This InfoPAK is designed to provide corporate counsel with a general overview of employee benefits. The InfoPAK will focus on how ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code apply to health and welfare and retirement benefits provided by employers to their employees in the United States.
This article looks at Phantom Share Plans (a “PSP”) which allows an employee to share in the company’s future growth without the principals giving up ownership in the company.
A short article on retroactive invoice correction.
This paper highlights the various stages of a transaction, providing guidance and detailed considerations for businesses, and examples of security breaches and their consequences.
Under the Consumer Protection Law, the piercing of the corporate veil is an issue that still raises controversies - in view of its significant practical effects, especially to suppliers - and involves the following questions: is it necessary to exist fraud or abuse of right by the partners to pierce the corporate veil or, is it enough that the legal entity be an obstacle to the compensation for losses caused by legal entities to consumers?
Exclusivity of the operation area of the sales agent has always been a controversial subject in the Brazilian legislation, due to inaccuracy in the wording of the Sales Agency Law. Read more about the issue here.
Canadian M&A activity was moderate in 2013. The weakened natural resources sector, which had helped Canada outperform other economies through the recession, contributed to an overall drop in M&A levels as the total number and aggregate value of Canadian deals, and Canada’s share of global M&A, decreased. However, powered by a strong domestic economy, Canadian companies’ outbound M&A strengthened relative to inbound acquisitions and the U.S. was again by far the most popular target country. Against that backdrop, we answer some frequently asked questions on Canadian M&A and discuss the trends that Blakes sees unfolding in 2014.
Canada’s new Anti-Spam Legislation, known as CASL, is one of the strictest in the world. In general, CASL requires consent before sending “commercial electronic messages” and requires that all such messages meet certain form and content requirements. This seems simple, but as always, implementation can be complicated. This article explains the legislation and walks through some real-world scenarios to demonstrate compliance.
While there is no one size fits all model for internal investigations, there are several important considerations that commonly arise and can be managed to avoid pitfalls like those noted above. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some practical considerations for dealing with six such considerations.