Recognition
25 January 2022 / 20 December 2024 by SotosLLP
We are pleased to announce that once again, Sotos LLP has more practitioners recommended as leading franchise lawyers by Who’s Who Legal than any other law firm in Canada. Congratulations to Adrienne Boudreau, Allan Dick, John Sotos, Peter Viitre, and John Yiokaris.
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Adil Abdulla Franchising John Sotos
7 January 2022 / 20 December 2024 by SotosLLP
This article summarizes the test for economic duress, how it has been applied in the franchise context, what questions remain unresolved, and some takeaways.
Business Succession Planning Louis Alexopoulos
5 January 2022 / 20 December 2024 by lhuxtable
Significant changes to Ontario’s Succession Law Reform Act (“SLRA”) and the Substitute Decisions Act (“SDA”), among others, came into force on January 1st, 2022.
Employment Louis Sokolov
4 January 2022 / 20 December 2024 by lsokolov
On December 2, 2021, Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 came into force in Ontario. Bill 27 updated the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and other employment related legislation, including the Occupational Health and Safety Act and created new obligations for employers.
Franchising
14 December 2021 / 20 December 2024 by lhuxtable
Overview Ontario is fundamentally restructuring its recycling system. Ontario’s municipalities set up the world’s first curbside recycling systems in Kitchener in 1981. Since 2002 producers of recyclable blue box materials have been required to fund up to 50% of municipal net operating costs. Now, 40 years after the initial conception of a curbside recycling system, […]
7 December 2021 / 20 December 2024 by SotosLLP
Congratulations to Adrienne Boudreau, Allan Dick, and David Sterns, who have been recognized as leading litigation lawyers in the Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation 2021. Lawyers are chosen based on their experience in the field, reputation as litigation leaders, and high rankings in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
Anna Thompson-Amadei Intellectual Property John Yiokaris
16 November 2021 / 20 December 2024 by Anna Thompson-Amadei
Various amendments to the Trademarks Act (RSC, 1985, c. T-13) (the “Act”) came into force in the summer of 2019.
Corporate and Commercial Corporate Finance Louis Alexopoulos
11 November 2021 / 20 December 2024 by SotosLLP
According to the 2021 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, released on November 4, 2021 by the Minister of Finance, Ontario is proposing legislative amendments to the Ontario Business Corporations Act (the ‘OBCA’) in order to combat financial crimes. Such amendments, if enacted, would be effective January 1, 2023 and would introduce beneficial ownership information […]
29 October 2021 / 20 December 2024 by SotosLLP
Sotos Team Featured in the 2021 Best Lawyers Global Business Edition
28 October 2021 / 20 December 2024 by SotosLLP
Allan Dick Featured in the 2021 Best Lawyers Global Business Edition
