CORPORATE (IN HOUSE) COUNSEL SECTION
NOTICE OF MEETING
DATE: Thursday, June 14, 2012
TIME: 12:00 – 1:30pm
LOCATION: Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, 2200 – 201 Portage Avenue, Main Boardroom
TOPIC: “Non-Disclosure Agreements, and Non-Competition & Non-Solicitation Clauses”
SPEAKERS: Silvia de Sousa and Linda Troup, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
How can businesses safely protect confidential information and trade secrets? The answer lies in crafting strong and enforceable Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Non-Disclosure clauses and/or agreements. Silvia de Sousa and Lynda Troup, both with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, will discuss legal issues relating to Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Non-Disclosure clauses and/or agreements.
As space is limited, please ensure that you RSVP as soon as possible in order to secure a seat and lunch. If registration for this event exceeds room capacity, arrangements will be made to enable those registrants who cannot attend in person to participate via teleconference.
Please RSVP to the Manitoba Bar Association online. You can also RSVP by calling the RSVP Line @ 927-1211 or email (
sections@cba-mb.ca) by 12:00 Noon on Monday, June 11, 2012. Please confirm if you would like lunch (sandwiches) and advise of any dietary restrictions.
Attendance at this MBA Section meeting can be applied towards your Law Society of Manitoba's Continuing Professional Development requirement.
AND REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR BUSINESS CARD AND LOONIE.
Past Section Events
May 3, 2012, 12:00 Noon (MTS Allstream): Limitation of Liability and Indemnification – different perspectives as told by a litigator versus a commercial lawyer
April 4, 2012, 12:00 Noon (Investors Group): What In-house Counsel should know about Legal and Project Management Practices
March 21, 2012, 6:00pm (Centro Caboto Centre): Recent Trends in Employment Law: Tips, Traps, & Minefields
February 14, 2012, 12:15pm (Aikins Law): Immigration Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions: You Gotta be Kidding, There is Such a Thing as Immigration Due Diligence?!
December 6, 2011, 12:15pm (Cargill Building): Proposed PIPEDA Amendments and the New Anti-Spam Legislation
September 21, 2011, 12:15pm (Taylor McCaffrey): Confidentiality, Privilege and useful Technologies: The Duty, the Law and the LDRC Encryption Project
May 25, 2011, 12:15pm (MTS): Cloud Computing – Puffy, white or stormy – what kind of cloud is your company entering?
May 12, 2011, 11:30am (Manitoba Club): The role of Canadian corporate counsel is changing - Learn how - Special Presentation sponsored by Deloitte & Touche LLP
April 28, 2011, 12:15pm (Wawanesa Insurance): "Corporate Immigration and Cross-Border Issues ... or How to Avoid the Immigration Blacklist?"
March 16, 2011, 6:00pm (Centro Caboto Centre): Clients of a Lesser God? Solicitor-Client Privilege Issues for In-House Counsel
February 7, 2011, 12:15pm (Great-West Life): Self-Preservation for Lawyers: Dealing with the Demands of Practice
January 6, 2011, 12:15pm (Investors Group): Current topics in outsourcing information technology and risk management
December 17, 2010, 12:00pm (Taylor McCaffrey LLP, 11th Floor Boardroom - 400 St. Mary Avenue): Workplace Harassment Update - Navigating the New Regulations
November 5, 2010, 12:00pm (CMA Canada Training Room): Contract Drafting Issues for Corporate Counsel: Boilerplate, Common Elements, Layout
May 25, 2010, 12:00pm (MTS): The power and the paint of social media - how blogging and social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace can work for, or against, you.
April 20, 2010, 12:15pm (Wawanesa Insurance): Managing Workloads and Workflows in Legal Departments
March 17, 2010, 6:00pm (The “Galleria” - Centro Caboto Centre): New Rules for a New Decade
Articles Posted Include:
Cloud Computing: Puffy, White or Stormy – What Kind of Cloud is your Company Entering? – PowerPoint Presentation – Brian Bowman & Adam Herstein
This presentation defines cloud computing, outlines the contractual and privacy implications that come along with cloud computing, and concludes with the benefits of being a provider.
New Rules for a New Decade: How the Financial Crisis has Changed Corporate Practice in North America – Osler
This is a powerpoint presentation given during a Corporate Counsel section meeting, which deals with the financial crisis of 2007-2009. This presentation looks at the misunderstanding and mispricing of risk as well as the need for risk management and the current responses to risk.
2006 Mid-Winter CLE papers - The 15 Minute Business Lawyer
2007 Mid-Winter CLE - Raising Capital without a Prospectus and New Statutory Civil Liability for Misrepresentations
Civil Liability for a Secondary Market Disclosure, by David Cheop, Q.C.
This paper on recent changes to security legislation in Manitoba and other jurisdictions was presented at the 2007 MBA Mid Winter by David Cheop, Q.C. Mr. Cheop first reviewed the background and history and then examined the key elements of the new legislation. He compared the requirements of the legislation to the requirements of the United States and then summarized what Issuers need to know. Mr. Cheop explained what protection there was for Issuers and concluded that secondary market disclosure civil liability would likely be adopted across Canada.
Raising Capital without a Prospectus, by Norman Snyder
This overview of issues and exemptions applying to the National Instrument 45-106 was presented at the 2007 MBA Mid Winter by Norman Snyder. Mr. Snyder examined the application, scope and limits of the various private placement exemptions available under National Instrument 45-106. In addition, Mr. Snyder noted that although the new national instrument had been introduced to provide consistency and national uniformity there were still exemptions to the requirements unique to individual provinces. He named the specific exemptions still available in Manitoba and then examined the application, scope and limits of each in turn. Mr. Snyder concluded with a recommendation for how to assess each situation, determine the appropriate jurisdiction and thus the applicable exemptions.
