Updates
1 March 2022 / 20 December 2024 by SotosLLP
Sotos LLP is pleased to welcome Lauren Parker as an associate practicing in the areas of corporate and commercial law with a focus on franchising, licensing, and distribution. Lauren advises new, emerging, and established Canadian and international franchisors on all aspects of Canadian franchise law, including the drafting and preparation of disclosure documents, franchise agreements, […]
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Anna Thompson-Amadei Grocery Restaurant Retail
7 February 2022 / 20 December 2024 by Anna Thompson-Amadei
The Government of Canada’s draft regulations prohibiting the use of certain single-use plastics has been published for public comment in the Canada Gazette. The plan was first announced on October 7, 2020 and would ban single-use plastic items for which there is evidence that the items are found in the environment, as well as items […]
Recognition
28 January 2022 / 20 December 2024 by SotosLLP
We are proud to announce that John Sotos and Peter Viitre have once again been recognized by Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Global Elite (2022), in the area of Franchise law. Through extensive research and interviews with clients and peers, the publication identifies the most highly regarded lawyers who stand out in their field as a thought […]
Allan Dick Cannabis Franchising Litigation
27 January 2022 / 20 December 2024 by Allan Dick
Tokyo Smoke reaffirms that the conduct of the parties under an ongoing relationship contract must be viewed in context and that a contextual analysis is necessary to determine both the parties’ rights and obligations under the contract, as well as whether a breach of such rights did in fact occur.
25 January 2022 / 20 December 2024 by SotosLLP
Congratulations to Allan Dick, John Sotos, Peter Viitre, and John Yiokaris for being recommended as leading franchise lawyers globally by Who’s Who Legal.
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.
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, […]
