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14 March 2013 by SotosLLP
David and Jennifer are part of the Canadian Bar Association's counsel team which will be intervening in the Supreme Court of Canada later this month. The case before the court will decide when courts may decide a complex case by way of summary judgment and when such cases should only be decided at a full trial.
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21 February 2013 by SotosLLP
Sotos LLP lawyers John Yiokaris and Christine Jackson were recently published in the Winter 2013 issue of The Franchise Voice.
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21 February 2013 by SotosLLP | Leave a Comment
For franchisors selling franchises in those provinces with franchise disclosure legislation, the law requires that they must provide all prospective franchisees in those provinces with a disclosure document. But what does a franchisor do after it has delivered its disclosure document to a prospective franchisee? When does the disclosure obligation end? Unfortunately for franchisors, the franchise disclosure legislation is not always clear.
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12 January 2013 by SotosLLP | Leave a Comment
It is important for franchisors to understand what happens when one of its franchisee’s concerns relating to the franchised business arrives at franchisee’s counsel’s desk.
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8 January 2013 by SotosLLP
If you are a spouse or family member of a person seeking to obtain a loan with your assistance either by guaranteeing the loan or offering other security, you may have been directed to a lawyer who is independent of the borrower or the lender to give you legal advice. The reason for this is to mitigate the risk to the lender that you are being unduly influenced in offering your assistance.
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18 October 2012 by SotosLLP | Leave a Comment
Earlier this year, an important case was decided by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice about rights under the Arthur Wishart Act when system-wide changes are made to an entire franchise system. Although the decision has been appealed, it provides a number of helpful principles for franchisors considering important system changes.
16 October 2012 by SotosLLP | Leave a Comment
One of the fundamentals of good franchising for a franchisor is making the right decision over who will control the real estate occupied by the franchisee’s business. The choices are limited but the considerations are varied.
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15 October 2012 by SotosLLP
It’s been a good year at Sotos LLP, and we have a lot to show for it: Sotos’ lawyers have been given an impressive number of awards and rankings in the past few months.
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9 October 2012 by SotosLLP
An "earnings claim" is any information given by or on behalf of a franchisor to a prospective franchisee from which a specific level or range of actual or potential sales, costs, income or profit of franchisor-owned or franchised outlets may be readily ascertained.
29 August 2012 by SotosLLP
As an owner of a business that leases commercial space, have you noticed a term in your lease agreement that stipulates the following: “the Tenant promises to pay the Landlord’s reasonable administration, management or supervisory fee as Additional Rent”? Too often, this clause or a similar clause is found in commercial lease agreements instead of a precise method of calculating the administration fee.
