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62314.04Attempting to pierce the corporate veil can be risky. This paper explores the history of piercing the corporate veil and some key considerations that lawyers should keep in mind when they contemplate doing so. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Directors and Officers: Duties, Liabilities, Coverages program in Edmonton on January 26, 2023.
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62042.05This paper is complimentary.
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62027.03This paper addresses boilerplate provisions in contracts. It highlights 10 common boilerplate provisions, and discusses why to include or exclude them in an agreement. It also provides sample boilerplate clauses. The provisions discussed include: recitals and attachments; heading, articles, and sections; entire agreement; no waiver; severability; assignments; governing law; counterparts; time of essence; and notice. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Contract Review and Clause Negotiation seminar held in Edmonton on February 15, 2017 and in Calgary on February 23, 2017.
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62014.09This paper examines common tax issues encountered in general practice, and provides a summary of recent developments in legislation, administrative practice, and case law. It is especially relevant to those practitioners involved in the purchase or sale of businesses or in the set up and reorganization of family businesses and other closely-held corporate structures. In particular, the following topics are discussed: the sale of goodwill, the small business deduction, surplus stripping by individuals, and capital gains stripping by corporations. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA's 6th Annual Law & Practice Update program in Calgary on October 14 & 15, 2016.
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OC-CDS-1Discuss tips and learn to leverage networking opportunities for career development. Hear how Sanjiv Parmar used networking to help him kickstart his own law firm. This on-demand program originally broadcast on May 29, 2020, as part of our Career Development Webinar Series. Total running time is 1 hour, 4 minutes. This on-demand program is complimentary. Created in collaboration with the Alberta Lawyers’ Assistance Society (Assist).
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62484.04This paper explores vendor protection considerations that are often overlooked, or if they are considered, they may be insufficiently done so. Topics addressed include: helping clients manage their expectations, earn outs, liability of limited partners in other jurisdictions, securing unpaid dividends and redemption amounts, vendor take back arrangements, entire agreement clauses, releasing directors, T4 tax slips, wire transfers, paying out encumbrances, differing time zones, ownership of emails and privileged communications, association/loss of CCPC status, fraud, warranty expirations, widow/widower clauses, indemnity limitations, minute books, non-competition agreements or clauses, and more. These materials are part of a collection presented at LESA’s Legal Strategies in Mergers & Acquisitions program in Edmonton on April 29, 2025.
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OC-62484-4Personal License $95.00Explore vendor protection considerations that are often overlooked, or if they are considered, they may be insufficiently done so, including earn outs, liability of limited partnerships, entire agreement clauses, differing time zones, warranty expirations, and more. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Legal Strategies in Mergers & Acquisitions on April 29, 2025. Total running time is 1 hour, 13 minutes.Choose license This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
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OC-62082-02Personal License $95.00In this presentation, Louise Novinger Grant discusses exclusion clauses, limitation clauses, and sole remedy provisions, including their applicability and enforceability. She highlights key cases interpreting these clauses, and provides tips for drafting such provisions. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program in May 2018.Choose license This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
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61918.04This author provides insight into common accounting and tax principles that lawyers, acting as business advisors to agricultural operations, often apply to proactive planning. Some of the topics covered include drought deferral, restricted farm losses, tax planning opportunities, and death of a tax payer. Precedents attached. This paper was presented at the Family Farm Issues program in May 2014.
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62379.01Good legal writing is vital to be able to clearly communicate with or advocate for clients. An overriding purpose in both writing and drafting is to communicate: to convey a message from one’s mind to the readers. This paper focuses on clarity, concision, and engagement. Topics include history of legal writing, plain language, plain language writing guidelines, contract language, and artificial intelligence in legal drafting. This paper was presented at LESA’s Drafting Effective Contracts webinar on January 31, 2024.
