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The Government of Canada passed legislation requiring disclosure of reportable transactions to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The legislation addresses concerns about how aggressive tax avoidance transactions affect the fairness of the income tax system – everyone must…
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Every few months, I notice that a new wave of user posted notifications appear on various social networks. These notices primarily appear on FaceBook, and generally attempt to unilaterally limit the sites right to utilize user posted material…
The Evolution of Non-Disclosure Agreements
The multi-jurisdictional protection of intellectual property, related trade secrets, know-how and business methodology is moving away from the "standard issue" Non-Disclosure Agreements (the "NDA"), toward a more comprehensive and multi-layered Non-Disclosure, Non-Use, Non-Competition and Non-Circumvention Agreement (the "NDUCCA").