT REGULATIONS
When taking security from a general (as opposed to a limited) partnership, the creditor must list as debtors in its financing statement both the partnership name plus the names of each of the partners of the partnership. This can cause difficulties when the partnership in question comprises many partners. For an expansion on these problems, [...]
What is Overtime, and who is entitled to it?
This is a fundamental principle of employment law that is vital to every employer – employee relationship. The respective rights and obligations of employees and employers relating to overtime are governed in Manitoba by the provisions of the Employment Standards Code. The basic principle is that where an employee works more than 8 hours in [...]
Implied covenants arising out of the transfer of land
Did you know that if you acquire title to a parcel of real estate which is subject to a mortgage, you will, without signing any document, be “automatically” obligated to both the mortgagee (the creditor) and to the party transferring to you (the original mortgagor/debtor), that you will be responsible for performance of all of the obligations owed to the mortgagee/creditor under the mortgage? To find out what the ramifications of this rule may be, please refer to my more detailed memorandum on this matter by going to same on “Implied Covenants”
Choose Your Words Carefully!
Remember that email exchange you had with an individual a year ago? Now that you are in litigation with that individual, the email may be relevant. The Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench Rules require that any and all relevant documents must be produced in the course of litigation and the term documents includes more [...]