LexBlog

McCarthy Tétrault’s active lawyers have argued nearly 1,500 appellate cases in nine out of ten of Canada's provinces and in one territory. Those cases include 130 cases in the Supreme Court of Canada, 12 of which were decided in 2010-2011 alone. The firm's new blog, Canadian Appeals Monitor, voices the firm's perspectives on upcoming and decided appeals of interest to Canadian businesses and professions. It also comments on the impact of legal changes that may affect appellate procedure, and relates insights and best practices derived from our experiences handling complex appeals.

• Aboriginal
• Administrative
• Bankruptcy & Debt
• Charter of Rights
• Class Actions
• Communications
• Constitutional
• Construction and Real Estate
• Contracts
• Corporate Law
• Energy
• Financial Services
• Intellectual Property
• Labour and Employment
• Media
• Procedure
• Professions
• Tax
• Torts
• Transportation

McCarthy Tétrault's National Appellate Litigation Group has more than 60 members seamlessly integrated across Canada, with offices in major commercial centres in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montréal. The group draws upon the experience of 52 McCarthy Tétrault lawyers who have served as judicial clerks, including 21 in the Supreme Court of Canada, and 16 in the Courts of Appeal for Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Québec. The practitioners in the Group also have access to advice from former justices

The right advice makes or breaks a deal. Whether you are an acquirer, a target, a shareholder, a financial advisor, an investor or an issuer, expert advice and innovative strategies are critical in merger, acquisition and financing transactions. Canadian M&A Perspectives voices McCarthy Tétrault's perspectives on developments in M&A and private equity, comments on the impact of changes to corporate-commercial laws as they may affect M&A activity, relates insights derived from our experience handling large and complex transactions, and shares best practices from our adventures in deal-making.

Blog topics include:

• Contractual Matters
• Private Equity
• Private Transactions
• Public M&A
• Shareholders
• Strategy

McCarthy Tétrault is a Canadian law firm that delivers integrated business law, litigation services, tax law, real property law, and labor and employment law nationally and globally through offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal and Québec City, as well as London, UK. 

In the workforce, employers handle an extremely diverse range of personalities, desires, strengths, weaknesses, and human conditions that are brought into the workplace each day.  The Canadian Workplace Legal Post from Roper Greyell explores the difficulties and offers solutions to maintaining a healthy workplace environment in the face of complex and evolving legislative and regulatory changes.

Blog topics include:

• Employment (Non-union)
• Labour Relations Board
• Privacy
• Social Media
• Uncategorized

Roper Greyell is a boutique employment and labor firm based in Vancouver.  The firm represents clients in both the private and public sectors of employment in most areas of the BC economy including construction, forestry, marine transportation, mining, health care, post-secondary education, retail food and drugs, public transportation, utilities and the municipal sector.  The blog is published by Marino Sveinson, an attorney who provides representation and advice to employers but also to executives and senior employees.