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Prof. Tony Duggan delivers the Commercial Law Centre Lecture at the University of Oxford

Friday, October 30, 2015

Prof. Tony Duggan delivered the 4th Commercial Law Centre Lecture at the University of Oxford on Oct. 14, 2015. Prof. Duggan spoke on the subject of "Form and Substance in the Determination of Property Rights: Set-off, Flawed Assets and Security Interests in Cash Deposits." 

Professor Duggan's lecture concerned an issue which frequently vexes courts: whether a contract creates property rights, or merely personal rights.  The lecture focused on the decision of the Canadian Supreme Court in Caisse Populaire Desjardins de l'Est de Drummond v Canada [2009] SCC 29.

Prof. Ariel Katz and LLM student Liran Kandinov: "TPP trades away our constitutional rights"

Friday, October 30, 2015

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Ariel Katz and LLM student Liran Kandinov argue that changes to copyright terms proposed in the Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement would violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("TPP trades away our constitutional rights," October 28, 2015).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

Time to prohibit dual class share structures?

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Centre for the Legal Profession roundtable discussed the advantages and disadvantages of DCS

By Sheldon Gordon

Do dual class share (DCS) structures need to be more strictly regulated in the interests of shareholder democracy—or even banned outright—by Canada's securities commissions?

Prof. Anita Anand authors report on the use of "poison pills" in takeover bids

Thursday, October 29, 2015
Prof. Anita Anand

Proposed takeover rules will produce winners and losers and need rethinking, according to a new report by Prof. Anita Anand for the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Future of Poison Pills in Canada: Are Takeover Bid Reforms Needed?,” Prof. Anand assesses the rules proposed by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), and recommends a key change: do not implement the proposed 120-day bid period and retain the current 35 day period.

Reunion 2015

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Class of 1985 alumni enjoy the Reunion cocktail event.

 

About 325 alumni from years ending in ‘0’ and ‘5’ celebrated with old friends and classmates October 23-25 for Reunion 2015.

A tour of the first floor of the almost-completed Jackman Law Building kicked off the event, one of the Faculty of Law’s premier gatherings of the year. Dozens of alumni donned hard hats and shoe covers for a guided tour through the main areas. Basking in all the space, many were impressed with the progress and future state-of-the-art home of the law school.

Copyright Conference: the evolution of copyright issues into ‘adulthood’

Friday, October 23, 2015

Alumni discussed impact of the 2012 "pentalogy",  five key SCC decisions

By Vito Cupoli
 

Professor Ariel Katz

Prof. Ariel Katz

“It’s time to grow up and become copyright adults,” said Ariel Katz, SJD 2005.

Prof. Yasmin Dawood appears on CBC TV's "Power and Politics" to discuss what could happen after the election

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Prof. Yasmin Dawood appeared as a guest on CBC TV's "Power and Politics" to discuss what could happen after the Oct. 19 election if no party gains a majority ("Coalition conversation," Oct. 13, 2015).

Watch the 8-minute clip below.

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "How Ottawa fails to meet the security challenge" in Toronto Star

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Kent Roach and Craig Forcese of the University of Ottawa look at the ways in which the Government of Canada has both over-reacted and under-reacted to last year's terrorist attacks ("How Ottawa fails to meet the security challenge," October 13, 2015).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

 

A Q & A with Visiting Professor Matthew Rimmer on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Thursday, October 8, 2015
visiting professor matthew rimmer

Distinguished Visiting Professor Matthew Rimmer researches and teaches intellectual property and innovation law at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, and was named one of Managing IP's 50 most influential intellectual property people in 2014. At the Faculty of Law this fall, he taught the intensive course, The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property and Trade. Nexus executive editor Lucianna Ciccocioppo interviewed Prof.

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